Yugma

Thanks to John for sharing this with me. Yugma is a free desktop collaboration tool. If you have ever needed to “see” another user’s desktop, you can use this tool to connect. All you need is a browser. Once you setup an account you can login and create a session. The session has an ID that you can share with another person. That person can then connect to your desktop.

I have the need to do this all the time. When I have a student that is stuck using a piece of software, if I can see his/her screen, I can provide the quickest feedback. Normally I use a combination of Hamachi/VNC, but that is much more complicated than Yugma.

I use the phone to talk to the student while I connect to the remote desktop. Skype will work too if the student has a Skype account.