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About this interactive

Four demo lessons on reaching people. Email clients. A web-based client, such as Gmail at mail.google.com, shows your email only while you are online. An installed client, such as Outlook, downloads the email onto the computer, so you can still read it with no internet. Instant messaging. You type a message and hit Enter, and it travels from an app over the internet, not over the cellular system that phone texting uses. Slack groups people in channels, Google Chat in spaces, and a direct message goes to one person. Conferencing. When something is too elaborate for an email or a message, set up a conference: camera, voice, screen sharing and breakout rooms for smaller groups. Most instant messaging apps can do video too. Unified communications rolls instant messaging, phone or VoIP calls, conferencing and mobility into one tool, such as Teams. Read each situation, choose, then read the reveal.

What you'll learn

Predict what web-based and installed email clients do without an internet connection, and choose one for a person who works offline
Choose how to reach people: an instant message to a channel, space or one person, a conference with screen sharing or breakout rooms, or one unified communications tool

Aligned to

CompTIA Tech+

3.3 Explain the purpose and proper use of software.

3.4 Explain methods of application architecture and delivery models.

Key terms

Web-based Email Client: An email client accessed through a web browser that requires an internet connection to view and manage email messages.
Locally Installed Email Client: An email application installed directly on a computer that downloads emails for access, including offline use without an internet connection.
Instant Messaging: A real-time communication method that allows users to send text messages over the internet using an app or client.
Video Conferencing: A real-time communication method that allows two or more participants to interact via live video and audio over the internet.
Breakout Rooms: A conferencing feature that splits participants from a main meeting into smaller, separate sessions for focused group discussion.
Screen Sharing: A feature in conferencing platforms that allows a participant to broadcast their display to other meeting attendees.
Unified Communications: A platform that integrates multiple communication services such as instant messaging, VoIP, conferencing, and mobility into a single unified tool.

Topics

Email Client Instant Messaging Video Conferencing Unified Communications Interactive Predict

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