Rutgers.eduAnnual Review 2020-2021
The power of web conferencing and collaboration
Platforms for web conferencing
The proper web conferencing tools are a must in our digital world. Rutgers offers three main web conferencing platforms—Zoom, Webex, and Microsoft Teams—providing a variety of options for the university community to choose from. This allows the Rutgers community the ability to meet, hold classes, host events, work on projects, and complete other collaborative goals, all online.
In July of 2020, the Office of Information Technology announced that Zoom would be available as a new web conferencing option at Rutgers. Zoom joined existing offerings—Webex and Microsoft Teams—and provided further choice for collaboration to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
1,700,000
Zoom meetings hosted over past fiscal year
10,000,000
Zoom participants over past fiscal year
600,000,000
Minutes of Zoom meetings over past fiscal year
400,000
Webex meetings hosted over past fiscal year
2,500,000
Webex participants over past fiscal year
24,000,000
Minutes of Webex meetings over past fiscal year
Webex is a Rutgers web conferencing tool that enables collaboration through online meetings and video conferencing. The use of Webex has continued to increase dramatically over the past year. With Webex Meetings, Events, and Teams, there are a variety of options for Rutgers users to choose from within the platform so they can successfully meet with others and/or convey information to groups of people.
Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration platform integrated within Microsoft Office 365. Teams has been steadily used as a Rutgers meeting resource. The number of meetings and the use of other tools continues to increase year over year.
88,000
Meetings organized over past fiscal year
26,000
Microsoft Teams meeting participants over past fiscal year
13,000,000+
Minutes of video conferencing over past fiscal year