Collaboration and Conferencing

Service Owner: Andrew Johnson

NIU's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) provides collaboration and conferencing tools for hosting academic classes, training courses, webinars and demonstrations; attending virtual meetings through audio or video conferencing; and sharing documents and other files in real-time collaboration.

Audio Conferencing

  • MeetMe audio conference calls for up to 30 users;
  • Microsoft Teams is simplified audio and/or video conferencing for NIU's O365 users; and
  • Toll-free audio conference with optional call recording and locking conference only to invited participants.

Document Sharing and Collaboration

  • Microsoft OneDrive for Business for real-time collaboration on documents edited in Microsoft Online applications;
  • Microsoft SharePoint is delivered with NIU's Office 365 license; and
  • Microsoft Office 365 Groups - for documents, spreadsheets, project plans, scheduling, and group email.

Video Conferencing

  • Blackboard Collaborate for academic courses or non-academic web conferences, training sessions and virtual meetings; and
  • Microsoft Teams is simplified audio and/or video conferencing for NIU's O365 users.
  • Zoom is an audio and/or video conferencing software NIU has licensed for academic use by NIU faculty and students.
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