Web Conferencing Solutions
- Cindy Barry
- Brian Munger
- Daniel Hopper
Welcome to the home page of web based conferencing, communication and collaboration, general and form tools.
Web Conferencing
Need Help Picking a Tool?
If you need assistant determine which web conferencing tool is right for you, check out our Web Conferencing Solutions Comparison guide.
TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
Legend
AD = Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
Web Communication, Collaboration and General
TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackboard | SU Course management | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration | |||
| Blackboard Ally | blackboard.syr.edu | Document accessibility evaluation tool | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration | help@syr.edu | |
Cascade Server | Web content management system | Campus, access controlled | authorization controlled by site owner | |||
Answers | Knowledge base of technical self-help information | Campus (NetID) | LDAP authentication; AD group/space owner permissions for authorization | |||
| G Suite | g.syr.edu | Web communication, meetings, document editing, video conferencing | Campus (NetID@g.syr.edu) | LDAP and local authentication | help@syr.edu | |
ITS public information | ITS communication, branding and marketing | Public | Access controlled by ITS Web Mgr | |||
ListServ | Group email communications | Campus, public | List access is controlled by owner | |||
Orange Tracker | Issue and work order tracking | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled by "project" owner and ITS | Reporting: dashboard | ||
MySite | Personal websites | Campus (NetID) | AD authentication | |||
MySlice | Enterprise applications | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication | |||
OneDrive | Replace your "G:drive" and beyond, provides a framework for a variety of web based capabilities including a comprehensive collaboration toolset(Intranet) | Campus (NetID), external controlled | AD authentication, authorization controlled by site owner | |||
SUmail | Enterprise student email | Students (NetID) | Microsoft Windows Live@edu ID, synched from SU Identity Management System | |||
| Zoom | zoom.syr.edu | Web conferencing and collaboration | Campus (NetIID) | LDAP and local authentication |
Legend
AD = Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
Web Forms
TOOL NAME | URL | PURPOSE | AUDIENCE | ACCESS | CONTACT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frevvo | Web forms | ITS (NetID) | LDAP authentication; AD group/space owner permissions for authorization | Requires communication with distributed or school college staff. Contact information can be found on the ITS website. | ||
| Qualtrics | syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com | Web forms | Campus (NetID) | LDAP and local authentication, authorization controlled course registration | help@syr.edu |
Legend
AD = Active Directory; An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains.
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
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.
For more information about phishing you can visit our article on Phishing & You.