New Web-conferencing Tools

We just purchased a license for Web Conferencing Tool -Wimba so i wanted to look around and see what else is available out there. This blog :http://open-tube.com/7-free-web-conferencing-tools/ provides a good list of free web con. tools for those who can't and don't need to buy huge licenses.

We have also use Dim Dim in the past .Its easy and does what you need to do for a meeting.

Key features of any web. conf. tool:

Key features that characterize web conferencing systems include:

• Downloadable Software / Web-based

  Whether the web conferencing system is software-based or web-based. Web-based systems run generally on all types of computers and require no software download or configuration.

• Text chat

  A real-time text-based cat facility allowing synchronous communication among multiple users.

• VoIP

  The ability to talk over the Internet. So called full-duplex systems allow for synchronous conversations while some older systems provide only for push-to-talk functionality.

• Screen-Sharing

  The ability to show the contents of one's own screen in real-time to one r more distant users.

• Co-browsing

  The ability to navigate web pages in synch with multiple distant users.

• Presentation Facility

  A facility devoted to the delivery of PowerPoint presentations to online audiences.

• Whiteboard - Live annotation tools

  These are dedicated to provide a whiteboard like experience where an empty canvas can be used to call up pictures, documents or diagrams and annotate over them in real-time.

• Video

  Video facilities offer the ability to present in real-time one or multiple web conferencing participants through their web cams.

• Recording

  The ability to record the web conferencing in real-time including text chat exchanges, audio and the slides, web pages or other contents being presented.

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