Web Conferencing: choosing the right solution


OVERVIEW

Target audience: McGill staff, faculty and students

Several options for web conferencing are presently available to the McGill community. The comparison below can help you select the most appropriate solution for your needs.

 

Web conferencing tools

Application

Who can use it

Primary purpose

Who can join a meeting

Recordings

*Microsoft TeamsMcGill staff, faculty and students with access to the Microsoft 365 portal

Features/capabilities:

- Internal collaboration space
- Discussion channels
- Chat
- File storage
- Ad-hoc/scheduled meetings
- Whiteboard
- Breakout rooms
- Live captions and transcription
- Webinars

McGill and non-McGill participants

(Participants without McGill credentials can be added to teams as guests or invited to Teams meetings using Outlook.)

Saved to OneDrive or SharePoint,
linked to in Teams meeting chat
*ZoomMcGill instructors

Web conferencing solution for course deliveryMcGill and non-McGill participantsSee the 
Teaching and Learning KB and search for Zoom.

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