Gong is a free web-based voice communication tool that allows students and teachers to participate in synchronous and asynchronous discussions from their computers. It is commonly used by schools and universities for teaching purposes. The document provides an introduction to Gong, describes what it is and how it works, highlights key features like integrated text and voice chat and support for multiple languages, and includes links for additional information.

2. Table Of Content
•Introduction
•What is communication tool?
•What is Gong
•Who is using it and why?
•How to install it
•How to use it
•Features
•Frequently asked questions
•Bibliography

3. Introduction
The gong project is a web voice communication tool
which is free to use and can be useful for many people
especially who study by online and who needs some
gaudiness from professors and to be able to work and
understand from different students. The Gong project is
a program that include many features and it is a
beneficial website

4. Communication Tool
• What is communication tool?
It is a tool that is used in different features and ways by people to
be able to communicate and share information.
• There are two types of communication tool:
- External
This type of communication includes your brochures, various forms
of advertising, contact letters, telephone calls, Web sites and
anything else that makes the public aware of what you do
- Internal
newsletters, meetings, telephone calls and formal and informal
discussions

5. What is Gong?
Gong is a free system for voice
communication on the Web. It allows groups
of people such as students and teachers to
participate in discussion groups using their
computers, using both synchronous (real-time)
and asynchronous chat. It is commonly used by
schools and universities for providing a 'voice
board' for teaching purposes.

6. Who is using it and why?
• Allows students and teachers to participate in a discussion
group using the computer at home or anywhere instead of
coming to class
• Used mostly by schools and universities for teaching purposes

7. Who is using it and why
From the Point of view of the user
From the Point of view of the administrator

8. How to install it

9. How to use it
• Gong can be used as a text and/or audio board
• People can read/listen to messages, and reply to them
• People can chat in the system in real-time and the conversation
can be recorded
• Can be executed as an application or through a web browser as
a Java applet

10. How to use it

11. Features
GONG MOODLE MODULE: The Gong system can be easily integrated into Moodle, the
open source learning management system. A Moodle module is created for the Gong
system so that the operation of integration is transparent to the user.
WEB RESOURCE MENU: A fully configurable context menu is a useful addition to the text
of a message. It can provide much more information related to any selected text in
the message.
REAL-TIME TEXT/VOICE CHAT: Two or more than two persons can participate in a
text/voice chat on the Gong system. The chat is configurable. For example, you can
choose whether or not to use text chat and/or audio chat, and whether or not to
record the chat.
MULTILINGUAL INTERFACE: The user interface of the Gong system can be displayed in
different languages. At the moment, five sets of languages are available for selection:
American English, British English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified
Chinese.

12. Frequently asked
questions

13. Bibliography
• http://gong.ust.hk
• http://www.myownbusiness.org/s3/index.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biM7VkHGzVw
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0EFG13qM0