Become a DA Certified WebEx Host

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Last updated: 10-May-2024 by Merrill Oates -HU, WikiVersion comment
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https://wiki.democratsabroad.org/webex-host
https://wiki.democratsabroad.org/webex-host

DA Host Competency

To become a DA WebEx Host with Democrats Abroad, you must participate in a live training session with a member of the DA WebEx volunteer team and then be able to carry out each of the following tasks:

  • Install the WebEx App onto your computer

  • Schedule a meeting using the WebEx Scheduling Form

  • Explain to participants how to join a WebEx meeting

  • Reclaim the Host role in a meeting

  • Call using the computer (audio speakers/mic)

  • Explain why we do not encourage phone dial-in calls

  • Turn your video on and off

  • Moderate with the “**Hand Up” chat protocol

  • Mute and unmute meeting participants

  • Pass the Presenter role to others and reclaim it

  • Share and manage a PDF document

  • Share a program or your desktop with participants

  • Manage Participant screen views

  • Manage Closed Captions and other Accessibility features

  • Record a meeting

  • End a meeting (and understand why this is important)

Our training focus is designed to provide the basic set of skills needed to host your own meetings with our Level-1 Training. More advanced review and a special needs training can also be provided as a Level-2 Training. Please review the tables below to see what best applies to you and your needs.

 

Upcoming Host Certification Training Dates

Host Certification Sign-Up Form

Level-1 Training

Level-2 Training

Note: We believe that this training is relevant for all DA leaders, regardless of your preferred on-line meeting platform – not exclusively for WebEx meetings – and will help DA leaders run better-organized and more productive meetings.

Level-1 WebEx Hosting and Refresher Training

If you are…

… then you should:

  • A relatively new leader to DA

  • Not certified as a DA WebEx Host

  • Someone who has used WebEx in other capacities, e.g. professionally, but not as a Certified WebEx Host with Democrats Abroad

  • Use the sign-up form to sign up for an upcoming WebEx Level-1 DA Host Certification training session

  • Let us know in the indicated field how you anticipate using WebEx for hosting your meetings

  • A Democrats Abroad Certified WebEx Host in the past

  • Currently a certified Host, but have not used WebEx to host 2 or more meetings in the last calendar year

  • Utilizing other meeting platforms, especially in a more advanced capacity (30+ participants, breakout rooms, etc.)

  • Use the sign-up form to sign up for an upcoming WebEx Level-1 DA Host Certification training session as a refresher

  • Let us know in the indicated field how you anticipate using WebEx for hosting your meetings

  • Schedule a sandbox meeting in WebEx to get re-acclimated to the program and new features

Level-1 Certification Training Slides

Level-2 WebEx Moderating, Advanced Meeting Tools & Management

If you are…

… then you should:

  • Currently a DA WebEx Certified Host, and took your certification course within the three years

  • Someone who has hosted at least 2 WebEx meetings in the last calendar year

  • Someone who wants to learn more about the advanced features of WebEx meetings

  • Planning for a larger membership meeting or a Webinar-type broadcast event

  • Use the sign-up form to indicate you are interested in taking the Level-2 DA WebEx training session

  • Sign up for an upcoming Level-1 DA WebEx Host Certification training session if you think a refresher training would be beneficial

  • Schedule a sandbox meeting in WebEx to get re-acclimated to the program and new features

  • Contact us to set up an appointment to go over certain features you’d like to master quickly for an upcoming meeting you plan to host. It is also recommended to invite those helping you facilitate your meeting to attend this session for the most productive review.

More Level-2 Information

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