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 Teams | McGill staff, faculty and students who have access to the Office 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 |
| Webex (web conferencing) | McGill staff, faculty and students | - Training (course delivery, breakout rooms) - Ad-hoc/scheduled meetings (includes dial-in option) |
McGill and non-McGill participants | Saved to the cloud or computer |
| Zoom | McGill instructors | Web conferencing solution for course delivery | McGill and non-McGill participants | See the Teaching and Learning KB and search for Zoom. |
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