Virtual meeting tools enable people to socialize, work, and collaborate in new and powerful ways. The University of Denver offers two video collaboration resources to its community. While there is some feature overlap between the services, each one has its own specialty. This document will help guide you to the best tool for your needs.
DU supports Microsoft Teams and Zoom for virtual meetings.
Each has its strengths. Please read the following use cases and decide which one fits your needs.
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Online Meeting Scenario |
Recommended Product | ||
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I want to have a one-to-one online meeting | |||
| I want to offer virtual office hours | Zoom | ||
| I want to run an online session for my class in Canvas | Zoom | ||
| I want to poll my participants or assign them to breakout rooms | Zoom | ||
| I want to record an online meeting in the cloud for later viewing by attendees | |||
| I want to record an online meeting in the cloud and publish it for public viewing | Zoom | ||
| I want to record an online meeting without using the cloud | Zoom | ||
| I want to hold an online meeting where restricted use data may be shared | Teams | ||
Product Comparison
| Features | Teams |
Zoom | |||
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Desktop App |
Windows, Mac | Windows, Mac | |||
| Mobile App | iOS, Android | iOS, Android | |||
| Browser support | Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome | Google Chrome is Preferred | |||
| Canvas integration | no | yes | |||
| Maximum meeting attendees | 250 |
300 | |||
| Join meeting with audio only | yes | yes | |||
| Chat within meetings | yes |
yes | |||
| Screen sharing | yes |
yes | |||
| Annotate shared content | no |
yes | |||
| Whiteboard | no |
yes | |||
| Breakout rooms | no |
yes | |||
| Polling | no |
yes | |||
| Cloud recording | yes |
yes | |||
| Local recording | no |
yes | |||
| Join before host | yes |
yes | |||
| Outlook calendar integration | yes |
yes | |||
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