| Tool | Breakout Rooms/Groups | Chat | Polls | Share Screen | For more information and support, check out the platform’s support page |
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| BigBlueButton For Moodle (installed at SGUB) | Moderators have the ability to create and manage student breakout rooms in their live BigBlueButton session(s). Maximum of 8 breakout rooms allowed at once.
Resource *Please read the Important Notes and Recommendations found on the webpage |
Anyone can send chat messages in BigBlueButton; you can send both public and private chat messages.
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Presenters are able to initiate polls throughout the live session. You can also use a “quick poll” where you ask a question verbally (yes/no or true/false) and students select an option.
Presenters can also prepare a polling slide deck in advance or include polls in your regular content. Resource |
A presenter can use screen sharing to display content from their local desktop/laptop or Chromebook in Chrome and Firefox browsers.
Note: Screen sharing is currently not supported on mobile devices. To share a screen the presenter must use a desktop, laptop, or Chromebook. Resource |
https://support.blindsidenetworks.com/hc/en-us/sections/360003648711-As-a-Moderator-how-do-I-
https://support.blindsidenetworks.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000379651-BigBlueButton-HTML5 |
| Microsoft Teams SGUB License | Meeting organizers can set up breakout groups. They can communicate with the participants and visit the different breakout room discussions.
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You can start one-on-one and group chats in Teams. Group chats can include up to 100 people.
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You can use Microsoft Forms to create and launch polls within Teams.
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You can choose to present your entire desktop, a window, a PowerPoint file, or a whiteboard.
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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams |
| WebEx SGUBUH License | Starting in WBS40.9, you can use breakout sessions in meetings to place your participants into smaller groups where they can collaborate and share ideas.
Hosts and cohosts create breakout sessions, assign participants and then, when they're ready, start the sessions. Attendees can share content and use collaboration tools such as Chat, to collaborate in smaller, more focused discussion groups. Resource |
During a meeting, or event, the presenter can specify chat privileges for participants. These privileges determine which participants can send chat messages.
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As a presenter, you can use a poll to create and share questionnaires. Polls can be useful for gathering feedback, taking votes, or testing knowledge.
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When you share your screen in Webex, everyone in the meeting can easily see what's being discussed. Anyone can share their screen, but only one person can share at a time.
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https://help.webex.com/ld-nyw95a4-CiscoWebexMeetings/Webex-Meetings |
| Zoom FREE 40 minutes | Breakout rooms allow you to split your Zoom meeting in up to 50 separate sessions. The meeting host can choose to split the participants of the meeting into these separate sessions automatically or manually, and can switch between sessions at any time.
There is an option to pre-assign breakout rooms (requires that participants have a Zoom account) Resource |
The in-meeting chat allows you to send chat messages to other users within a meeting. You can send a private message to an individual user, or you can send a message to an entire group. As the host, you can choose who the participants can chat with or to disable chat entirely.
In-meeting chat can be saved manually or automatically. Auto-save chat will automatically save your in-meeting chat locally on your computer. You can also manually save your chat when you start a local cloud recording. Resource |
The polling feature for meetings allows you to create single choice or multiple choice polling questions for your meetings. You will be able to launch the poll during your meeting and gather the responses from your attendees. You also have the ability to download a report of polling after the meeting. Polls can also be conducted anonymously, if you do not wish to collect participant information with the poll results.
Note: available for licensed users only Resource |
While in a meeting, you can share the following content:
Entire desktop or phone screen A specific application A portion of your screen Whiteboard Device audio Content from a second camera iPhone/iPad screen Resource |
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us |
