This is the third post in a series of posts introducing the SlideSix Presenter destkop application.  In this post we'll look at the navigating the notes and slides panels as well as how you can use the Twitter panel to monitor a backchannel while presenting.  We will also see how to broadcast live video and participate in a real-time chat session with your audience.

You can find the previous posts in this series here:

Part 1

Part 2

The Notes Panel

When you upload a presentation to SlideSix we do our best to try and retain any existing notes for your slides. You can also add or edit the slide notes from within the web based Management Console on SlideSix.com. Any imported or edited notes are available for you to view from within the SlideSix Presenter application in the Notes panel. To toggle the visibility of the Notes panel click on the vertical bar on the far right hand side of the Slide panel.

The Twitter Panel

You can utilize the Twitter panel to monitor a backchannel during or after a presentation. The Twitter panel is located directly below the Notes panel. To use the Twitter monitor first make sure that you have entered your Twitter username and password in the Options dialog (you will be prompted to do so if you haven't, see managing your preferences section for more on the Options dialog), enter a specific search term or #hashtag in the box at the top of the Twitter panel and click 'Listen' at the bottom of the panel. The SlideSix Presenter application will fetch the last 100 Tweets that match your search term and will automatically refresh the given search every 60 seconds. You will be given specific feedback in the top right corner of the Twitter panel as necessary. You can manually refresh a given Twitter search by clicking 'Refresh'.

To share a specific Tweet with your live audience when running in presenter mode you can single click on the Tweet and click 'Show' or simply drag the Tweet to the Slide panel. This will display the Tweet as an overlay on top of the slide. Click 'Hide' or the 'x' in the top right corner of the Tweet to hide it.

You can minimize the Twitter panel at any time by clicking on the button in the top left corner of the panel (next to 'Twitter Monitor').

The Slides Panel

The Slides panel is located at the bottom of the application and shows you a thumbnail representation of each slide in your presentation. Click on any slide to display a full size version of that slide in the Slide panel and/or in presenter mode.

The Broadcast Panel

Every user is given a dedicated room on the web that they can use to virtually present their material. The URL format used for the web based room is as follows:

http://slidesix.com/collaborate/your-user-name

Where 'your-user-name' is replaced with your SlideSix username. Click on 'Help' at the bottom of the Broadcast panel to obtain the URL to your dedicated room.

You can password protect your dedicated room by logging in to the SlideSix Management Console, clicking 'Profile' at the top of the page and entering and confirming your collaborate password.

The Broadcast panel gives you the ability to broadcast live audio or video with audio to your dedicated room. To toggle the visibility of the Broadcast panel click on the vertical bar on the far left hand side of the Slide panel.

To begin streaming video click 'Broadcast' at the bottom of the panel. Your default web camera and microphone will be used to broadcast. You can choose a different web camera and/or microphone under the 'Broadcast' tab of the Options dialog (see managing your preferences section).

You can minimize the Broadcast panel at any time by clicking on the button in the top left corner of the panel (next to 'Live Broadcast').

You can deselect 'Use Cam' to broadcast only audio and deselect 'Use Mic' to broadcast video only.

The Chat Panel

You can interact with a virtual audience in your dedicated room via real time text based chat.

To log in to chat click the 'Join Chat' button near the top of the panel. A list of people who are currently logged in to chat will be displayed near the top of the panel and any existing and future chat messages will be displayed in the gray box within the panel. To chat just enter your message in the box at the bottom of the panel and press enter on your keyboard or click the 'Send' button. The 'Join Chat' button will toggle to an 'Exit Chat' button depending on whether or not you are currently logged in to chat.