No Travel Training

Attend training from your home or office. Even though we have many locations, some clients prefer to attend class from their home or office. RCI offers that flexibility. However, you’ll need to provide a few things to make that possible:

• Two computers running Windows.
  Most people set up a laptop computer next to their desktop system. One computer is used to view the instructor presentation while the other is used for the student hands-on labs. More experienced users can get away with a single computer if they are willing to toggle back and forth between windows showing the instructor presentation and the student lab computer. Two computers are not necessary, but they are highly recommended.
  
  
• A high-speed Internet connection.
  Student and instructor connections to the traditional classroom use only about 75KB of bandwidth during the class. This means that the average home DSL or cable connection will provide more than enough bandwidth. Sometimes in office environments, firewalls used for internet security prevent those connections from being made. To test your internet connection, you can try the connection test.
  
  
  
• A speaker phone or hands-free headset for your telephone.
  Because you’ll be using the keyboard and mouse throughout the class, you will need a speakerphone or headset by your computer.
  
  
  
• Unlimited long-distance phone service.
  The conference call connection is a long-distance call for which toll charges apply. Unlimited long-distance service is commonly available in homes. Also, many businesses have phone lines that permit unlimited long-distance calls free of charge. Check with your IT staff to see if your company has such a line.
  

The set up is easy. Because the application software for your course, such as Microsoft Excel, will already be installed on a computer designated for your use in the instructor’s classroom, you won’t need to install that software on your home or office computer. (This is especially important for technical classes that rely on complex software installations that require up to 8 gig of RAM!)

Just install conferencing software. However, you will need to install the conferencing software that connects you to the classroom. GotoMeeting will be installed on your “instructor” computer. (If you’ve ever attended a web seminar, you’ve installed similar software.) GotoMyPC will be installed on your “student” computer. That’s easy to do too. You’ll just click on a link and fill in a few prompts and you’ll be connected.

But start 20 minutes before the class. Before the class we will send the course materials directly to your home or office. In addition, you’ll get an email with all of the directions you’ll need for the classroom connection software and phone bridge. Be sure to allow about 20 minutes of set up time before the start of the class.

Learn More

We have a way that you can use to test if you can connect from your home or office to one of our computers that's running GoToMyPC. This is the technology used by students in our Remote Classroom Instruction (RCI) classes to do labs and exercises.

Click Here for Connection Test