Web Conferencing

Contact North's online and real-time collaborative e-learning platform is available for conferencing and training events in all communities served in Northern Ontario .

The platform brings the rich and powerful features of the Internet into your conference or training event including:

Real-Time Interactivity

Yes/no polling, instant surveys, hand raising, laughter/applause, public/private/moderated text chat, and "open floor" audio chats.
Multi-use, interactive whiteboards that can be saved for later review.
Web Safari allows the instructor to take the participants on a synchronized Web tour.
Peer-to-peer interaction: The instructor can choose to open the "floor" to several participants at a time for peer-to-peer interaction and learning.
Peer-to-peer text chat: The instructor can choose to enable peer-to-peer text chat that allows students to send a private text chat message to other participants.

Rich Content and Multimedia

Integrate Flash, Shockwave, JavaScript, animated GIFs, and streaming audio and video.
Import or drag and drop PowerPoint® slides into an event; on-the-fly and in real time. All animations or embedded multimedia are preserved.
Mark up the slides in session, then save the notes for later review.
Play recordings during live sessions - ideal when a critical subject matter expert is not always available to present.

Testing and Assessment

Instructors can measure learning progress with:

On-the-fly quizzes to gauge comprehension in real-time.
Formal evaluation tools with grading.
Reports of individual and aggregate assessment answers.

Rich Media - Voice Over IP, Teleconferencing, and Video

Fully-integrated voice-over-IP conferencing which can be used at different connection speeds.
Live, multipoint video displays up to four windows so participants can see the instructor and other students.