SimQuest meeting

SimQuest Meeting allows learners to collaborate with each other on a simulation over a local area network or the internet. Microsoft Netmeeting is required to use SimQuest meeting. The SimQuest simulation must contain the SimQuest Meeting element. This element can be dragged from the library and dropped at any convenient location in the simulation.

User 1

User 2

Step 1-1: Go to the Windows Start menu and press “Run...”

The following screen appears:

Step 1-2: Type “cmd.exe” and press OK

The following screen appears:

Step 1-3: Type “ipconfig” and press Enter

The window shows the IP-configuration of the PC:

Step 1-4: Write down the IP Address en give it User 2

Step 1-5: Close the window

Step 1-6: Start the SimQuest learning environment

The following screen appears:

Step 2-1: Go to the Windows Start menu and press “Run...”

The following screen appears:

Step 2-2: Type “conf.exe” and press OK

Step 1-7: If the screen below appears, go to Step 1-8. If not, go to Step 1-10

Step 2-3: If the screen below appear, go to Step 2-4. If not, go to Step 2-7

Step 2-4: Press “Next”

Step 1-8: Type 1 or 2 random letters in ‘First name’, ‘Last name’ and ‘E-mail address’ (not your own details!)

Step 1-9: Press "Next" 7 or 8 times and close the window

Step 2-5: Type 1 or 2 random letters in ‘First name’, ‘Last name’ and ‘E-mail address’ (not your own details!)

Stap 2-6: Press "Next" 7 or 8 times and close the window

The program Netmeeting will start after a few seconds

User 2 tries to contact your computer

Step 1-10: Check if Netmeeting is active. If so, the screen below shows a "name" and "status".

If you see no name and status, close SimQuest and restart the SimQuest simulation.

Step 2-7: Type the IP-address of User 1 by (1) and press the telephone button (2)

Step 1-11: If the window below appears, press “Accept”

Netmeeting tries to contact User's 1 PC. This may take a while.

If nothing happens for 2 minutes, ask User 1 to close SimQuest and restart the SimQuest simulation. In this case, press button (3) and after User 1 has restarted the simulation, press button (2) (see step 2-7)

When the PC's of User 1 and User 2 made contact, the users both see the screen below.

Both users can operate the simulation, but only one at a time. Only one user can type or use the mouse. The other can take over the control by double clicking the mouse.