| Feature Category | Specific Feature |
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Canvas (BigBlueButton) | Google Meet (Till March 2021 |
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)WebEx Meetings (FreeWebEx Meetings(Paid) | Zoom (Basic/Free) | Zoom for Ed (Paid) |
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| Host/Join Method | Audio-Only | Yes |
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Yes NoFrom Desktop App w/camera turned off | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
| | Audio & Video |
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Yes | Yes Up to 250 Participants | Yes Up to 100 Participants |
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Yes 100 ParticipantsYes Up to 300 Participants
| | Browser-based Sessions |
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Yes | Yes Up to 250 Participants |
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YesYes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
| | Computer Software-based Sessions | No |
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No Yes | Yes | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
| | Conference Call (Call In Hosting) |
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No | Yes* Up to 250 Participants |
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No | No | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants | | Dial in by Phone | Yes |
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.Yes Note: But you must first start the process by joining on a computer No Yes | Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants | | Recording** | Yes | Yes |
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YesYes | Yes | Locally or in the cloud | | Live Stream |
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No | Internal (Biola)***: Up to 250 Participants and 100,000 Viewers. External: Up to 250 Participants and no Viewers. |
No | No | No | Yes (via 3rd party integration) Limit is dependent on connected live stream service (Facebook, YouTube, etc.) | | Webinar |
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NoNo | No | This is only available as a paid feature upon request. | | Collaboration | Breakout Rooms |
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YesNo | No | YesYes | Yes | Presentation Files Only | Yes | Yes | | Length of Meeting | No Limit |
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No Limit | 50 min. | 24 Hr. | 40 min. for 3 or more participants | 24 Hr. | | Polls |
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Yes | No Note: You can use a 3rd party app for taking the poll and send the poll link in the Google Meet chat. |
Yes | YesNo | No Note: You can present a Google Slides presentation that can facilitate this. |
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No | No | Yes | Yes | | Screen/Specific App Share |
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Yes | YesYes | Yes | No Note: You can create a Google Jam (whiteboard) at jamboard.google.com, share the link to your students. |
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YesYes | | Function & Limits | Closed Captioning |
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Manual via stenographer | Manual via stenographer | Yes - Automatic | Manual via stenographer |
Manual via stenographer | Automatic - 3rd party API Integration | Manual via stenographer Automatic - 3rd party API Integration | | Registration |
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No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
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| See Participants Consecutively |
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UnknownNote: Depends on user's hardware. Up to 16 Note: Depends on user's hardware. |
Up to 25 consecutivelyNote: Depends on user's hardware. Up to 25 consecutively Note: Depends on user's hardware.
| 49 per gallery page with ~20 gallery pages. Note: Depends on user's hardware. | 49 per gallery page with ~20 gallery pages. Note: Depends on user's hardware. | | See Shared Content & Participants |
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YesYesYes | 100 participantsUp to | 250 participants | Up to 100 participants | Up to |
1,000 participantsUp to 100 participants | Up to |