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WebEx (Cisco)

Zoom
Optimal Use	Team meetings one-on-one meetings Interviews Hosting webinars	Team meetings one-on-one meetings Classroom video-conferences (with breakout room ability) Hosting webinars

Team meetings

one-on-one meetings

Classroom video-conferences

Hosting webinars

Recording

(free only through September 30th)

Recording

Screen Sharing

only one person at a time

only one person at a time

Simultaneous screen-share
Annotation of screen sharing

Accessibility

Auto

captioning

Auto captioning

Although WebEx recently acquired some AI technology that allows auto captioning, we in ITS couldn't get this feature to work in our internal testing.

We can only confirm that manual captions work in WebEx, which means someone has to type what's being said during a WebEx session.

-captioning

Transcription on previously recorded sessions
AI Auto-captioning

Mobile App

Integrated Scheduling with Google Calendar

via add-on

via add-on

Max Participants

Meetings: 100

Webinars: 10K
(live streaming)

Meetings:

1KWebinars:

3KMeetings:

300

Webinars: 100, 500, and 1000 participant licenses available upon request.

Who can host?

Employees
Students

Employees

	Employees Students
Who can attend?	Anyone	Anyone

Anyone

System Requirements

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/7317473

https:

//help.webex.com

/

en-us

/

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support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux
Additional Features	Chat w/ all participants (only) Spotlight a speaker Pin a speaker

Break out sessions (up to 100 w/ up to 100 participants)

Waiting room
Breakout rooms
Meeting polls
Chat w/ specific roles
Shared whiteboard
Q&A in webinar
Spotlight video
Pin a speaker

Canvas Integration

The Canvas-Zoom LTI integration allows instructors to schedule and manage online class meetings with their students. Students can join a scheduled Zoom meeting directly from the Canvas Zoom interface. Zoom meetings scheduled from within a Canvas course will automatically appear on the course Calendar, as well as send an email notification to students. See more details on the Teaching with Zoom page.

Security Considerations

Considered secure:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/7582940?hl=en

Generally considered secure:

Recent high-visibility patches for vulnerabilities
https://threatpost.com/high-severity-cisco-webex-flaws-fixed/153462/

Security whitepaper
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cloudCollaboration/spark/esp/cisco-spark-security-white-paper.pdf

Considered secure:

https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/privacy-and-security.html

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Recent high-visibility security issues:

Security flaws in the desktop clients
Security flaws in encryption and recordings
Security flaws in default methods of inviting/setup of meetings

ITS Recommendation: Ensure you are using the latest desktop client possible and make sure you keep this client software updated at all times. Zoom, as the current leading videoconferencing platform is the target of most hacking attempts.

Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/zoom-sued-for-securities-fraud-over-privacy-security-flaws

https://tidbits.com/2020/04/03/every-zoom-security-and-privacy-flaw-so-far-and-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself/

https://mashable.com/article/zoom-vulnerability-windows-passwords/

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-during-covid-19-pandemic

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