Online Collaboration Tools Comparison
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Collaboration Platform Recommendations
Multiple collaboration platforms are currently available to University of Victoria Faculty, Staff, and Students. Each collaboration platform offers a variety of features and underlying technology that may make one platform somewhat more suitable than others for particular applications. The sections below indicate which platform is recommended for some of the more common applications.
Group Meetings (up to 300 participants): Zoom
Zoom is a highly scalable, easy to use meeting tool that allows many people to meet at the same time. This is the best option for meetings with more than two or three people.
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Self-Serve |
Video, Audio, and Text Chat |
Number of Video Feeds |
Telephone Access |
Screen Sharing |
Persistent Workspace |
Typical Group Size |
Guest Access |
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49 max. |
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2-300 |
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Online Project Collaboration: Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a full-featured online collaboration suite that allows for ongoing projects to have a persistent work space that holds files, communications, and application integration in addition to all the normal features of a communications platform.
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Self-Serve |
Video, Audio, and Text Chat |
Number of Video Feeds |
Telephone Access |
Screen Sharing |
Persistent Workspace |
Typical Group Size |
Guest Access |
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49 max. |
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5-1000* |
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*Teams meetings will facilitate up to 10,000 attendees, but every attendee over 1000 will join in view-only mode.
Additional Information
For additional information regarding collaboration technologies or working remotely, please visit: https://www.uvic.ca/systems/status/features/working-remotely.php or contact the Computer Help Desk.
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