Online Meetings

Introduction

Regardless of whether you are teaching a face-to-face class, a fully online class, or a hybrid between the two, it is important to know what tools are out there for you to use and to know the features, advantages, benefits, and limitations of each tool. This page serves to help you navigate through the entire online meetings toolkit.

Available Tools List

Features, Advantages, Benefits, Limitations

 Technology Use Case

 

Limitations

 Login


 Features

 

Support

 Resources

 quick one to one, audio only

 3 way conference call, audio only

not needed

requires little technological knowledge.

 help@umaryland.edu

 Resources

Microsoft Teams

 text chat, audio and/or video calls

Only can be used within UMB community

UMID login, available to all

 help@umaryland.edu,

 UMB Campus Quick Guides

virtual class meetings, office hours 

limited to people in a Blackboard course unless using the Guest Speaker function

 available to all via integrated Blackboard courses/organizations, or via IDEA Team

 allows easy breakout rooms

 ideateam@ssw.umaryland.edu

 Tutorials/Resources

 virtual class meetings, webinars

 difficult to save a recording for editing or future use, complicated user experience. Difficult to launch for some users.

UMID login, available to all

chat feature, video conferencing, telephone call in, mute/unmute

  help@umaryland.edu    

 https://www.umaryland.edu/cits/services/webex/

virtual class meetings, class check-ins, social gatherings, office hours, student group meetings, guest speakers, gatherings

 recordings can only be saved to a computer

UMID login, available to faculty and staff

breakout rooms, virtual backgrounds, low latency, easy user experience, chat feature, polls, video conferencing, Brady Bunch grid, telephone call in, mute/unmute all functionality, easy to setup, lots of features.

help@umaryland.edu