Running an interactive workshop – notes

Interactive workshop notes: “Running and interactive workshop”

You have attended the workshop “Running an interactive workshop”. Here are some interactive workshop notes to remind you of what you learned,

Contents of this interactive workshop:
Introductions and welcome.
Planning for your interactive workshop.
Planning your virtual workspace.
Running the interactive workshop.
Summary and actions

Duration: 90 minutes.

Introduction and welcome

• People need time to adjust their video, audio, computer, lights.
• Remind people of how to use the conferencing tools (views, mute, raising a hand, chat, camera).

Planning your interactive workshop

• How many sessions do you need? How long should they last?
• How will you enrol participants and help them to connect? (How will they pay?)
• What are your contingencies if your internet connection goes down?
• Do you need to pre-record (or photograph, make slides) to make things clear?
• What do participants need to be able to do before they attempt the workshop (pre-requisites)?
• What will participants need to do during the workshop?
• Make a bullet point “script” of what you will do and how you will do it.

Plan your virtual space

• Which video conferencing system meets your needs and those of participants?
• Where do your camera(s) need to be.
• Place your device where you can use it, but still do what else you have to do.
• Make sure the lighting is even and the foreground and background are balanced.
• Check what is behind you.
• Make arrangements to avoid interruptions and disrupting sounds (e.g. don’t run the washing machine!)
• Test all your visual aids.
• Open all the files you will need before the meeting starts.
• Gather all your physical materials together.
• Have a notebook and pen handy to make notes of questions, things to come back to, etc.
• Set up and run a practice session with a friend to make sure you know how to do everything you want to do.

Running the interactive workshop

• If you are recording, ask everyone to say they agree to you publishing the video.
• Keep an eye on the clock
• Watch the participants.
• Look at the camera (not the same as looking at the screen)
• Keep in-frame.
• Repeat yourself more than in a face to face workshop
• Use share screen to show prepared items (screen, window, tab or device). Share computer audio if you need the sound track. You may need to tell your software if you are sharing a video (or camera).
• Ask participants to mute if you are demonstrating using the camera.
• Ask participants to use their rear camera when showing you things (they can see the image on screen).

Summary and actions

• Participants should note the key issues they need to remember.

Downloads

[mdocs cat=”Running an interactive workshop”]

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