Using Conferences in Digital Teaching

These pages provide you with information about holding conferences for digital teaching.

When choosing the conference service, please take note of the recommended number of participants:

• DFNconf / Pexip: 23 participants
• Jitsi: 35 participants
• BigBlueButton: 100 participants

In order to successfully record videos or use web conferences and streaming, you and your workstation must generally fulfil the following requirements:

Technical requirements

• modern PC/laptop or mobile device (smartphone or tablet)
• internet connection (with a good-quality connection)
• webcam (if you want to send video)
• microphone/headset (if you want to say/hear anything)

Workstation requirements

• room that is free from interference (no other sounds, no other persons) for audio and video
• room without/with only little echoing
• deactivate/remove disturbing signal sources: computer sounds, telephone, mobile phone, ...
• position that is suitably illuminated, with no backlight
• suitable video image that has been well framed (no worm’s-eye or bird’s eye views)
• additional screen for web conferences and livestreams (enables the use of a feedback channel: text chat)
• check the settings of your screen saver

Unfortunately, the University Computer Centre is unable to provide you with either real rooms or technology.

Please contact the members of staff responsible for lecture hall and media technology directly with any requests to use the University’s rooms that are equipped with suitable technology, by writing to: medientechnikuni-greifswaldde.