AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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| 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 |
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| Supports a variety of Operating Systems/desktop browsers (W - Windows, M - Mac, L - Linux) |
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| 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 |
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| W / M to run meeting L can attend only | W / M / L | Yes |
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| W/M does not support Linux | Browser Support for WebRTC menas only latest Google Chrome and Opera supported on W/M/L |
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| 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 |
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| Flash ; presenters require Java | No |
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| requires Java for presenter and participants to see shared screen | Program Downloads needed for W/M | none |
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| 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 |
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| no apps ; not tested | Apps for iOS and Android | Chrome on Android works, doesn't work with iOS |
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| Public and private text chat | Yes | yes | yes | no ; public chat planned for future | Public chat only | yes | Yes |
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| yes | yes | yes |
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| Yes | Public chat |
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Speaker's queue (ability for attendees to "raise hands", | Yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes except presenter |
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| no | yes |
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| ability to raise hands ; however participants can't see who else is on the call ; workaround via text chat | Yes | No |
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| Meeting Scheduling |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Present documents (PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, etc) | Only via sharing screen | yes, | yes | indirectly, via sceensharing | PPTX, image files only |
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| no ; indirectly via screensharing |
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| no ; indirectly via screensharing | yes |
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| PDF; Office and ODF files | yes, although attendees complained of lack of viewability (unable to zoom) | Via Prezi |
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| 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 |
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| no ; although paid versions offers Meeting Thermometer to get the "temperature of the room" |
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| 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 |
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| Member control of Presenter Screen | As above, host control | yes | yes |
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| 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 |
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| yes, but recording are $2 a minute | With paid version, yes | No |
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| Maximum number of participants | no Maximum number. participants, unlimited meetings but 40 minute limit per meeting for free version | 100 |
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| 25 |
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| 1000 |
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| 200 | depends on bandwidth of meet server | ||||||
| Full Voice VoIP | yes | currently in beta | yes |
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| yes, not tested | Yes | Yes |
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| Whiteboard | Yes | yes |
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| Shared notes pod |
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| Etherpad | ||||||||
support for video conferencing/use of webcams | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
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| yes up to 4 participants |
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| yes for host | yes |
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| 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 |
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| allows the management of Agenda during call | agenda displayed only | yes, timer and agenda is shown to all participants | no | no |
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| Agenda can be displayed with shared notes pod | Agenda displayed only |
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| Disable/Accessibility Compliance (1) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Free, ad supported version allows 200 persons to join | Free |
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| Technology Support/ Email and Phone |
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| Online support |
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| phone/email |
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| 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
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- http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
No known problems
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