Sent: 2021-09-16
From: EIU
To: Various Recipients
Subject: Survey: Online Meeting Tools at EIU
Your input is needed!
EIU has utilized multiple online meeting tools during the past year to assist in remote teaching/working. These include: Zoom, Collaborate Ultra, and Microsoft Teams. With recent enhancements, two of these tools - Zoom and Collaborate Ultra - have been found to offer very similar features, including D2L integration. Given the institution’s limited resources, EIU has created a working group to provide guidance on a likely choice of one of these tools to support moving forward. The earliest any change would take effect is July 1, 2022. Microsoft Teams will be retained regardless; it is included as part of our campus-wide Microsoft agreement.
To see a comparison between Zoom and Collaborate Ultra, go to the FDIC synchronous communication tools page. The working group is requesting campus feedback via the survey linked below.
Please complete the survey: SURVEY LINK
If you have questions/concerns that can't be addressed in the survey, please feel free to reach out to any working group member listed below to provide additional insight.
Thank you.
Ryan Gibson - Working Group Lead
Jeremy Alexander – Housing & Dining / Staff
Lu Ding - FDIC / Staff
Philip Kousma - ITS / Staff
Barry Kronenfeld - Geology/Geography / Faculty
Julie Lockett - FDIC / Staff
Deborah Meadows - School of Extended Learning / Staff
Bryan Murley - Journalism / Faculty
Dave Richardson - Art / Faculty
Amy Rosenstein - Special Education / Faculty
Steven Scher - Psychology / Faculty
Rebecca Throneburg - Communication Disorders and Sciences / Chair
