Successful conferencing using the Marratech system (original) (raw)

Conducting and attending conferences using the Marratech system

The Marratech video conferencing system consists of a desktop client, called MarratechPro, and a server that relays information among clients connected to it. Marratech servers are sometimes running on computers with Internet addresses like "emeetingportal.kan-ed.org" (at least partly because the server software was originally called e-MeetingPortal).

This page covers a collection of topics that will help you use the Marratech system to conduct successful "video-enhanced online collaboration." It is intended to be used along with the Marratech documentation atwww.marratech.com, especially the Marratech User Manual in Web formatand PDF format.

You can start with the

Click here for the Kan-ed Marratech quick start.

and then refer to the following links for more detail.

• network considerations
• audio components
• video components
• preparing for outages
• conducting practice sessions <<<<< Most important!
• firewall problems <<<<< Don't wait to solve these!
• hints for sharing applications

Marratech is now also providing a free version of its e-MeetingPortal server called Marratech-Freethat allows up to 5 users to connect together using their Marratech clients. Marratech-Free will run on most PCs, Macs, and Linux systems; it does not require a powerful computer to run. (In fact, it can run along with the Marratech client on most users' computers.)

For more information please contact Michael Grobe at Kan-ed.