Which video conferencing tool do I use?

Summary

Features of various Video Conferencing tool available to you and which one to use for what events.

Body

Northwood Supported Video Conferencing Tool Feature Matrix

Feature	Kaltura Classroom	MS Teams
# of Attendees	100	250
# of Attendess on Screen	Changes depending on attendee number	49
Recording	x	X
Auto Recording	-	-
Requires a streaming site like YouTube	-	-
Chat	x	X
Screen Sharing	x	X
Requires an Encoder	-	-
Q&A	x	-
Virtual Background	blur	X
Breakout Rooms	x	X
Share Live Video with Audio	x	X
Annotation	x	X
Whiteboard	x	X
Save Chat History	x	X
Closed Captioning	x	X
Private Meetings	when locked	X
Scheduling	-	X
Branded	x	X
Waiting Room	-	X
Polling	x	-
Lock Meeting	x	-
Raise Hand	x	X
Stream to Outside Streaming Services	-	X
Multiple Events at Same Time	x	X

Microsoft Teams

This can be 1 to 1 or many to many. This would be the preferred platform for student collaboration. All members of the Northwood community have access to Teams and can attend and set meetings as it are part of our Microsoft 365 license.

Feature Set:

Share Screen
Virtual Backgrounds
File Sharing
Together mode, everyone sits in a shared background
Chat (kept after meeting concludes)
Recording
Live Caption
Raise your Hand
Participant list download
Large gallery mode up to 49 people on screen.
Pin people's video
Lobby waiting room for attendees

For more information on Teams:

Video Conferencing specific support:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/meetings-in-teams-e0b0ae21-53ee-4462-a50d-ca9b9e217b67?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Zoom, WebEx, Go to Meeting, Facebook, FaceTime, Google

*Employees can however attend meetings and events on these platforms and others set up by outside organizations.

Details

Article ID: 115939

Created

Thu 9/10/20 10:34 AM

Modified

Wed 7/10/24 10:06 AM