Manage Hands-on Labs

To access the Hands-on Lab page, sign in to your Webex Training website. On the navigation bar, select Host a Session > Hands-On Lab.

Do one of the following:

On the Schedule Training Session, select In-session Hands-on Lab > Reserve computers from lab.

Choose a lab from the drop-down list.

Select Lab Info to view the lab description or number of computers in a selected lab.

Enter the number of computers that you want to reserve.

Check availability of the computers and lab.

To preassign computers to registered attendees, select Require attendee registration in the Registration section of the Schedule Training Session page.

When you are finished scheduling your training session and Hands-on Lab, select Schedule.

Select OK.

Sign in to your Webex Training website and select Host a Session > Hands-On Lab.

For the lab in which you are interested, select Lab Schedule > View Schedule.

Point to a time slot to view details of the lab schedule.

Sign in to your Webex Training website and select Attend a Session > List of Sessions.

Select your session topic. and then click Manage Registrations.

Click Pre-assign attendees to Hands-On Labs.

To assign an attendee to a computer, select the name of the attendee under Unassigned Attendees.

To assign multiple attendees to one computer, hold down the Ctrl key while selecting the names of the attendees.

Select Assign > OK.

Go to the Hands-on Lab page on your Webex Training website and select the Hands-on Labs tab.

In the On-demand Lab column, select any Reserve Computers link.

Specify the reservation options and select Reserve.

On the Hands-on Lab page, select My Reservations > On-demand use.

Select the link for the topic of the Hands-on Lab session.

Select Invite Attendees.

Do any of the following as appropriate:

• Select Select Live Sessions to invite all attendees from an existing training session.

• Type the email addresses of the individuals you want to invite in the Invited attendees text box.

• Select Select Attendees to select contacts from an address book stored on your Webex Training website.

• (Optional) Select Edit Email Options to customize the content of the invitation email message.

Select OK.

On the Hands-on Lab page, select My Reservations > On-demand use.

Select the link for the Hands-on Lab session reservation you want to change.

Select Change Reservation.

Do one of the following as appropriate:

• To delete the reservation, select Cancel Reservation.

• To changes the reservation, update the information and select Change Reservation.

In the Session window, select Lab > Start Hands-on Lab.

Under Computer Allocation, select one of the following:

• Allow attendees to choose computers.

• Assign attendees to computers manually.

(Optional) Check the Record remote computers automatically when participants connect check box. The Record button turns on for all reserved computers. Whenever a participant signs in to a reserved computer, the computer records the actions. When the participant signs out, the recording stops.

Select Start.

(Optional) To limit the number of attendees that can connect to each remote computer, select Limit Attendees > Limit, and then enter a number.

If you selected Assign attendees to computers manually, see Assign Computers During Hands-on Lab Sessions.

Select Done.

In the Session window, select Lab > Hands-on Lab Options.

Check Record remote computers automatically when participants connect.

Under Record to folder on remote computer, type a folder location at which to store the recording.

Select OK.

• To start recording from the Hands-on Lab panel, select computer from Computers list and select the Record button.
• To pause and resume recording, select computer from Computers list and select the Pause button.
• To stop the recording, select computer from Computers list and select the Stop button.

Select Assign Computers.

Under Unassigned Participants, select the participants that you want to assign to a particular computer.

Under Computers, select the computer that you want to assign to the selected participant and select Assign.

To give control of the computer to a particular participant, select Give Control.

Select OK.

Select Done in the Start Hands-on Lab Confirmation dialog box.

On the Hands-on Lab panel, select the Broadcast Message button.

Select All or choose a remote computer to which you want to broadcast your message.

Type your message and select OK.

Select the Ask for Help indicator.

Type a message and select OK.

Connect to the remote computer.

In the Hands-on Lab Manager panel, select the Pass Control button.

Select Lab > Ask All To Return.

Do either of the following:

• Select within and choose a time in minutes from the drop-down list. This option gives participants time to finish the tasks that they are working on.

• Select immediately and end all sessions after 30 seconds.

Select OK.