Dear DINA.international community,

we hope you had a good start into the summer. A lot has happened at DINA in the last few months. In our first newsletter of 2023 we would like to inform you about the latest developments, tools and dates at DINA.

Successful start of the trainer search
We have already introduced the trainer search in a previous newsletter. In the meantime, many users have registered their skills, so that you will find someone there for many purposes. Click through the individual subcategories and try out the various filter functions. For example, are you looking for Polish interpreters or exchange facilitators with expertise in the field of inclusion? You will now find what you are looking for in the trainer search.
If you would like to make your skills available to others in international youth work, you can easily specify this in your Profile Settings. Then you can also be found in the search for trainers.

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DINA Study
As some of you may have noticed, we conducted an evaluation on the use of DINA in cooperation with the JFF - Institute for Media Education. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated and helped us with their feedback!
The study showed that many people especially appreciate the conference function of DINA. In addition, the interpretation tool in video conferences is very popular. Many also appreciate DINA's multilingualism, as well as the generally wide range of tools. This is a great confirmation of the effort that has already been put into DINA. Thanks for that!
Of course, there is also criticism about the implementation of some functions. For example, many are dissatisfied with the chat function on DINA and complain that the platform is too complex. In addition, many users would like to see more networking functions on DINA. We take criticism and suggestions to heart and are working on adapting DINA even more to your needs. We are already working with our partner Wechange to simplify the dashboard. So stay tuned!
Even beyond the evaluation, we are always interested in your feedback. If you have any suggestions or criticism regarding individual tools or DINA in general, just write us: julian.may-johann@striftung-drja.de

Are you already using the Premium Conferences?
One of the main functions of DINA are conferences, where you can hold video conferences with BigBlueButton. A special feature of conferences is that you can also register them as PREMIUM CONFERENCES.
Premium means: Only the best quality for you and the whole thing completely free of charge, so really without hidden costs.
In concrete terms this means: If you use a premium conference, your conference will run on a more powerful server with a bandwidth guaranteed by us. This not only allows you to use additional features like streaming and recording (see below), but also guarantees a higher quality and stability. For this you only have to fill out a form, so that depending on the number of participants and duration the required server capacity can be reserved for you, which we hereby warmly recommend.

Additional features streaming and recording
By using a premium conference, even more features are available to you. For example, you can record your video conferences for later use or stream them live on video portals such as YouTube or Vimeo. Streaming is interesting if you expect many participants for your planned online conference. In addition, the video conference is then documented on the platform and can also be shared further. A recorded video conference can be edited and downloaded.
Here you can find the link to the manual for a detailed instruction of these features.

Want to learn more about DINA?
You want to know what is possible with DINA?
Here are the next dates for our DINA trainings - the two training dates build on each other:
Tuesday 08.08.2023 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Thursday 10.08.2023 10:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Click here to access the training.