About Web Conferencing
What is Web Conferencing?
Web conferencing is a form of computer-mediated video conferencing, allowing the transmission of synchronized audio and video to simulate face-to-face communication between two or more participants.
The Web conferencing initiative at Case Western Reserve University is currently focusing on Adobe Connect. Adobe Connect incorporates video conferencing, application sharing, chat, whiteboards and polling to create a truly collaborative online environment.
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Adobe Connect How-To Tutorials
What kind of Web Conferencing do we have at Case?
Currently, the Adobe Connect system is open to staff in the Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) for beta testing. The system will be opened to the entire Case Community in summer 2008. For more information, please send an email to connect@case.edu.
Who uses the Web Conferencing system?
Web conferencing is a useful tool for many members of a campus community. It can be used by faculty and staff instructors to conduct meetings, online class sessions and presentations; by faculty and staff to host online conferences; and by faculty, staff and students to collaborate in small groups.
Why use Web Conferencing Systems?
Web conferencing offers a media-rich method of collaboration and interaction that can supplement or supplant traditional face-to-face forms of communication. The video and audio support of web conferencing gives participants access to the visual and audible cues that are so crucial to successful collaboration. Teams can gather and work together from distant geographic locations, presenters can reach audiences in other cities or states, and instructors can provide supplemental course material to students anywhere. In any meeting, meeting hosts can record meetings and presentations for any participants to review at a later time.
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