Web Conferencing A look at possible solutions.

Features

• Desktop Sharing

• Chat

• Audio Conferencing

• Video Conferencing

• Whiteboard

• PowerPoint Presentations

• Web Tour

Desktop Sharing-Adobe Connect-

Desktop Sharing -Open Meeting-

Desktop Sharing-BigBlueButton-

Desktop SharingBlackboard Collaborate

Chat

Audio Conferencing

Video Conferencing

• Users can share their webcams

Whiteboard

Recording-Adobe Connect-

Recording-Openmeetings-

Recording-BigBlueButton-

RecordingBlackboard Collaborate

Low Bandwidth

• Video (none?)

• Audio (via phone?)• SIP integration?

Hardware

• Computers with web browsers

• Conference phone (two-way audio)

• Headsets (two-way audio)

• Microphone (one-way audio)

• WebCam

• Server

Optional Features

• Remote Control

• Integration w/Vancko Hall

• Poll

• Multi-user whiteboard (concurrent editors)

• Recording (everything; audio, slides, and chat; selected portion only; …) ~ storage

Costs

• Open Meetings (No licensing fees)

• Big Blue Button (No licensing fees; Easy to share services with other campuses ~ potential revenue)

• Cisco WebEx ($30,000 per year with 300 users; maintain user accounts)

• Adobe Connect ($45,000 per year with 300 users; maintain user accounts)

Sample Meetings

• Open Meetings:

• Big Blue Button: https://moodle01.delhi.edu/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/view.php?id=3107

• Cisco WebEx: http://webex.com

• Adobe Connect: https://sunydelhi.adobeconnect.com

• Blackboard Collaborate (video): http://www.blackboard.com/getdoc/5dcff8d2-5fda-4181-aac6-184b4a2ed24c/Introducing-Blackboard-Collaborate-Web-Conferencin.aspx

Workshop Instructions

• https://confluence.delhi.edu/x/WQAKFQ