{"id":177,"date":"2011-02-28T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tabithahart.net\/?p=177"},"modified":"2011-02-28T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:42:07","slug":"team-viewer-for-remote-access-desktop-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Team Viewer for remote access &#038; desktop sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My new favorite tool for remote access and desktop sharing is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamviewer.com\/en\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s free, it&#8217;s easy to use, the UI is nice, and it works like a charm. \u00a0There are versions for Mac, Windows, Linux, the iPhone, the iPad, and Android. \u00a0So far I&#8217;ve only used it on my MacBook, and I was very happy with it.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you want such a tool? \u00a0I can think of several scenarios for researchers in which TeamViewer would come in handy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> You are remote-teaching a colleague how to use a computer-based tool (like TAMS, for data analysis). \u00a0As you speak together (on the phone, via Skype, etc.) you can watch your colleague&#8217;s movements on their desktop, and thus better assist him\/her in the learning process. \u00a0I did this with a colleague of mine recently, and being able to see her desktop while explaining the program made things much easier.<\/li>\n<li>You want to observe a research participant&#8217;s use of a computer-based tool, but you can&#8217;t be there in person.<\/li>\n<li>You want to engage in collaborative coding of data with a colleague in real time, but can&#8217;t be there in person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you used Team Viewer? \u00a0If so, what did you use it for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new favorite tool for remote access and desktop sharing is TeamViewer. \u00a0It&#8217;s free, it&#8217;s easy to use, the UI is nice, and it works like a charm. \u00a0There are versions for Mac, Windows, Linux, the iPhone, the iPad, and Android. \u00a0So far I&#8217;ve only used it on my MacBook, and I was very happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tabithahart.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}