New videoconferencing platform
July 16, 2019
OIT Video Conferencing Services has selected Zoom as its new conferencing platform.
Zoom will be available to students, faculty and staff later this month.
Zoom is a unified communications tool that combines videoconferencing, online meetings
and content sharing with calendar, lecture capture and Blackboard integrations. It
will replace legacy videoconference bridges and the current web-conferencing service,
Pexip. All students, faculty and staff may claim a pro account.
What you need to know:
- Zoom accounts will be available to students, faculty and staff mid-July 2019.
- Users who have Zoom accounts already will be migrated into the UA licensing. Paid accounts can be prorated.
- Existing videoconferencing classrooms and spaces will continue to work with Zoom.
- Any conferences or classes scheduled before Zoom will continue as planned. Please contact the VCS office if you would like to migrate your conference to the Zoom platform.
- VCS will retire Pexip, the current video web-conferencing solution connecting personal devices to codecs Sept. 30, 2019, and will retire the current bridging solution Jan. 1, 2020.
Implementation time frame:
- July/August 2019 — Zoom will be available for students, faculty and staff. Claim your account at alaska.zoom.us.
- Sept. 30, 2019 - Pexip will be retired. All connections with personal devices will occur through Zoom.
- Jan. 13, 2020 — All UA video conference courses will use Zoom.
For more about Zoom, visit https://is.gd/a5qArj.