| Quick Links to Launch Software | Blackboard Collaborate | Webex | Zoom | MS Teams | Google Meet |
| Common Use Cases |
| | Teaching Sessions, Share Lectures, Classroom Breakout Sessions | Team meetings, Live Events for internal and external contacts, and other Many-to-Many needs, unified external/internal phone client | Teaching Sessions, Team meetings, Live Events and other Many-to-Many needs | Team meetings, Team chat, Casual Audio-Video Chat | Casual Audio-Video Chat |
| Calling Internally to University | | | | | |
| Calling Outside University | | | | | |
| Teaching Sessions | | | | | |
| Training or teaching with break-out sessions | | | | | |
| Training or teaching with in-session polling, quizzes, exercises, or tests | | | | | |
| Casual, on-the-fly Instant Messaging | | | | | |
| Casual, on-the-fly audio chat | | | | | |
| Casual, on-the-fly video chat | | | | | |
| Scheduled Meetings | | | | | |
| Meeting where all participants might need to speak | | | | | |
| Invite guests lectures who do not have a GW account | | | | | |
| Meeting or discussion where one or more participants needs (or prefers) to attend by phone | | | | | |
| Webinars or Events requiring registration | | | | | |
| Key Benefits |
| | - Included in the Blackboard classroom environment
- Students must be enrolled in class in order to attend
- Attendance tracking can be done automatically and saved in Grade Center
| - Different Types: Meeting, Training, and Event
- Mobile and Desktop Applications
- More participants available with base account
- Unified phone client that integrates existing internal and external phone services
- Fully integrated with existing enterprise voice infrastructure
| - Different Types: Meeting and Webinar
- Mobile and Desktop applications
- Included in the Blackboard classroom environment
- Intuitive to use
| - Different Types: Meeting, Training
- Mobile and Desktop applications
- Attendance reports and class insights show how students engage with the class
- Fully integrated with Microsoft 365 platform
| - Integrated with Google Suite
- Easy tool for casual interactions
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| Available to |
| | Anyone who is teaching or enrolled to take a course in Blackboard | Staff, Faculty, Student, Wage, Affiliate | Staff, Faculty, Student (Wage and Affiliate in Zoom Grouper Group with Approval) | Staff, Faculty, Student, Wage, Affiliates | Staff, Faculty, Student, Wage, Alumni, Affiliates, Organizations |
| Access/Setup |
| Google Calendar Scheduling Add-on | | | | | |
| Dial-in (toll number) option | | | | | |
| Limitations |
| Max. # of participants with base account | 250 Regular Scale Session / 500 Large Scale | 1000 Meetings / 3000 Live Events (max 2 concurrent at 3000, 1000 otherwise) | 300 | 300 Users in a Meeting / 20 Users in Private Chat | 250 |
| Number of participants viewable on screen per page | 5 | 25 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| Max. # of participants, add-on (available upon request) | | 3000 two concurrent Licenses, 1000 otherwise. | 500 webinar/1000 webinar (requires a license request) | NA | NA |
| Key Features |
| Record Session | | | | | |
| Automatic Transcriptions of Record Session | | | | | |
| Chat | | | | | |
| Share File | | | | | |
| Share Screen | | | | | |
| Share iPhone or iPad Screen | | | | | |
| Polling | | | | | |
| Whiteboard | | | | | |
| Breakout Groups | | | | | |
| Reactions | | | | | |
| Q&A | | Available in Events only | | | |
| Real Time Closed Captions | | Available upon request | | | |
| Blur Video Background / Virtual Background | | | | | |
| Live Captioning | Available upon request DSS | Available upon request | Available upon request | | |
| Personal Room | | | | | |
| Desktop Application option | | | | | |
| Mobile Application option | | | | | |
| Security |
| Lobby / Waiting Room | | | | | |
| Meeting can be locked | Only course members can join a session unless professor gives a guest link to an outside person | | | | |
