Theresa B’s WBLog

Have recently tried out Vyew which has the following features:

Screen Sharing

Plugins (Youtube videos/video/flash)

Ali Marie and I tried out Brio last week.  It is a free web meeting service with which you can you communicate and collaborate through an online personal meeting room.

Brio is built on Adobe’s Flash platform, and operates inside a web browser.

It allows you to:

• Host unlimited online meetings with up to 3 meeting participants.
• Interact through screen sharing, chat and whiteboards.
• Access a meeting via a personalized URL.
• Distribute documents and files to meeting participants.
• Use integrated VoIP, teleconferencing and multi-point video.

We found that access to the meeting was quick and the screen sharing worked well but we had some difficulties with the sound.  It’s worth a try even though the numbers who can participate are limited to 3.

Gliffy is an online tool which enables drawing and sharing diagrams online. One of the advantages is that you do not have to download software. You simply join sign up for Gliffy and use it in your web browser. The basic version is free and you can upgrade to a premium account which is ad free and has additional features e.g. private files. You can create flow charts, mind maps, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings etc. and collaborate with colleagues/students on your design. Gliffy has been around for a while and we featured it on our Web 2.0 course in 2006 but it has a new look and additions.

The video here takes you through the basics: