Welcome to the home page of web based conferencing, communication and collaboration, general and form tools.
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If you need assistant determine which web conferencing tool is right for you, check out our Web Conferencing Solutions Comparison guide. |
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Web conferencing | Campus (NetID), access controlled | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled organization registration | Blackboard Collaborate requires enrollment in an available course or organization. | |||
| Google Meets (formerly Hangouts) | meet.google.com | Web conferencing, screen sharing | Campus (NetID@g.syr.edu) | LDAP and local authentication, active affiliation only | help@syr.edu | G Suite uses <yournetid>@g.syr.edu for login followed by your NetID and password for login. |
| Microsoft Teams | teams.microsoft.com | Web conferencing, screen sharing | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, active affiliation only | help@syr.edu | Desktop client may require distributed staff intervention for campus owned devices. |
| Zoom | Web conferencing, screen sharing | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, active affiliation only | Prior @syr.edu emails will have a one time instance of needing to be merged to the new Zoom Edu instance. |
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Avoiding Phishing in Web Conferencing
By following some best practices, you can help avoid phishing during your web conferences.
Be hyper vigilant when downloading files to look at the name of the file before you download as well as be sure that the site you are downloading from is legitimate. It has been reported that malicious files with names like "zoom-us-zoom_##########.exe," which when executed, installed potentially unwanted programs such as InstallCore, a dodgy bundleware application that's known to install other kinds of malware.
Be cautious of the website you navigate to and check the spelling! Zoom is not the only app to be targeted by cybercriminals. Phishing sites masquerading as legitimate sites, such as Google Classroom (e.g., googloclassroom[.]com and googieclassroom[.]com) are misspelled websites to trick users into visiting a malicious site.
- To keep yourself safe, it is essential that your Web Conferencing apps are kept up-to-date, and be on the lookout for emails from unknown senders and lookalike domains that contain spelling errors.
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