Web Conferencing Features
Notes/Issues
Setup
Downloads, plugins
Wizard to test settings
Invitation and Scheduling
Easy to schedule
Schedule recurring meetings
Easy to invite (email link, clean URL)
Add meeting to Outlook
Application Sharing
Access to desktop (show)
Access to applications (show)
Participant view only or participants can
interact with app
Remote desktop (take over participant)
Clean screen (hide task bar etc.)
Change presenters
Web Browsing
Bookmark sites
Any browser specs
Links work
Participant view only or cobrowsing
Interaction
Annotation and drawing tools
Whiteboard - import graphics
Chat - to group, private to individual
Full screen/partial screen mode
File transfer
Content Notes/Issues
Content added during event
File formats
Animations viewable
Writeable (via whiteboard, etc)
Upload content in advance - storage
Video
Webcam Video
How many participants can be seen
Suppress for low-bandwidth
Audio
Phone/audio bridge
VoIP
Mute participants
Recording/Playback
What format is recorded file
Download vs.streaming
Stop/start recording during session
VoIP and audio bridge recording
Editing features
Where are the files stored
Producer/Assistant
Producer/assistant features
Participant can become assistant
Other
Surveys/polls - sharing
Chat transcript saved
Whiteboard saved
Breakout rooms
LMS integration
Features list based in part on The synchronous trainer's survival guide : facilitating successful live and online courses, meetings, and events .
By Jennifer Hofmann. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.