Audio Conferencing is a managed communication between multiple sites that is linked by voice-only telecommunications medium.

Audio Conferencing can be a useful tool in professional development programs, seminars, credit classes, training sessions, business meetings, public information discussions, conference planning sessions, employment interviews, unemployment hearings, coordination meetings, and many other situations.

ND University System's Advanced Learning Technologies provides audio conferencing services to educational, governmental, and non-profit groups in North Dakota for a nominal fee. Their telephone bridge currently supports a maximum of 46 connections and up to ten simultaneous conferences.

Requesting Service

Contact ND University System's Advanced Learning Technologies directly by telephone at (701) 777-6353.

Audio Conferencing Pointers

• Speak directly into the receiver
• Identify yourself when you speak
• Make sure you are in a quiet room with no background noise
• Avoid excessive movement, keyboarding, or jostling of papers
• Put the phone on mute when you are not talking

Reservationless Conferencing Service

A new reservationless audio conferencing service is now being offered by ITD. This conferencing is always available for you to use whether you need to schedule a meeting in advance or meet instantly. Plus, you have multiple features at your fingertips to make your meetings more productive.

Some of the features include:

• *0 Help Desk Assistance
• *6 Mute/Unmute your line
• *22 Record the conference
• *91 Participant count
• *93 Disconnect all lines
• *94 Lock/Unlock conference
• *5 Increase your voice volume
• *4 Increase conferencing volume (moderator only)
• *32 Record custom conference introduction

To request this service, please use ITD's online Work Management System (WMS) may be used to submit a "Telecommunications" service request.