Breezing Through Presentations

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Breezing Through Presentations

• Macromedia Breeze Demonstration
• EdTech 650
• Fall 2004
• Susan Connell and Jerry Marino

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Macromedia Breeze

• An online conferencing and training application
  that allows you to meet online, share desktops
  and applications, provide training and stream
  narrated presentations over the Internet in
  synchronous or asynchronous modes.

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Breeze Key Functions
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Breeze Modules

• Meet and collaborate Breeze Live
• Online conferences and collaboration
• Present Breeze Presentation
• Presentations with sound and animation available
  anytime
• Train and educate Breeze Training
• Online courses with quizzes, registrations and
  tracking

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Breeze Presentation

• PowerPoint with audio presentation
• Narration and animation
• Converted to Macromedia Flash (no knowledge of
  Flash programming required)
• Delivered through a web browser with Flash
  plug-in
• Asynchronous presentations (anywhere, anytime)

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Breeze Training

• Added interactivity for online PowerPoint
  presentations
• Narration and animation
• Surveys, tracking, analysis, course
  administration and content management

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Breeze Live

• Interactive online meetings (synchronous)
• Upload slides and presentations
• Video, audio, chat, whiteboard, and notes
• Polling and surveys
• Share screens and applications

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Breeze Examples

• Marci Bobers ED 791AFall 2004
• Expert Panel 1 http//breeze627220.breezecentral
  .com/p41427647/
• Expert Panel 3 http//breeze627220.breezecentral
  .com/p87563143/

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Alternative Products

• WebEx
• Microsoft LiveMeeting (Placeware)
• Microsoft NetMeeting
• Instant Messenger Programs from Microsoft, Yahoo!
  and others
• See comparison information athttp//soozzone.com
  /650breezecomp.htm

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Breeze Info Links

• Macromediahttp//macromedia.com/software/breeze/
  ?promoidhome_prod_breeze_101503
• Details from ET650 Projecthttp//soozzone.com/65
  0breeze.htm
• PC Magazine Reviewhttp//www.pcmag.com/article2/
  0,1759,1596054,00.asp
• Streaming Media Reviewhttp//www.streamingmedia.
  com/article.asp?id8706page2c17