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Introduction

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This page lists the various web-conferencing features most requested on the four web-conferencing tools supported at Biola. Some feature restrictions may change as service providers adapt and remove restrictions due to various circumstance ( e.g. the COVID 19 pandemic).


Web-Conference Feature Comparison

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Feature CategorySpecific Feature
Canvas (BigBlueButton)

Google Meet

(Till

September 30

March 2021)

WebEx Meetings

Zoom Basic

(Free

)

WebEx Meetings

(Paid

)

Zoom

(Basic/Free)

Licensed

Zoom

(Paid)

Host
Hosting/
Join MethodAudio-OnlyYesYes
JoiningNumber of ParticipantsUp to 250 Participants
No

Yes

From Desktop App w/camera turned off
Up to 100 Participants

Yes

Yes

Up to 100 Participants
Up to 300 Participants
Audio & VideoYes

Yes

Up to 250 Participants

Length of MeetingNo Limit40 min. for 3 or more participants24 Hr.
Anonymous User Joining

Not by default

YesYes
Up to 100 Participants
Audio-Only

Yes

Up to 300 Participants

Browser-based Sessions

Yes

Yes

Up to 250 Participants
Audio & Video

Yes

Yes

Yes

Up to 100 Participants

Browser-based Sessions

Yes

Yes

Up to 300 Participants

Yes

Computer Software-based Sessions
No

No

Up to 250 Participants

Yes

Yes

Up to 300 Participants

Yes

Yes

Up to 100 Participants

Conference Call (Call In Hosting)
No

Yes*

Up to 250 Participants

NoNo

Yes

Up to 100 Participants

Yes

Up to 300 Participants

Dial in by Phone

Yes.

Note: But you must first start the process by joining on a computer

Yes

Up to 250 Participants

No

Yes

NoRecording**YesYesYesYesYesYes

Up to 100 Participants

Yes

Up to 300 Participants

Live Stream
No
Internal (Biola)***:

Up to 250

Participants

internal/external participants and 100,000

Viewers

internal viewers.

External:

Up to 250 Participants and no Viewers.

NoNo
No

Yes (via 3rd party integration)

Limit is dependent on connected live stream service (Facebook, YouTube, etc.)

WebinarNoNoNo

Recording**Yes

Yes, locally

Yes, locally or in the cloud

WebinarNoNo

Yes****

This is only available as a paid feature upon request.

CollaborationBreakout Rooms
Yes

No

NoNo

*****

YesYes
Chat
YesYesYes
YesYesYes
File Share
Presentation Files Only
YesYesYes
YesYesLength of MeetingNo LimitNo Limit50 min.24 Hr.40 min. for 3 or more participants24 Hr.PollsYes

No

Note: You can use a 3rd party app for taking the poll and send the poll link in the Google Meet chat.

YesYesNo
Hand RaisingNo*****YesYes
Polls

No*****

YesYes
Q&A

No*****

No

Note: You can present a Google Slides presentation that can facilitate this.

YesYes
ReactionsNoYesYes
Screen/Specific App ShareYesYesYes
Screen Share with AudioYesYesYes
Whiteboard

Yes

YesYes
Function & LimitsAttendance/TrackingNo
Note: You can create a Google Jam (whiteboard) at jamboard.google.com, share the link to your students.
*****

Yes

Yes

Changeable Backgrounds

Yes

YesYes
Function & Limits
Closed Captioning
Manual via stenographer

Up to 25 consecutively

Note: Depends on user's hardware.
Yes - Automatic
Manual via stenographerManual via stenographer

Manual via stenographer

Automatic - 3rd party API Integration

Manual via stenographer

Automatic - 3rd party API Integration

RegistrationNoNoNoNoNoYesSee Participants Consecutively

Unknown

Note: Depends on user's hardware.

Up to 16

Note: Depends on user's hardware.

Up to 25 consecutively

Note: Depends on user's hardware.

Yes - Manual or 3rd party appYes - Manual or 3rd party app
Host Controls Over ParticipantsNo*****YesYes
Lock MeetingNoYesYes
RegistrationNoNoYes
Remote Computer ControlNoYesYes
See Participants Consecutively

49 per page

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
Yes
Yes (less intuitive)
YesYes
YesYes
User Limit
Up to 100 participants
Up to 250 participantsUp to 100 participantsUp to
1,000 participantsUp to 100 participantsUp to 300 participants
300 participants
Waiting RoomNo*****YesYes

* You can start the meeting without a computer, but you must have scheduled the meeting in advance on a computer.

** Please be aware that HIPAA laws may affect your use of this function.

*** Live stream feeds may be delayed and do not allow participant interaction.

**** For more information about Webinars, please see our Zoom service page.

***** Biola has not paid for this feature at this timeAccording to Google's first blog announcement on August 10, 2020 and second blog announcement on October 8, 2020, these features are coming soon.