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FlowCaster.Live Integration with Google Chrome

flowcaster swirl 200Flowcaster.live integration with Google Chrome - start, schedule, and invite participants to a new FlowCaster session from within your Google Calendar or Gmail! A lightweight download from the Chrome Store provides quick access to FlowCaster sessions integrated directly into the apps you use every day. Here are details:

FlowCaster.live provides editors with a feature rich chat/webcam/telestration meeting environment for remote collaboration. With the Chrome FlowCaster plugin, you can click a link in your Gmail or Google Calendar to immediately start a new meeting, or schedule a meeting, along with the tools to invite participants, set up reminders and so on.

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It's easy to use these features. Here's how to install this application:

Please use a Chrome browser. Go to the Chrome Store. From there you can find the FlowCaster Integration Page.

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Download and install the application. Upon completion you should notice some new links in your Gmail and Google Calendar.

For Gmail, a FlowCaster link is added on the lower left. Clicking it loads the FlowCaster New Meeting page.

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You can click the New Meeting button to show the options.

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Start a FlowCaster meeting now - immediately go to the FlowCaster.live site and start a new meeting. You will need to Sign in to an account to start a meeting. If you don't have one, it's quick and easy to set yourself up. If you have any questions, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Start and email a FlowCaster meeting - immediately go to the FlowCaster.live site and start a new meeting, and at the same time, open a new email with an invitation to the same meeting so you can invite everybody you need to collaborate with.
Schedule a FlowCaster meeting - opens your Google Calendar, so you can set up a new FlowCaster meeting. All of the familiar event options are available, so you can set the time, whether the meeting repeats, what sort of reminders will be sent and to whom, similar to any event you create in the calendar.

For your Google Calendar, clicking on a day will open your usual event editor, with an extra feature: the Add FlowCaster meet & review session button.

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Clicking on the Add FlowCaster meet & review session button lets you schedule the new meeting with all the parameters you are used to using in any similar Calendar event. You can set Time of Day, specify/invite the participants, set the reminders, and so on. The meeting link is provided automatically and everybody can join easily and get started working.

FlowCaster.live tools let you share high quality video, time code, closed captions, and metadata with all the shareholders in your creative process. Install the app today.


 

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