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    Jackie Jones
    Apr 30, 2020

    Online Lectures

    does anybody have knowledge of the system the lecturers are using for online lectures. I’m hoping they are all using Zoom!

    Jackie Jones

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    Graham Grove
    Apr 30, 2020

    From what I understand two other societies have used, one lecturer used Zoom, and the other today gave members the choice of using either Webinar or Zoom. Certainly the Webinar site produced excellent sound and vision. It is probably a case of asking the lecturer.

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    Jackie Jones
    Apr 30, 2020

    Many thanks

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    Amber Robinson
    Dash  ·  
    Apr 30, 2020

    Hello, yes the lecturers have used zoom so far and there has been a successful trial of using Youtube for a society lecture today. The quality of audio does depend on the mic that the lecturer uses as well as the audio capabilities of each individuals laptop/ mobile device used to to view the lecture.

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    Jackie Jones
    Apr 30, 2020

    Great. Thanks for that. Good to know!

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    Andrea Gabb
    Dash  ·  
    May 5, 2020

    Talking to Katherine at Guilford Street today, about 25 lecturers have signed up as ready to do online lectures for Societies. Katherine would be able to give you names, but is expecting the list to expand over the next week or so.

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    Elizabeth Gorell
    Dash  ·  
    May 6, 2020

    I'm glad to hear that your first Zoom lecture went well!

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    Richard Lebus
    May 11, 2020

    The list of lecturers able to do online lectures is in the Directory of Lecturers. Choose the ‘true’ option in the last search box on the front page and all their names appear. Excellent.

    Julie Thomas
    May 13, 2020

    We had a committee meeting yesterday and were discussing what our approach should be come our new season starting in October. We're thinking about going with on line lectures for October, November, December and then wondering whether we might be able to get into a 'hybrid' model after that of a lecturer in our village hall, with a small, socially distanced audience (if that's what we're still doing!) and filming/streaming to our other members on line. Is this going to be technically challenging? What do people think of this idea and might it be something the centre could facilitate as a step towards normality?

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    Amber Robinson
    Dash  ·  
    May 18, 2020

    Hello, It's great to hear your society is keen to facilitate these online options. Some societies have already trialled some successful lectures online. The Guilford St staff will do all we can to support you going forward. Societies will be issued with guidance in the next couple of days to help them consider these options in their new season. Please check the bulletin being sent to committee members regarding this and the support that will be available.


    Julie Thomas
    May 19, 2020

    Thanks Amber, who specifically should we contact from the Guilford St staff please?

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    Amber Robinson
    Dash  ·  
    May 20, 2020

    @Julie Thomas You can email membership(at)theartssociety.org with your query and we can forward it to the best person to help you.

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    Sue Dawson
    May 21, 2020

    I'm unclear. Is the webinar option through the Arts Society? Can the local society host the Arts Society webinar option? How are questions asked in the webinar option, is it via text chat or members asking their own questions live?

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    Richard Lebus
    Jun 15, 2020

    The Arts Society hosted our last lecture. They streamed it on to Youtube where you can type questions but cannot speak. If you ask The Arts Society to handle your lecture, they will act as host but they can make you a co-host. You can ask questions verbally in a webinar. See https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005474943-Meeting-and-webinar-comparison for a comparison between Zoom meetings and webinars.

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    Richard Browning
    Jun 15, 2020

    Live online lectures are essentially a slide show with commentary and as such could be recorded and distributed to a society’s membership using a Cloud system. A local Society could buy the lecture from the lecturer on the basis that it is for distribution to its members only.

    This provides the benefit of not having to coordinate a set date and time for the lecturer and the society members and avoids the use of Zoom which can problematic for some.

    Has anyone explored this approach?


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    Stella Grace Lyons
    Jun 15, 2020  ·  Edited: Jun 15, 2020

    Hello Richard. I am a lecturer lecturing online publicly every Friday morning but I also offer private talks for Art Societies. I have explored that approach for my own online talks but have decided against it for several reasons. Firstly, it risks our intellectual property falling into the wrong hands. Our lectures could easily be shared and potentially copied. It also makes things more difficult regarding copyright of the images. Secondly, it takes away the opportunity for a Live Q&A session at the end of the talk, or for the Chair to introduce the talk at the beginning. Thirdly, it removes the feeling of a community. Many of my regular listeners are above the age of 60 and some live alone. They enjoy the live element of the talks because they know that their friends are sitting down at exactly the same time to watch the talk. I have friendship groups that watch the talks and then discuss the works afterwards. In this challenging time I think it's important to try to establish some sense of community. I hope this helps! With best wishes, Stella Grace Lyons www.stellagracelyons.co.uk

    Richard Lebus
    Aug 21, 2020

    When you are setting up your Zoom Webinar you must enable the Practice Session and the Q&A option and also email the special link that your lecturer and other panelists need in order to join the Practice Session. Your attendees join the Webinar only after you close the Practice Session.

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    Richard Lebus
    Nov 26, 2020

    We are now inviting care home residents to join our lectures and visits for free. We should have thought of that ages ago. We’ve also renewed contact with our local Art College.

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