Re: If not Zoom, then Bluejeans? BLUEJEANS Review
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Bill, this is so helpful! I've been struggling to compare BlueJeans with Zoom in the meaningful ways for our purposes (beyond just the stated features), and this is a wonderful headstart.
Thank you!
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 8:46 AM Bill Potapchuk < bill@...> wrote:
Hi all.
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I had a chance to use Bluejeans for a virtual meeting with 22 people last week.? It worked, but I was disappointed.? I have regularly used Zoom for these meetings . . . and
the little things that make a difference added up.? And, if any of these observations come from user error (me!) please let me know.
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Zoom
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Bluejeans
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Moderation
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With Zoom, I¡¯m able to work with a partner who controls Zoom, starts the breakout groups, etc.
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Not possible.? I needed to run everything myself, I could not share responsibilities.
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Screen
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Zoom shows up to 49 people.? And you can scroll through the screens if the number of people exceeds what can be shown on the screen.
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Bluejeans shows 12 people only and there is no scrolling.
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Breakout Rooms
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With Zoom, it is easy to keep the facilitation team out of the breakout groups, randomly assign all others to breakout groups, and use that time to coordinate.
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You can also input the size of the group you want and Zoom calculates the number of breakout rooms.
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When you want to end small groups in Zoom, participants are given a 1 minute warning.
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With Bluejeans you can either assign groups person by person . . . or randomly.? I was unable to find a way to separate the facilitation team from everyone else
quickly and the lack of a partner operating Zoom meant I needed to choose the fast way, not assigning people.
You also need to create rooms . . . you cannot specify the desired group size.
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When you end small groups in Bluejeans, it is immediate, there is no warning.
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When breakouts ended in Bluejeans, several people were kicked off audio each time I used breakouts.
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Chat during Breakouts
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You can send a message to all participants while participants in breakout groups.? This allows me to send time warnings or respond to a question.
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When participants are in breakout groups, you cannot send a chat message to all participants.? So, even though I was sending time warnings to participants, they
never received them . . . and when the breakouts ended without warning, it was jarring to participants.
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Resolution
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Zoom has much higher screen resolution.
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Bluejeans has low screen resolution . . . like our monitors were 10 or 15 years ago.
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Hope this comparison helps others!
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Best to all . .? Bill
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William Potapchuk
Community Building Institute
Arlington, VA
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Do you know how much Hopin costs?
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For conferences - with several parallel sessions we have found to be very useful?
Enrique Mendizabal (FRSA)
Director, On Think Tanks?
On 6 Apr 2020, at 3:18 pm, Bill Potapchuk <bill@...> wrote:
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Hi all:
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Because of zoombombing,? a bunch of institutional clients are banning the use of Zoom (like the National Park Service/Department of Interior!).? I¡¯m looking for an alternative.
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Bluejeans seems to be quite similar.?
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Does anybody have experience with this alternative?
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Thanks much . . . be well.
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Bill
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William Potapchuk
Community Building Institute
Arlington, VA
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703-431-9943 c
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Michaela Sieh
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 5:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [f4c-response] Screen sharing Zoom (the actual zoom controls!)
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Hi Catherine,
If you click on "General" - and then scroll down to "more settings" - you are taken to your profile/account-settings (new tab opens) where you indeed can activate the "Share Zoom windows".?
Seems a bit hidden, and there might be other ways to get to that page...
-- Sam Killermann
Creating to live in a world where everyone is? healthy, understood, educated, and safe
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