Web/Video Conferencing Recommendations:
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| Skype for Business | Teams | Zoom | |
| Recommended for | Incoming and outgoing phone calls with internal and external parties |
Chat in your Team or with anyone at KU Meetings with KU colleagues |
Academic classes More information
Zoom allows for meeting recordings to publish straight to Kaltura (Mediahub). This makes an easy segway to embed recorded videos to your Blackboard course.
Meetings with external attendees Polycom conference rooms |
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Most meeting features can be used through the browser application of Teams. However, for full features including screen sharing, the desktop app must be installed and used.
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Some Zoom meeting features can be used through the browser. However, for full features including screen sharing, the desktop app must be installed and used.
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| Works on these browsers | Firefox or Chrome | MS Edge or Chrome | MS Edge, Safari, Firefox, or Chrome |
Can schedule through Outlook |
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To schedule through Outlook, you must first install the desktop app. Meetings created in Outlook are not tied to a specific created Team.
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To schedule through Outlook, you must first install the desktop app.
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Can record |
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Recording can only be done on a PC.
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Recordings do not automatically store in Kaltura. Recordings are stored in Teams for 20 days.
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Recordings can be set to automatically record to the cloud and be stored in Kaltura.
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Number of participants |
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300 More information
10,000 people can be added to a Team. However, 300 is recommended as the meeting attendance cap.
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| Phone bridge available * | |
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| Non-KU attendees join using | Browser or phone bridge | Desktop app, mobile app, or through MS Edge or Chrome | Desktop app, mobile app, phone bridge |
| KU faculty, staff, and students join using | Desktop app, mobile app, or through IE, Firefox or Chrome | Desktop app, mobile app, or through MS Edge or Chrome | Desktop app, mobile app, phone bridge, Polycom |
| Students can create meetings with full features | --- |
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| More information | https://howto.ku.edu/sign-skype | https://howto.ku.edu/microsoft-teams | http://kansas.zoom.us |
| Support |
Customer Service Center itcsc@ku.edu; 785-864-8080 |
Office 365 Admins |
Media Production Studio |
* The phone bridge provides a call-in number for attendees to join. Some long distance charges may be incurred by those calling in.
