Information Technology

• Skype for Business
  Skype for business meetings include an audio conference number and can be scheduled via Outlook. You can dial into the meeting from any phone by dialing the Join by Phone numbers listed in the meeting request. The dial-in phone number is listed towards the bottom of the request.

Cost: Included as a base service at Marshall University

• Zoom Web and Video Conferencing
  Similar to Skype for Business, Zoom allows for audio only meetings via telephone. Every Marshall user has access to a basic Zoom account that allows 40 minute conferences. Longer conferences can be coordinated through IT.

Cost: Basic account is free with MUNet credentials. Basic accounts are limited to 40 minutes. Longer conferences can be coordinated through IT.

• Skype for Business
  Skype for Business, formerly known as Microsoft Lync, is a unified communications platform that integrates common channels of communication including instant messaging, VoIP (voice over IP), file transfer, Web conferencing, voice mail and email. Collaboration can occur with non-Skype for Business users via a web browser. A Skype for Business meeting can accommodate 100 users in one meeting. Meetings can be recorded. Skype for Business integrates with the Microsoft Office suite

Cost: Included as a base service at Marshall University

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• Zoom Web and  Video Conferencing
  Zoom is a cloud web and video conferencing solution with features similar to Skype for Business. Zoom meetings can accommodate up to 100 participants in the same meeting.  Meetings can be recorded.
  Marshall users have access to a basic Zoom account with their MUNet credentials that allows 40 minute conferences. Longer conferences can be coordinated through IT.

Cost: Basic account is free with MUNet credentials. Basic accounts are limited to 40 minutes. Longer conferences can be coordinated through IT.

• Blackboard Collaborate
  Blackboard Collaborate™ gives you the functionality you need in a 21st century teaching and learning environment, such as two-way audio, multi-point video, interactive whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, rich media, breakout rooms, and session recording. Educators and students can engage as if they were in a traditional classroom, with as good as, or even better, outcomes.
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• Skype for Business
  Skype for Business can be used in conference rooms and classrooms equipped with microphones and USB cameras systems. A Skype for Business meeting can accommodate 100 users in one meeting. Meetings can be recorded. Skype for Business integrates with the Microsoft Office suite.

Cost: Included as a base service at Marshall University

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• Zoom Web and  Video Conferencing
  Zoom allows the use of conference rooms or classrooms equipped with traditional video conferencing units, such as Polycom or Lifesize units, as well as USB based cameras. The video conferencing units can be located anywhere in the world and join a Zoom meeting. Zoom meetings can accommodate up to 100 participants in the same meeting. Meetings can be recorded.

Cost: Integration with traditional video conferencing units can be coordinated through IT.

Learn more about Zoom video conferencing here.

• Zoom
   Webinars allow presenters to easily conduct large online events with video, audio, and screen sharing for better engagement. With Zoom Video Webinars you can deliver online events with up to 50 video panelists (25 per screen). Present to up to 500 attendees, or use Facebook or YouTube integrations to
  broadcast to an unlimited audience.• Up to 50 interactive HD video participants (25 per screen – scroll to see more)
  • 500 view-only attendees
  • Instantly broadcast to an unlimited audience via Facebook Live or YouTube
  • Ability to brand you emails and registration pages
  • Option for registrations that you can either manually or automatically approve, or for
  scheduled registrationless webinars
  • Screen sharing
  • Polling
  • Attendee raise hand
  • Q&A dialog box with live or text answers
  • Participant and attendee chat
  • Record
  • Registration and post-webinar reporting

Cost: Zoom Webinar sessions can be coordinated through IT.

Learn more about Zoom video conferencing here.

• Blackboard Collaborate
  Blackboard Collaborate™ gives you the functionality you need in a 21st century teaching and learning environment, such as two-way audio, multi-point video, interactive whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, rich media, breakout rooms, and session recording. Educators and students can engage as if they were in a traditional classroom, with as good as, or even better, outcomes.
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• • • Livestream
      Livestream.com is the service Marshall University uses to provide live streaming video of events. Livestream is a one way streaming video platform. Interaction with viewers is provided by a live chat and post to the event. Live and on-demand archives of an event can be embedded within a web site. Livestream is a globally distributed network capable of handling large number of viewers worldwide.
      All streams are compatible with computers and mobile devices.

Cost: The service is coordinated by IT. Please contact Digital Media Services dms@marshall.edu ot 304-696-2974 to discuss your event’s streaming needs.

• • • YouTube Live
      Every YouTube user has the ability to steam live and on demand from their YouTube account. Additionally, Marshall University has a University account with YouTube that is available to stream University events. All streams are compatible with computers and mobile devices.

Cost: Streaming under the university’s YouTube account is coordinated by IT and University Communications. Please contact Digital Media Services – dms@marshall.edu ot 304-696-2974 to discuss your event’s streaming needs.

• • • Ensemble
      Ensemble is Marshall University’s media content management system that enables efficient, coordinated, and collaborative rich media management. Ensemble allows for on-demand streaming of videos with enterprise level security and control. Videos can be embedded in any web site as well as integrated with Blackboard Learn.

Cost: All Faculty and staff have an Ensemble account using their MUNet credentials.

• • • Techsmith Relay
      A presentation capture tool designed to streamline the recording process. Techsmith Relay records what is on the computer screen with audio and optional video to provide lectures and learning objects to students.
      To learn more contact the MUOnline Design Center.

Cost: All faculty, staff, and students have an Techsmith Relay account using their MUNet credentials

• • • Ensemble
      Ensemble is Marshall University’s media content management system that enables efficient, coordinated, and collaborative rich media management. Ensemble allows for on-demand streaming of videos with enterprise level security and control. Videos can be embedded in any web site as well as integrated with Blackboard Learn.

Cost: All Faculty and staff have an Ensemble account using their MUNet credentials.