To take control, when it is your turn, simply move the mouse and click. Have the students in your meeting customize the thesis template to your individual institutions needs. When you are ready to end the collaboration part of the meeting or if the attendees become uncooperative and unruly, press the Escape key on your keyboard to immediately gain control. Switch to NetMeeting by clicking the appropriate button on the taskbar and click the Collaborate button to stop collaboration. A more drastic measure is to close theapplication that is being shared.
Protocol is important in the use of the collaboration feature.
There should be some form of communication to orderly pass control from one attendee to the next. Of course, if you are instructing a class in the subject, then sit back and watch. If anarchy breaks out, you can regain control over the application by using the Escape key. Costs have typically been astronomical for not only the equipment to handle the audio and video and interface with the transmission medium, but the communication lines as well. Two persons with NetMeeting, a sound card, a microphone, speakers, and an Internet connection can have an audio conference.