Over the course of this next school year, I want to experience as many different venues for videoconferencing as I can and blog about each experience.
Craig and I videoconferenced via my H.323 unit AND over Vidyo.
Here's what I learned:
- Vidyo works on both Mac & PC Platforms
- The internal microphone on my PC worked better than the microphone on my webcam.
- My headset works so well that I need to keep the microphone a good distance from my mouth. (Craig assured me this had nothing to do with my "once a cheerleader, always a cheerleader" voice--I think he was just being kind.)
- It's easy to mute and unmute both the speakers and the microphone in Vidyo.
- Vidyo can host multipoint conferencing
- Vidyo can connect to H.323, but requires certain hardward to do so.
- Vidyo offers a group appliance as well as the desktop video application
- The audio and video were both good.
Craig and I agreed that for group classroom use, hooking up a desktop application to a projector is not the best solution. The videoconferencing systems with good cameras definitely win out here. It is important to choose the solution that fits the application.
Not rocket science and maybe not new news for anyone reading, but it was a good learning experience for me.
What's next? I'm starting a list. The first three that come to mind are:
- ooVOO
- Elluminate's VCS
- Tinychat
Anyone want to suggest a solution to add to my list?
I'm planning on blogging about once a week--definitely not more.
'til then,
Dawn
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