| Best Uses / Purpose |
Online synchronous meetings (designed for teaching) |
Individual and Group communications: text chat, online voice calls, video conferencing, and meetings (integration with Microsoft tools) |
Online synchronous meetings |
Online synchronous meetings (integration with Google apps) |
Online synchronous meetings (integration with Google apps) |
| Ease of Use |
Intermediate |
Intermediate |
Intermediate |
Intermediate |
Intermediate |
| Ease of Joining a Meeting |
Directly through web browser, no additional software download required. |
Directly through web browser, no additional software required.
Can optionally download and use the Teams app. |
Directly through web browser, no additional software required.
Can optionally download and use the Zoom app. |
Directly through web browser, no additional software required |
Directly through web browser, no additional software required |
| Creating a Meeting |
Collaborate Course Room (open session) is already created in LMS. |
Schedule meeting button in Teams chat, or Teams calendar; Google Calendar add-in. |
Schedule meetings from alaska.zoom.us; LMS Tools; Google Calendar add-in. |
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Schedule meetings from Google Calendar, Google Classroom, or Google Meet app. |
| Integration with LMS |
Yes, Blackboard Tools |
No, share a link in Blackboard |
Yes, Blackboard Tools |
No |
No, share a link in Blackboard |
| Number of Participants |
250 |
25,000 in a team;
1,000, 2-way meeting participants;
20,000 view/listen-only participants |
300, 2-way Participants |
8,000 |
50 |
| Individual Meetings / Groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Invite Guests |
Yes, check guest access and copy/share the guest link |
Yes, invite them by email address |
Yes, typically via link or Google calendar invite |
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Yes, typically via link or Google calendar invite |
| Breakout Rooms / Sessions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Phone Conf. Bridge Included |
Yes |
Available to UA Employees, contact UAA Tech. Support Center for assistance.
Toll-fees apply. |
Yes, toll-fees apply |
No |
Yes, toll-fees apply |
| Quick, Easy Instant Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| File Transfer via Chat Window |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Screen Sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| White-boarding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Audio/Video Calls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No, Launches Google Meet |
Yes |
| Record Meeting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Virtually Raise your Hand |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
| Office Hours |
Open session |
Set who can bypass the lobby |
Enable waiting room feature for private one-on-one support |
Open session |
Open session |
| Collaborative Tools |
Yes |
Yes; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Online |
Yes; annotation and co-annotation |
Yes; Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides |
No |
| Chat with Event Attendees |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supports Live Events/Webinar |
Yes; 500 attendees |
Yes; 10,000 attendees; duration of event 4 hours
* Through December 31, 2021 Microsoft has temporary increased the limits for live events:
20,000 attendees,
Up to 16 hours per broadcast |
Yes; up-to 500 view-only attendees.
Requires requesting a one-time use webinar license, or if interested departments may purchase a license for their use |
No |
No |
| File Storage |
Yes |
Yes, Up to 25 TB per team |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Live Automatic Captioning |
No live captions; can upload caption file for recordings |
Yes*
* Preview feature available in English (US) only |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
| Security |
Secure; access is through a Learning Management System (LMS) couse |
Secure; can require registration, allows disabling forwarding |
Can add a password to meetings and recordings |
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| Security Documentation |
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Securing Your Zoom Meetings |
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Google Meet security information |
| Recommended Network Bandwidth |
Audio: 48 Kb/s
Video: 360 Kb/s |
Audio: 76 Kb/s
Video: 3.9 Mb/s |
Audio: 80 Kb/s
Video: 4.0 Mb/s |
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Audio: 300 Kb/s
Video: 4.0 Mb/s |