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Description 

GoToMeeting is an easy, cost-effective way to organize and attend online meetings for Windows-based PCs. It's patented technology enables administration, staff, faculty and students to view each others PC applications without being in the same room.

With GoToMeeting, it's easy to conduct on-the-fly or scheduled presentations, perform live demonstrations in real time, collaborate on documents and provide real-time, online learning experiences for students.

The GoToMeeting Difference

You may have noticed that we strongly endorse Elluminate Live! as, in our opinion, the best web conferencing tool available for higher ed. So you may ask, why do we also offer GoToMeeting. Simple:

• If you've got a Windows only environment
• If you have only a few faculty that need web conferencing
• If you don't plan on having more than 10 attendees in your average meeting
• If you don't need all the great moderator and participant tools offered by Elluminate. . .

GoToMeeting is a great "starter" system for web conferencing. Eventually, your institution will outgrow it, but in the beginning, as interest in web conferencing starts to build among your colleagues, GoToMeeting offers great value for the price.

Here's a few of GoToMeeting's strengths to keep in mind as you look for the Web conferencing solution that best serves your needs:

• GoToMeeting is easy-to-use. The user interface is easy to understand and little if any training is required to get started.
• GoToMeeting is is a good value for the price. You can have as many online meetings as you want at no additional cost.
• GoToMeeting is secure. Industry-standard security features ensure that your confidential meeting information remains private.
• GoToMeeting is economical. One flat fee lets you host unlimited online meetings with up to 10 attendees per meeting. All you need is a single moderator's licence. No need to purchase additional licenses for meeting attendees: all attendees meet for free.
• GoToMeeting includes audio. Integrated voice conferencing service is included.
• GoToMeeting offers unlimited meetings. You can have 10 or 10,000 meetings a year the same low price.

Features 

With GoToMeeting, it's easy to meet, make presentations, share applications, demonstrate procedures and generally provide an enriched online learning experience.

• Start and Join Meetings in Seconds: Easy-to-understand controls enable you to quickly start and join meetings without training.
• Share Keyboard and Mouse Control: Securely collaborate on documents in real time.
• Instantly Change Presenters: Enable any participant to present to the entire group.
• Draw, Highlight and Point: Drawing tools make it easy to illustrate, highlight and point out items of interest right on the screen.
• Record Meetings: Desktop recording and playback make it possible to archive meetings to review or share later.
• Share Applications: Application sharing features allows you to share only the individual applications you choose, one at a time. Keeps the rest of your computer secure and private.
• Start and Join Meetings through Email or Instant Messaging: GoToMeeting plays well with most email and instant-messaging applications.
• Get Detailed Reports: Reporting feature provides detailed trend analysis and ROI validation reports.

Benefits 

GoToMeeting is perfect for conducting live demonstrations or for giving impromptu presentations. It effectively supports real-time collaboration among participants who cannot gather in the same room. Among its key benefits are these:

• Dramatically increases productivity by improving presentation and collaboration capabilities.
• Significantly reduces operational costs associated with deliverying content to distance learners.
• Improves retention over self-paced learning and, sometimes, even over face-to-face learning.
• Enhances interaction and supports group learning.
• Provides a quicker, greater return on investment than other web conferencing packages with a comparable feature set (Such as Convoq's ASAP).

Price 

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GoToMeeting Pro for up to 200 attendees.
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Site or Multiple Copy Licenses Available

Minimum Technical Requirements 

To organize or attend a meeting, the following is required:

• Required: Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later
• Required: Windows® 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP Home, XP Pro or 2003 Server
• Required: Stable 56k, cable modem, ISDN, DSL or better Internet connection
• Required for instant-messenger integration: GoToMeeting integrates with the most widely used instant-messaging applications
• Required for Microsoft® Outlook® integration: Microsoft® Outlook® 2000 and later
• Required for IBM® Lotus Notes® integration: IBM® Lotus Notes® 6.5
• Recommended: Minimum of Pentium 400 with 256 MB of RAM
• Recommended: Java Virtual Machine enabled

To record a meeting, the following is required:

• Required: Windows® 98 SE, 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server
• Required: Windows Media Player Version 9.0 or greater
• Required: Minimum Super VGA (800x600) or better
• Recommended: 1.0 GB of hard disk space
• Recommended: 1024 x 768 or higher screen resolution
• Recommended: Minimum Pentium 800 Mhz with 256 MB of RAM for trans-coding to Windows Media Player file format

About FutureU 

At FutureU we've identified and tested dozens of low-cost site-building resources that really work. We're always on the lookout for the next great bargain. It's kind of a hobby around here.

Like all enthusiasts, we have a network of colleagues who let us know about bargains and great ideas they discover. Software developers around the world have asked us to "beta test" their new products. Seems like every week there's something new worth checking out.

Meanwhile, we marvel at how much institutions spend on software that accomplishes little or nothing more than what can be done, just as well or better, on a dime.

We sympathize with the many eager course developers who loyally wait while a campus committee debates the many software options and reaches an agreement on which one to anoint. We've seen that process take years.

With all FutureU Best-of-Breed recommendations, you can count on getting the best value for your investment.

Camtasia is, hands down, the best video screen capture utility available for Windows based PCs.

Mac users: Send us an email at webmaster@futureu.com for a recommendaton about which video screen capture tool works best for your platform.

FutureU publishes Web books, provides online and face-to-face learning experiences, consults with institutions, and studies the fields of online education and virtual communications.

Visit the FutureU Web site for more information or for access to books, tapes and other resources.

For more information, please contact Gail Terry Grimes, CEO, at 415/824-7726 or Claude Whitmyer, Chief Information Officer, at 415/648-2667.

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