Desired Features for At-Large use | ZOOM | Meet Echo | BLACKBOARD | Adobe Connect | LUCID Meetings | Click Meeting | BlueJeans | ReadyTalk | Webex | GotoMeetNow | Join.Me | Meetingburner | MegaMeeting | Onstream Media Corporation Infinite Conferencing. | Clearside | GotoMeeting | AnyMeeting | Jitsi Meet |
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Website / Review Notes | https://zoom.us/ | www.meetecho.com | Adobe Connect | http://www.lucidmeetings.com/ | www.clickmeeting.com | BlueJeans ; | ReadyTalk | webex.com | GoMeetNow | www.join.me | MeetingBurner | Infinite Conferencing | www.clearslide.com | AnyMeeting | Jitsi Meet | |||
Supports a variety of Operating Systems/desktop browsers (W - Windows, M - Mac, L - Linux) | W/M/L | w/m/l | W/M/L but requires Flash | yes | W/M browser plugin required, can use Skype | W/M/L but requires Flash or Java | Yes | W / M ; L can only view | W / M to run meeting L can attend only | W / M / L | Yes | W/M does not support Linux | Browser Support for WebRTC menas only latest Google Chrome and Opera supported on W/M/L | |||||
Plugins required (Flash, Java) | Zoom client Viewing of recording requires HTML5 or Flash | Flash | no | no | Flash ; presenters require Java | Yes | No ; although requires software to be installed | Flash ; presenters require Java | No | requires Java for presenter and participants to see shared screen | Program Downloads needed for W/M | none | ||||||
Supports a variety of Mobile/Tablet Platforms (iOS, Android) | Yes, via Zoom Mobile App for iPhone or Android | no client available | yes, via apps | yes via browser | iOS app ; Android app planned | iOS | Yes | yes ; via browser view only mode | yes | iOS app ; Android can view via browser | iOS and Android apps | no apps ; not tested | Apps for iOS and Android | Chrome on Android works, doesn't work with iOS | ||||
Public and private text chat | Yes | yes | yes | no ; public chat planned for future | Public chat only | yes | Yes | yes | yes | yes | Yes | Public chat | ||||||
Speaker's queue (ability for attendees to "raise hands", | Yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes except presenter | Yes | no | yes | ability to raise hands ; however participants can't see who else is on the call ; workaround via text chat | Yes | No | ||||||
Meeting Scheduling | Yes | yes | yes | yes ; there is a plugin to add meeting information to Google Calendar | email to attendees with unique URL for meeting room | Yes | Yes | yes, but requires Outlook plugin ; easier to send live invites during a meeting | Requires email with unique URL to be sent to attendees for them to join | No. Unique URL can be shared with any attendee to join | ||||||||
Shared hosting | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Present documents (PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, etc) | Only via sharing screen | yes, | yes | indirectly, via sceensharing | PPTX, image files only | no ; indirectly via screensharing | no ; indirectly via screensharing | yes | PDF; Office and ODF files | yes, although attendees complained of lack of viewability (unable to zoom) | Via Prezi | |||||||
Poll attendees (show agreement / disagreement ) | Informal support can be indicatd by participants. Formal polling can be enabled by host https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-Meetings | yes | yes | no | no | no ; although paid versions offers Meeting Thermometer to get the "temperature of the room" | no | Yes | No | |||||||||
Ability to share screens | Yes, can allow one participant to share at a time, or simultaneous sharing by multiple participants (except for participants on mobile devices) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes, | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Member control of Presenter Screen | As above, host control | yes | yes | yes | Yes | yes | yes | no | No | No | ||||||||
Archive of content from conferencing available after the call for public viewing | Local recording (free); or Cloud recording (paid) - download-able and/or streamed from browser via HTML5 or Flash Recording formats: M3U / MP4 / M4A / Chat (txt, for group chat) | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | Yes | yes | yes, but recording are $2 a minute | With paid version, yes | No | |||||||
Maximum number of participants | no Maximum number. participants, unlimited meetings but 40 minute limit per meeting for free version | 100 | 25 | 1000 | 200 | depends on bandwidth of meet server | ||||||||||||
Full Voice VoIP | yes | currently in beta | yes | Yes | yes | Yes | yes | yes, not tested | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Whiteboard | Yes | yes | Yes | yes | no | Shared notes pod | Etherpad | |||||||||||
support for video conferencing/use of webcams | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes up to 4 participants | yes for host | yes | yes, but not tested | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Polling and analysis | yes. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-Meetings | No | no | Yes | Yes | yes | yes but anonymous | Yes | No | |||||||||
Global accessibility - can the service be used in all countries? (difficult to evaluate, based on best knowledge) | works for people with low or no vision, works with ios voice over. unsure of whether it works in Iran or other similar countries | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||
allows the management of Agenda during call | agenda displayed only | yes, timer and agenda is shown to all participants | no | no | no | no | no | no | Agenda can be displayed with shared notes pod | Agenda displayed only | ||||||||
Disable/Accessibility Compliance (1) | https://zoom.us/accessibility | http://wwwimages.adobe.com/ content/dam/Adobe/en/products/ adobeconnect/pdfs/web-conferencing/connect-accessibility-whitepaper.pdf (2012) | Yes http://www.lucidmeetings.com/ docs/accessibility-statement | |||||||||||||||
Captioning | Has to be enabled by host, then either entered directly by appointed participant, or via streamtext- after session starts, url is generated has to be given to captioner to enable in streamtext. Viewers can adjust caption size in zoom settings. | Via streamtext pod. Caption First use their own pod rather than Adobe's because of some shortcomings there. | ||||||||||||||||
cost (might be useful for ALS considering solutions for internal use) | 100 participants, unlimited meetings but 40 minute limit per meeting for free version | available to ALSes for use for discussions | http://www.lucidmeetings.com/pricing : free version allows for one person to schedule meetings | free for 10 users | Free, ad supported version allows 200 persons to join | Free | ||||||||||||
Technology Support/ Email and Phone | Online support | phone/email | Yes | Yes | None | |||||||||||||
Bandwidth | works well at lo bitrates | |||||||||||||||||
Webinar mode | (Add-on to Pro Plan) Video Webinar allows you to broadcast a Zoom meeting to up to 10000 view-only attendees. As the host or a panelist, you can share your screen, video and audio in a webinar and attendees can use the chat or question and answer options to interact with the host and panelists. | |||||||||||||||||
UA/EAI Compliance |
- W3 checker Lucid Meeting
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
No known problems
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3 Comments
Alfredo Calderon
Consider http://www.blackboard.com/business/index.aspx
Murray McKercher
Check out https://zoom.us/
Murray
Jacqueline Morris
Zoom does allow polling of attendees. It allows multiple choice questions. It also allows attendee viewing of documents via screen sharing, and multiple webcams. Agenda can be shown in screensharing mode, and as such it can be amended during the meeting. It's what we use at the University of Trinidad and Tobago for meetings, remote classes and more.