Web Conferencing Service
The University Web Conferencing Service, powered by WebEx, is a secure and convenient online solution for faculty and staff to host virtual meetings and collaborate with colleagues across campus or around the globe. The service supports Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.
Subscriptions to Web Conferencing are offered at reduced rates to University faculty and staff. The service is accessed through the Web Conferencing portal community at my.pitt.edu using your University Computing Account. You must subscribe to WebEx and obtain host access to hold meetings. You can easily invite anyone to participate in a meeting by email. Participants do not need to subscribe to the service.
Web Conferencing Products
Subscribers can select from up to four WebEx products to meet their virtual conferencing needs.
- Meeting Center: Meeting Center allows you to host virtual meetings and collaborate online with colleagues, just as if you were in the same room together. You can share a document, presentation, application, or your entire desktop. Attendees can view and use the applications on your computer during the meeting, even if their own computers don't have those applications. Chat with attendees online, conduct a quick poll to get feedback, annotate documents together, and use a variety of other helpful collaboration features. Integrated voice conferencing ensures everyone can easily contribute ideas, and you can use Webcams to personalize your meetings. You can even record the entire meeting so that it can be viewed later. Take an online tour >
- Training Center: Training Center enables you to deliver virtual training and distance learning to students, faculty, or staff. You can share presentations and demonstrate applications. Pass control of applications to participants to provide hands-on learning opportunities. You can manage registration for your training sessions and even conduct real-time testing and grading to ensure key concepts have been successfully conveyed. You can also record your training sessions to allow for self-paced learning. Take an online tour >
- Support Center: Do you provide technical support for students or faculty and staff in your department? Support Center can help technical specialists remotely resolve support issues. Now you can provide high-quality, hands-on support online instead of on site. Support Center enables you to request permission from users to view and control their desktops. Take an online tour >
- Event Center: Need to host a major online Webinar for a large group of attendees? Event Center is your answer. Broadcast your multimedia presentation to a large audience. Create a virtual panel of multiple presenters in different locations. Easily manage online questions and answers during the event. You can share applications and your Web browser. And you can also interact with your attendees using chat, audio, and online Q & A. Take an online tour >
Subscribe to Web Conferencing
The University's Web Conferencing service offers a great package with many services and options. A subscription for one individual to host meetings includes:
- Up to four products: Meeting Center, Training Center, Event Center, and Support Center.
- No limit to the number of meetings you can host.
- Host meetings with up to 200 participants.
- Integrated optional voice conferencing.
- Online training tutorials and documentation.
- One gigabyte of storage.
- 24-hour assistance available via Technology Help Desk.
Detailed subscription and pricing information is available in the Web Conferencing community at my.pitt.edu. Meeting participants do not require a subscription to the service.
Subscribe online. Please allow two business days for service to be activated. If you are planning a large online meeting or webinar, please contact the Technology Help Desk at 412 624-HELP [4357] at least three weeks in advance. We can tailor a package of conferencing services to match your needs.
Need More Information?
Contact the Technology Help Desk at 412 624-HELP [4357] or submit a help request online.