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<P><A href="http://talkingcommunities.com/" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Talking Communities</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> is a web
conferencing tools that provides many useful features such as web conferencing,
online webinars, training, audio/video conferencing, desktop/application
sharing, etc that can be used in the higher education systems. As of today,
Talking Communities (TC) is the only web conferencing tools with an accessible
chat system.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>to Improve the accessibility/usability of this
important tool, we have started this collaboration group to work collaboratively
with the vendor of Talking Communities and other interested entities and
individuals.<BR>We are very positive that this collaboration group will make the
Talking Communities more usable/accessible where everyone can benefit from it
including people with disabilities.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We meet on first and third Tuesdays of each month at
11:00 AM Central Time.</FONT></P>
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<H3><FONT face=Arial size=2>Becoming a member</FONT></H3><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>If you are interested to join this effort, please </FONT><A
href="http://collaborate.athenpro.org/accounts/register/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>register</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> (if you haven’t registered
yet) and </FONT><A
href="http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/tc/subscribe"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>join Talking communities Collaboration Group</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>.<BR><BR>If you are a member of any of our collaboration group, then you
do not need to re-register again. Simply click on Subscribe link in the main
navigation bar. </FONT>
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<H3><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mailing list archive</FONT></H3>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We use a mailing list to send announcement, meeting
agenda/minutes, and discuss issues. Our mailing list archive is located
at:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="https://listserv.illinois.edu/archives/talkingcommunities.html"
target=listserv><FONT face=Arial
size=2>https://listserv.illinois.edu/archives/talkingcommunities.html</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>To subscribe to the mailing list, go to the mailing list
subscription page at:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="https://listserv.illinois.edu/wa.cgi?SUBED1=talkingcommunities&A=1"
target=listserv><FONT face=Arial
size=2>https://listserv.illinois.edu/wa.cgi?SUBED1=talkingcommunities&A=1</A..<
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