Tools for managing multimedia meetings remotely.
The University provides its members with tools for scheduling and delivering online meetings with different features according to the product and context of use: sharing of audio and video, documents, virtual whiteboards, applications and user desktops.
The virtual meetings can be of the one-to-many type ("webinar", in which one person talks and the others assist by listening, with the opportunity to ask questions to the presenter in chat or asking individually the word to intervene in voice) or as a peer-to-peer meeting (groups of few people guarantee a better quality and order in the logistic management of the meeting, as well as a more effective understanding of the audio contributions).
Depending on the specific needs of the meeting, it is possible to choose the most suitable software among those proposed. In particular, the University offers Zoom and Google Meet. Here is a guide (only italian) to choose the best tool for non-educational events.
Zoom is the cloud video conferencing service chosen and adopted by the University to manage video lessons, webinars and virtual meetings with special audio-video quality needs and tools for managing the virtual room and participants.
Google Meet is Google’s video conferencing application especially useful for video calls with a small number of self-managed participants and can benefit from the integration with the apps available on the Gsuite Unitrento (e.g. Gmail, Gdrive, Calendar).
| UniTrento's Zoom license | Google Meet | |||
| Notes and documents | Notes and documents | |||
| Webconference maximum duration |
24 h |
unlimited |
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| Maximum number of connected users | 300 | 250 until 09/30 due to COVID emergency | 100 | |
| Simultaneous rooms (hosts) | one per user |
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| Is local recording possible? |  |
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| Is cloud recording possible? | |
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Every user provided by an @unitn.email address can strat and stop the recording t (except @studenti, @alumni) |
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| Can access be restricted to guests only? |
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| Is it possible to delegate the event management? | (Host & Co-Host) |
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| Is it possible to kick out the users? |
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(organizer only) |
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| Is it possible to activate a Waiting Room? | |
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Any request to access to the meeting by an unauthenticated @unitn user is notified to the meeting organizer, who can manually approve it |
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| Is it possible to divide participants in subgroups (breakout room)? |
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| Is it possible to connect a public stream? | |
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| Is it possible to block the chat between participants? | |
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| Is it possible to prevent the chat from being saved? | |
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| Is it possible to block screen sharing for participants? | |
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| Is it possible to block other people's audio? | (host only)
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(host only)
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Is it possible to block other people's video? |
(host only) |
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Who can schedule the event / open the room? |
Department and Center's Staffi | Anyone who has an @unitn account |
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| What system requirements for desktop access? | Client Installation (Win/Linux/Mac) or via browser with limitations |
Browser (Chrome suggested) | ||
| What system requirements for mobile? | app Zoom Meet |
app Google Meet |
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| Is it possible to start remote support? | |
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| Is it possible to connect with a SIP phone? | |
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| Is it possible to connect with H.323 equipments? | |
with proprietary connector included in our license | |
with proprietary connector included in our license |
| Is it possible to share a virtual blackboard? | |
(Jamboard) |
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| Is it possible to set a virtual background? | |
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| Is it possible to take a vote? | |
must be prepared by host in advance |
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| Is it possible to have a grid view? | |
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| Maximum number of participants visible on the grid view simultaneously | 49 users |
16 users |
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| Is simultaneous translation possible? | |
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| Is it possible to have subtitles? | |
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only in English | |
| Is there a "raise your hand" way? | |
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| Is it possible to share a video with audio optimization? | |
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| Is integration with Google Calendar possible? | |
va installato apposito add on di Zoom |
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| Videolessons: is synchronous mode possible? | |
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| Videolessons: is asynchronous mode possible? | |
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| What authentication for access? | @unitn.it users authorized by Zoom manage | Single Sign On possible (to be) | with @unitn.it account (Shibboleth) | |
| Is integration with Moodle possible? | |
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cfr. https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/Google_Apps_Integration |
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| Is integration with Kaltura possible? | |
Kaltura credentials must be entered in Zoom user | |
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| Is integration with Drive/Classroom possible | |
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