Talking about the Tenveo video conferencing

Talking about the Tenveo video conferencing

Tenveo Video Conferencing uses a specialist hardware device to facilitate your video conference. This means that the remote site (the place you are connecting to) must also have a video conference unit. Most higher education and corporate institutions have video conference facilities but this may be a restriction when connecting to home users.

Web Conferencing uses software such as Skype, WebEx or GoToMeeting on your laptop, tablet or PC in conjunction with a webcam to facilitate your conference. Anyone connected to the internet with the same web conference software is able to connect.

Tenveo Video Conferencing benefits and limitations

The benefits of Tenveo  Video Conferencing are:

Higher quality video using a PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) camera

Boundary microphones to capture the audio of a larger group of attendees

Ability to show visual materials on a laptop, PC or visualiser

Generally a more reliable connection

Up to 3 remote sites can be connected to your meeting

The limitations are:

The remote site must have a video conference unit

You are restricted on LSE campus to using our Video Conferencing unit in Tower 1

To compensate for these limitations there are external services that can 'bridge' web conference users into your meeting.

Tenveo Web Conferencing benefits and limitations

The benefits are of  Tenveo Web Conferencing are:

The hardware required for this is very cheap

Skype and other software are free

You can connect to any site with the software and an internet connection

You can host the conference in almost any room on campus (with loan of the appropriate kit)

Most people are familiar with using this software

The limitations are:

You often have to pay for a premium service to share desktop screens (i.e. show Powerpoint etc) or connect to multiple users

Often a simple webcam offers limited quality audio/video

Can provide challenges when multiple attendees are on one site

To compensate for these limitations:

The Video Conference room has been equipped with:

A high quality USB conference microphone for capture of multiple attendees

An HD web cam with a wide lens to capture multiple attendees

A premium subscription on Skype, for example is not expensive

Which type of conferencing can be used?

If the remote site (person you are connecting to) does not have access to a video conference room, then Tenveo Web Conferencing is your only option.

If however they do have access to a video conference room, then either Video or Web Conferencing can be used.