Last week I tried WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client. There were a few snags, that I mentioned in the class evaluation form that popped up when I finished my session.
The next day, someone in the WiZiQ customer support department emailed me, with a few suggestions for improving the audio. He also asked for details on the problems that I had with my uploaded Excel files.
In a followup email, he said that only a one-page portion of an Excel sheet will be visible onscreen. Most of the sheets that I create for clients are considerably bigger than that, so uploaded files won’t be too useful.
I did another test later, with my desktop running a session, and the laptop attending as a guest. That went better than the session with my client (due to better settings, not better guests!), so I’ll try WiZiQ again later.
For a free service, it seems pretty good. It will be a good place to practise this type of interaction, before moving to a paid service.
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Hi
I teach French online on the edufire platform, have you tried it? Seems easier to upload documents than wiziq, and you can set up meetings for free. Check my classes if you want, or get in touch with me for help at
http://edufire.com/frenchtutor
Online collaborating and teaching can work, If you have trust and the right tools.
I recently tried http://www.showdocument.com – good app for uploading documents and working on them in real-time.
Most file types are supported and it needs no installation. – andy
Thanks Pierre and andy, I appreciate the links, and will check those sites.