Web Conferencing

What is Web conferencing ?

 Web conferencing refers to a

service that allows
conferencing events to be
shared with remote locations.
 This allows real-time point-to-
point communications as well
as multicast communications
from one sender to many
receivers.
Features of web- conferencing service

 Slide show presentations

 Live or Streaming video
 Screen sharing/desktop sharing/application sharing
 Web tours and Text chat
 Meeting Recording
 Forms of web conferencing

Application sharing - Usually also has audio

Video/Audio conferencing
Purpose of Web Conferencing

 Application sharing
 allows presentation PowerPoint, real time, to
anyone in the world
 allows desktop sharing which is an amazing tool
for troubleshooting a user’s technical difficulties
 allows for whiteboard and other interactive
applications, increasing user interaction
Purpose of Web Conferencing

 Video/Audio conferencing
 allows for real-time broadcast of appointments,
meetings, workshops to anywhere in the world
 immediately allows for consumer to control not
only what service is delivered but also how
 interoffice applications
 Objectives of using the web-conferencing

 Use the internet to bring together

meeting participants in an online
forum for communication.
 The amount of travel and resources
required is reduced significantly,
making it a cost-effective measure.
 Itis often easier for people to connect
online, making each meeting more
efficient.
 Advantages of web- conferencing service

 Save time, money and resources.

 Easily accessible to everyone.
 It involves real time
communication.
 Enhance learning via web. (Online teaching, online
learning and e-learning).
 Comes with features such as desktop and application
sharing
Disadvantages of web- conferencing service

 Not all software is free, and the free software is limited in

what it can achieve.
 More informal than face – to – face.
 Requires suitable hardware and adequate training to be
able to function.
 Depend on the speed of internet.
 Costs to maintain and keep up with new technology.
 Technical difficulties. It requires computer, microphones,
social media accounts and login information.
 Security breaches.
 What does the end-user need?

 Computer
 Best Possible Internet
Connection
 Speakers/headphones
 Web camera
 Microphone
 Concerns about this technology

 Security Breaches (There's always some kind of

security risk to communication carried out online.
 Technical Difficulties (Most online web conference
hosting services are all-encompassing and only
require that attendees have a computer, Internet
connection and login information).
 Human Interaction (Perhaps the most significant
drawback to web conferences is the lack of actual
face-to-face interactions and networking that most
people enjoy participating in at conventional
conferences.
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