Description
When having a video meeting, you can use different conference systems. LearningLab and AIT has made a guide to help you choose between different conference systems available at DTU. In the guide you will find a short description of each system and recommendations to what we find it useful for. We have also tried to gather what difficulties and benefits the system might have.
Price
- Free to use on DTU premises and for DTU users.
Requirements
- PC with internet connection.
Benefits & drawbacks
In the table below you can see the different conference systems available at DTU and who to get help from:
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Technical solution
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When is it best?
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Help
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Price
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Adobe Connect
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Good for one-to-many scenarios – fx Lectures, but can very well also be used for few-to-few
- Online coordination in smaller groups
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Distance teaching, group work and project guidance
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Online support via screen sharing and remote desktop support
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Streaming of meetings, conferences etc.
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Direct recording and publication of all material w. automatic indexing
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Creation of online video tutorials (via recording function)
- Online courses (fx. on-demand) w. completion stats (ala MOOCs)
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Franz Heinemeier
frhe@dtu.dk
Jan Sørensen
jabs@dtu.dk
Thorkild Jensen thhojen@dtu.dk
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Free for all DTU staff and students
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Vidyo
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Good for Many to many – fx. A video conference. The software can communicate with dedicated videoconferencing systems as Cisco and Polycom.
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Franz Heinemeier
frhe@dtu.dk
Jan Sørensen
jabs@dtu.dk
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Free for all DTU staff and students
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Scopia
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The software can communicate with dedicated videoconferencing systems as Cisco and Polycom
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Franz Heinemeier
frhe@dtu.dk
Jan Sørensen
jabs@dtu.dk
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Free for all DTU staff and students
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Skype
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Skype is not supported by AIT at DTU.
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See internet tutorials
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Freemium (free but additional payment for extras
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Skype for Business / Lync
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Skype for Business is an easy communication platform and well suited if both parties have it installed.
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Franz Heinemeier
frhe@dtu.dk
Jan Sørensen
jabs@dtu.dk
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Free for all DTU staff who has it installed at their institute
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Cisco/fast hardware
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Good on- to-many (as many as can fit in the specialized rooms). A DTU room with Cisco-systems installed is usually equipped with several cameras and fx 2 screens.High comfort for the meeting attendees.
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Franz Heinemeier
frhe@dtu.dk
Jan Sørensen
jabs@dtu.dk
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Free to use on DTU premises
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