Student Technology Guide: Web Conferencing

UConn supports multiple web conferencing platforms that you can use to collaborate virtually with your instructors, classmates, and others both within and external to the UConn community.

To get started and sign into UConn’s web conferencing platforms, review the following:

Microsoft Teams

Teams is a conferencing and collaboration tool that is included with your Microsoft 365 account and UConn email. In addition to video and audio calls, it offers messaging and collaboration features in an interface similar to Discord and Slack. It integrates deeply into Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, and other tools used extensively at UConn.

Participants in a Teams audio or video call can join with a link, meeting ID, dial-in number, or directly from their Outlook calendar. Teams meetings can be shared with anyone, even if they do not have a Microsoft 365 account or are external to the UConn community.

For user guides and troubleshooting support, visit: Teams support

Cisco Webex

Webex is a conferencing tool that you can use to host and attend meetings, webinars, remote lectures, and more. You can record Webex meetings for future viewing, share files during the meeting, and group participants in up to 100 breakout sessions.

Participants can join meetings in Webex with a meeting code or meeting link. Anyone with a link or code can join the meeting, even if they don’t have a Webex account or are external to the UConn community.

For user guides and troubleshooting support, visit: Webex support

Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard Collaborate is used by instructors as a remote teaching tool. Instructors may host virtual class sessions, post recorded lectures, create interactive polls, and more.

If an instructor uses Blackboard Collaborate for a course, you can access it from the left sidebar menu of the course page in HuskyCT. Not every instructor will use this teaching tool.

For user guides and troubleshooting support, visit: Blackboard Collaborate support