{"id":13383,"date":"2026-01-07T22:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/web-conferencing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:14:34","slug":"web-conferencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/tools-resources\/web-conferencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Conferencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13383\" class=\"elementor elementor-13383\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695736a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"695736a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d134601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d134601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Austin Community College (ACC) supports the following web conferencing tools:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/tools-resources\/web-conferencing\/google-meet\/\">Google Meet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/tools-resources\/web-conferencing\/webex\/\">Webex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/tools-resources\/web-conferencing\/zoom\/\">Zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/tools-resources\/web-conferencing\/class-for-zoom\/\">Class for Zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Need help deciding which web conferencing tool to use? See the comparison chart below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Conferencing Tools: Comparison Chart<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Features<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Google Meet<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><b>Cisco<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Webex<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>Zoom<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Class for Zoom<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. # Simultaneous Video<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. # Simultaneous Audio<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. # Participants<\/td>\n<td>250<\/td>\n<td>2,000<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chat Feature<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Can Record Session<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>File Sharing Capabilities<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Screen Sharing Capabilities<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Polling<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Whiteboard<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Breakout Rooms (Group Work)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Remembers Content for Reuse<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Live Captioning<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chat Transcripts Available<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Attendance Reports<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Students can Create a Session<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Voice Over Internet Protocol<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Voice Over Phone<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mobile Device Capable<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Integrated with Blackboard<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Screen Compatibility<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waiting Room feature<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Personal Meeting Room<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video Pinning<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/2714.svg\" alt=\"\u2714\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blur\/Virtual Background<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" 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\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":13690,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15204,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13383\/revisions\/15204"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}