Cisco Webex is a great app to select as your go-to video conferencing app. It’s Cisco, so you know it’s secure, and your private information is safe. And it even offers a free account currently. But Webex is not just good because it’s secure, or easy-to-use. It...
A lot of people have been using Cisco Webex to hold video conferences and connect virtually these past few months. Webex has been the app of choice for many users due to the features and security it offers. But whether you are using Webex to attend office meetings, online classes...
Video conferencing apps have been our only way of connecting with others, and hold meetings and classes during these uncertain times. But in video meetings, it can be really hard to get the speaker’s attention without disturbing them as you can in real-life situations. Certainly, you can’t raise...
The pandemic has shifted everything online. From meetings to classes, everything has been completely virtual. And the web conferencing apps have been our rocks throughout it. But it’s not just meetings or traditional classes that have to shift online. Everything includes everything. People are partying, attending dancing and music...
Nearpod is a formative assessment platform that provides teachers with tools to produce engaging teaching content for the students. It offers countless tools to make learning fun. Especially, right now with remote learning, it can be difficult to engage students’ attention. But with Nearpod, you can make lessons more interactive,...
Zoom has released an update that is full of new features that are sure to enhance your video conferencing experience. You can now add filters to your video, adjust and enhance the video for low-light, share presentations as virtual background, to name a few. One such addition to Zoom is...
Working from home has a lot of challenges. One of those challenges shouldn’t be inappropriate lighting in the video call, making it incredibly hard for others to properly see you. But alas! The truth is, it is one of the challenges. Most of us are scrambling to find good...
You can share PowerPoint presentations in Zoom for a long time now, but we have to agree, the experience is not as seamless as it is in real life. There is no way to point to your presentation in an attempt to explain it to your peers. In fact, sometimes...
Zoom is one of the most popular platforms for holding video calls these days. Whether it’s an office meeting, online class for school, or a movie night with friends, people turn to Zoom for all sorts of needs. But as days turned into months, and the end nowhere in...
Nearpod is an instructional platform for teachers, schools, and students. It’s a formative assessment platform that has various features to make learning engaging and collaborative for students via activities. Although it will make for a great learning aid in general, it can be especially useful in the current situation...
The global crisis that we’re facing right now forced everyone to work from home. While some people did not like this transition, others have found a sheer delight in it and are hoping to continue working from home even after everything is over. A big part of the success...
Microsoft Teams announced the Together Mode last month. It garnered a lot of hype in the community for its ingenuity. Microsoft has apparently “decades of research” – as they put it – into the idea that the Together Mode will bring people closer in the virtual setting. What is Together Mode The...
NBA is officially underway, and just as much as fans want to be there to watch it, the players need the fans to cheer them on too. The pandemic might have changed the way we do things, but it sure as hell hasn’t changed our spirit, especially when it...
Team channels generally exist on the basis of different projects a team handles, and all team members have access to them. But what if a subset of the team needs to discuss sensitive issues in private, or they need a special area for collaboration where they can focus on the...
Breakout Rooms are quite in demand in the video conferencing ecosystem. Using breakout rooms, people can mimic the real-life scenarios of breaking into smaller groups during an online meeting or lecture and reconvene after brainstorming sessions or group discussions have come to a halt. Unfortunately, Microsoft Teams officially does not...