Process Research 2013 - Notes for Delegates

David Pollard 03/12/2013

Before the conference

Check your computer meets the requirements of Collaborate. To do this, visit here: http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge& questionID=1473 You will need speakers or a headset.

When to enter the conference

The conference will start at 10.20 and unless there are technical problems will adhere to the timetable quite strictly. 10.20-10.30 10.30-11.15 11.15-12.00 12.00-12.45 12.45-13.30 13.30-14.30 14.30-15.15 15.15-16.00 16.00-16.15 Introduction Emotion Regulation and Professional Translation Sverine Hubscher-Davidson break Poles apart? The personality profiles of advanced language learners Alexandra Rosiers, Hildegard Vermeiren and June Eyckmans A tale of two empathies: their relation to other process-relevant cognitive and affective factors in translation, their role in target audience orientation Matthias Apfelthaler break Influences of emotion on cognitive processing in translation - A framework and some empirical evidence Caroline Lehr Does personality matter? Exploring individual difference in interpreters Karen Bontempo Conclusion

The link to the conference will be open at 9.30 UK time. Please do enter the conference early so you have time to fix any technical issues. Even without any technical difficulties, the logging in process may take 10 minutes. Once you are in the conference, and you are sure all is working, simply stay logged in but do something else - like make a cup of tea until 10.20.

How to enter the conference

The conference is here: http://tinyurl.com/processresearch2013 When you follow the link, you will see a login screen.

Enter your own name. If all is well, the JAVA program will start. On some browsers, you may need to answer questions such as this:

On some browsers, instead of launching the JAVA program, it will just be saved in your downloads folder. In chrome, you just see this at the bottom of your browser

you now need to double-click the JAVA file in order to run it. The next process may take a few minutes. Soon you should see JAVA loading, like this:

And after a while, the classroom will appear:

ATTENTION! At this point, you may be asked about the speed of your connection. It is important that you choose the correct speed. If you are on wireless, choose wireless.

When you are in the classroom, it will look like this:

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1. List of participants 2. Emoticons you can use them to applaud at the end of a presentation 3. Place for delegates to type in questions 4. Volume control 5. Where the PowerPoint slides will appear

When you enter, you will have normal delegate rights. You can only do two things: listen, and ask questions by typing in the chat area. You cannot speak.

Problems hearing? Try this first

If you are having problems in hearing the audio, then Select Tools then Audio and Audio Setup Wizard, and follow the instructions.

Using the chat to ask questions of the speaker

You can use the chat to put questions to the speaker at the end of their talk. You can type your questions at any point in the talk, but it will only be answered at the end. When the speaker has finished, Sverine will select certain questions from the chat window and will ask the speaker to respond to them.