{"290951":{"#nid":"290951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"WebEx Video Conferencing Service Now Available to Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGiving a presentation or attending a meeting just got easier with the Office of Information Technology\u2019s campus-wide roll out of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.webex.com\/\u0022\u003EWebEx\u003C\/a\u003E, a desktop web conferencing service that offers on-demand, real-time, collaborative web meetings and conferencing to all faculty, staff, and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith WebEx, users can host live meetings and invite colleagues to join from wherever they\u2019re located--using a desktop, laptop, smartphone, or iPad. WebEx works with PC, Mac, and Linux with apps for iOS, Android, and Blackberry. Since WebEx uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), there\u2019s no need for a dedicated phone line either.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOIT expects the full roll-out of this service to allow more collaboration both locally and internationally,\u201d says Kim MacLeod, senior application developer and WebEx service manager for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOffice of Information Technology (OIT)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cOne Tech student needed to defend his thesis with faculty in several countries recently, and WebEx was the perfect solution.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo start a meeting, users simply sign in to Georgia Tech\u2019s WebEx site, set up the conference time, and email the details to attendees from a link that WebEx sends them. Then shortly before the meeting, they make sure everything is set up, much as if hosting in a physical meeting room.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith its real-time access, users can toggle between a presentation and a live demo on their desktop or take a poll of the audience. They can turn on video if they want their audience to see them, allow attendees to use their webcams in a live meeting, share or edit a document, and brainstorm with others using WebEx\u2019s whiteboard. Because it\u2019s a robust system, WebEx can handle up to 500 attendees in one meeting, and with Tech\u2019s license agreement, attendees don\u2019t have to be associated with Georgia Tech to attend a virtual meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMark Juliano, director of information technology for the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is already on board. \u0022I\u0027ve had two of my professors testing it,\u201d he says, \u201cand it\u0027s been working flawlessly for one in France and another in Germany.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELync and WebEx have overlapping functionality so in most cases, it comes down to personal preference. WebEx allows the user to record audio and video using its own player for playback later or for archiving meetings, and the user can keep the same URL for reoccurring meetings. In addition, WebEx provides 24X7\/365 end-user support from Cisco.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGiving a presentation or attending a meeting just got easier with the Office of Information Technology\u2019s campus-wide roll out of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.webex.com\/\u0022\u003EWebEx\u003C\/a\u003E, a desktop web conferencing service that offers on-demand, real-time, collaborative web meetings and conferencing to all faculty, staff, and students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On-demand, real-time, collaborative web meetings and conferencing for all faculty, staff, and students"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-04-15 17:08:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:15","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oit.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Information Technology (OIT)"},{"url":"http:\/\/webex.gatech.edu\/","title":"WebEx at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kim.macleod@oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKim MacLeod\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Information Technology\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}