Rutgers.eduAnnual Review 2021-2022
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.
Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing platform that can be used for video conferencing meetings, audio conferencing, webinars, meeting recordings, and more. Added by the Office of Information Technology in July of 2020, Zoom joins existing offerings—Webex and Microsoft Teams—and provides further choice for collaboration to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
1,648,277
Zoom meetings hosted over past fiscal year
7,601,812
Zoom participants over past fiscal year
410,688,555
Minutes of Zoom meetings over past fiscal year
232,824
Webex meetings hosted over past fiscal year
1,161,554
Webex participants over past fiscal year
14,143,998
Minutes of Webex meetings over past fiscal year
Webex is a web conferencing tool that enables collaboration through online meetings and video conferencing. 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 is steadily used as a Rutgers meeting resource and offers a number of valuable tools for the university community.
168,000
Meetings organized over past fiscal year
45,000
Microsoft Teams meeting participants over past fiscal year
13,200,000+
Minutes of video conferencing over past fiscal year