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Information for Distant Students Traveling

• MSN Messenger Installation and Register
• Webcam Purchasing
• Webcam Installation
• Connecting With Your Webcam

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MSN Messenger Installation
First, go to the black board. And go to class
video, then you can find Install_MSN_Messenger
7.5 Please, download this file and set up on
your laptop. Second, if you have hotmail
account(XYX_at_hotmail.com), please send your email
account to Ki Kim via email. (Ki Kim
askpk5_at_uaa.alaska.edu) Third, If you dont have
hotmail account, please follow next step.
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• Go to www.msn.com
• Click My MSN

3. If you click it, you will get his screen.
Please select Sign Up and make your account
following the steps.
4. After making your hotmail account, please send
Ki Kim your email address via email. Ki Kim
askpk5_at_uaa.alaska.edu
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5. After making your hotmail account, please
log on to MSN Messenger. Then, select
Contacts and click Add a Contact.
6. If you click Add a Contact, youll have screen
like below
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7. Then, please type 5 email addresses below.
One address at a time.
8. If you have a hard time to add email
addresses, please send your hotmail address
to Ki Kim(askpk5_at_uaa.alaska.edu)
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Webcam Purchasing
You can buy a webcam from Best Buy, COMPUSA,
etc. Please purchase a webcam which has
microphone in it. Based on our ESPM experience,
webcam with microphone is the best for class. If
you want, you can use a headset and webcam also.
If you have a hard time to select a webcam, we
recommend Logitech webcam. (http//www.logitech.c
om/index.cfm/US/EN)
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Webcam Installation
1. After finishing webcam setup on your laptop,
Please setup up your MSN Messengers webcam
setting. 2. Click Tools and select Audio and
Video setup 3. Then click next and select
Play Sound
If you hear a sound,
your
speaker setting is OK.
But theres no sound,

Please, select proper
device what you will use.
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Webcam Installation(cont.)

• 4. After finishing speaker setup,
• Please make any sound (Test 1,2 3..)
• and make sure the volume bar is going
• up and down.
• If it is moving, your microphone setup is OK.
• But, it doesnt move, please select proper
• device that you will use.
• PLEASE NOTE Unless you are using
• a headset microphone, please set the
• Microphone Volume very low as shown in
• the picture.

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Webcam Installation(cont.)
4. After finishing Mic. setup, Please make
sure you can see a image on the box.
If you can a image, its OK. But, if you
cant, please select proper device what you
will use.
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Starting and Maintaining a Webcam Conversation
Via MSN

• Double any of the online Mspm accounts. It
  should bring up a window that looks similar to
  this.
• Click on the Start or Stop a Video Call button

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Starting and Maintaining a Webcam Conversation
Via MSN

• The window will enlarge showing 2 video boxes.
  These boxes may take a while for anything to
  appear in, but they are preparing your webcam
  footage.

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Starting and Maintaining a Webcam Conversation
Via MSN

• Pay particular attention to the Volume receiving
  and the
• Volume transmitting bars
• Properly adjusted sound levels should be similar
  to those depicted.

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Starting and Maintaining a Webcam Conversation
Via MSN

• Please insure that your Line out, or Volume
  Transmitting is VERY low, especially if you are
  not using a headset. If this is too high, it
  will create a feedback circuit. Do not worry if
  this seems too low, we will adjust the volume out
  on our end to insure you are heard.
• Adjust your volume level slowly till you have
  achieved a comfortable listening level. This
  level should be below the level of your spoken
  voice for optimal clarity.

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Starting and Maintaining a Webcam Conversation
Via MSN

• Open MIC System

• Closed MIC System

• When using an open MIC system (such as a
  microphone on a desk with speakers) you can
  produce feedback. Feedback is when a sound loops
  through a system indefinitely creating a squeal.
  The only way to stop feedback, is to kill the
  loop by not allowing the MIC to pick up speaker
  output.

• A headset closes the loop that can be created by
  an open system. While wearing a headset may seem
  tedious at times, it is often preferable to
  blasting a classroom of professionals with a
  high-pitched squeal of
• feedback.