Battle of the Online Conferencing SystemsGerry De Ocampo and Jeff DunganEDTEC 550: Introduction to Distance EducationSan Diego State University - Fall 2007

WIZIQ VS. ADOBE CONNECT

Who We Are

• Gerry

11 years experience public school educator

• 3 years ISD experience

• Currently: Production Manager, Learning & Performance SolutionsSYS Technologies

• MBA (2005)

• Current SDSU EdTec Master’s student

Jeff

7 years international teaching experience (Colombia and Dominican Republic)

Currently: Technology Facilitator,Carol Morgan School

M.Ed (2001)

Current SDSU EdTec Master’s student

What is an Online Conferencing System (OCS)?

Interactive live web meeting place / virtual classroom

Voice, video, chat, share files, URLs, desktop

Moderated / hosted by one or more people

Conduct, record, and archive meetings / conferences

Uses VoIP

Why use an OCS?

Connect users w/o geographic limits

Archive information available anytime, anywhere

Collaborate with work partners or people of similar interests

Facilitate interaction instead of transmit info

Features we exploredVoice / Video

Whiteboard

Chat

Content / File Sharing

Let’s get ready to rumble!

Voice / Video Demo

Voice / Video Matchup

WiZiQ

One-person control

25 voice users max

Permission granted by Teacher

Configurable settings

One-to-teacher chat in an immovable pod

Adobe Connect

Multi-user control

15 users for Individual version

1500 users for Professional version

Permission granted by Moderator

Limited configuration

Multi-user chat in movable pod

Whiteboard Demo

Whiteboard Matchup

WiZiQ

Write on a slate

More advanced drawing tools

Math symbols

Selective erasing

Simple formatting

Display images

Adobe Connect

Write on a slate

Simple drawing tools

No math symbols

Eraser erases all

Simple formatting

Participants can see mouse actions

Chat Demo

Chat Matchup

WiZiQ

Small chat area

Immovable

No private chat

Adobe Connect

Chat pod can be resized

Movable anywhere on screen

Private chat between two participants

Content / File Sharing Demo

Content / File Sharing MatchupWiZiQ

PDF (3 MB limit)

PowerPoint (10 MB limit)

Flash

Uploading files from desktop is troublesome

Adobe Connect

Share desktopURLs via browser

Any filePowerPoint WordPicturesFlashMusicCompressed

Uploading files easy

And the winner is...

Voice / Video

Easy-to-use

Intuitive controls

WiZiQ

Whiteboard

More drawing tools

Math symbols

Selective erasing

WiZiQ

And the winner is...

Chat

Movable, resizeable

Private chat

Adobe Connect

Content / File sharing

More file types supported

Easy-to-use

Adobe Connect

What we thoughtWiZiQ

Easy-to-use, intuitive interface

Can search for people of similar interests

Improvements to features and interface

Adobe Connect

More robust

Less technical difficulties

More flexible and scalable

Capacity for more users (especially with video)

Questions

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