{"id":9352,"date":"2020-04-16T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/?p=9352"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:22:28","slug":"using-talking-mats-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/using-talking-mats-remotely\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Talking Mats Remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the restrictions placed on us by Covid-19 there have been lots of questions to us about how you can use Talking Mats remotely. We have all been forced to learn quickly what we can and cannot do in a virtual world when we need to be physically distanced from each other.<\/p>\n<p>We have tried various ways to do Talking Mats virtually, but the easiest way we have found is to log into your digital Talking Mats through our website and use the Talking Mat in this mode. Then open your virtual meeting app, e.g. Microsoft Teams or Zoom, and share your screen. For both you can share the control of your screen so your thinker can move the options as you talk them through using the standard Talking Mats principles.<\/p>\n<p>For Microsoft Teams see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-gb\/article\/share-content-in-a-meeting-in-teams-fcc2bf59-aecd-4481-8f99-ce55dd836ce8\">https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-gb\/article\/share-content-in-a-meeting-in-teams-fcc2bf59-aecd-4481-8f99-ce55dd836ce8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Zoom see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362673-Request-or-Give-Remote-Control\">https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362673-Request-or-Give-Remote-Control<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people run into problems with the Talking Mats \u00a0digital log in because they get a message about Adobe Flash. If you get that, our advice would be to try a different browser or if you are using Chrome do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the 3 little dots at the top-right of chrome<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201csettings\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrivacy and security\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSite settings\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlash\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Change from \u201cBlocked\u201d to \u201cAsk first\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EXTENDED OFFER\u00a0to increase digital access during the Covid-19 Emergency <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We realise that many of you don\u2019t have the digital Talking Mats so we are making it available for a charge of \u00a330.00 including VAT\u00a0 from now until the END OF 2020. Fill in this form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DISCOUNTED-DIGITAL-TALKING-MATS-REQUEST-FORM.pdf\">DISCOUNTED DIGITAL TALKING MATS REQUEST FORM<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/remote-DTM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/remote-DTM-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"remote DTM\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>(We hope you will understand that we will not release your digital logon until payment is received.) We always recommend the Talking Mats foundation training to get the full benefit from this communication framework so watch out for our online training offer which will be released next week.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal level we have been testing remote use of Digital Talking Mats amongst the Talking Mats team. 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We held a virtual meeting on Thursday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> April at 10.00 a.m. to do that here is the report of that meeting including a link to a video demonstrating how to set up your digital Talking Mat\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200429-post-zoom-meeting-notes_-no-link.docx\">20200429 post zoom meeting notes_ no link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the restrictions placed on us by Covid-19 there have been lots of questions to us 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