As U-M has shifted to offering classes, programs, and events in alternative and virtual formats, Michigan IT has risen to the challenge by enabling and supporting the most cutting-edge conferencing services available.
In support of attending classes, events, and meetings virtually, ITS will host virtual BlueJeans training and drop-in sessions. Live sessions begin March 12 and continue through the month, with recordings to be published afterward.
BlueJeans will add closed captioning in February. Meeting participants will be able to switch on “automated” Closed Captions with a check box in Settings.
Don’t forget to download your meeting recordings within 90 days. Once deleted, there are no backups and they cannot be recovered. Per a new policy, BlueJeans Network no longer keeps recordings on record.
ITS and BlueJeans Network are bringing a new feature called to U-M’s preferred conferencing service. Breakout Sessions allows meeting moderators to create separate rooms and move participants in and out of them as needed.
U-M held almost a quarter of a million BlueJeans meetings in 12 months—about 37% more than the previous fiscal year. There were also over 900,000 people using the service.
In October 2017, Michigan IT News reported on videoconferencing that enables clinical education in Ethiopia as part a project led by Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan (UM-CIRHT). The year after, UM-CIRHT launched a two-year project with the University of Rwanda. The partnership strengthens family planning training and builds student and faculty capacity… Read More »
Two new versions of the BlueJeans desktop app were recently released on MiWorkspace-supported devices, bringing the current version up to 2.10. Here’s a summary of changes.
BlueJeans’ updated desktop app is designed for speed and simplicity. A visual refresh brings an interface that is modern and intuitive.
Philomena Meechan, LSA Language Resource Center, and Todd Austin, LSA Instructional Support Services, recently presented with Professor Alexander Knysh, U-M Near Eastern Studies, and faculty from St. Petersburg State University, Russia at the SUNY COIL conference in New York and at the UNICollaboration Conference in Kraków, Poland. Their presentation showcased how two Near Eastern Studies courses used a combination of… Read More »
New data about U-M’s use of BlueJeans cloud-based conferencing service illustrates impressive growth year-over-year.
BlueJeans meetings can now accommodate up to 150 connected devices. ITS also negotiated continued access to BlueJeans Events (formerly Primetime) at no extra cost.
Ethiopia. It’s a country with limited bandwidth and just a single internet service provider—the government. But don’t count it out for videoconferencing.
Since BlueJeans was introduced to the U-M community in 2014, campus has found creative ways to use the service to connect users anywhere, anytime, and from almost any device.
The August 2017 update to the BlueJeans videoconferencing app makes scheduling easier in popular calendars and adds interactive polls in the BlueJeans Primetime add-on.
Starting in July 2017, the U-M community should set up conference calls themselves using BlueJeans. Operator assistance will be discontinued.
Does your unit need to share screen content and collaborate remotely? If so, it’s never been easier for faculty and staff to set up a videoconference using BlueJeans.
Does your unit need to share screen content and collaborate remotely? If so, it’s never been easier for faculty and staff to set up a videoconference using BlueJeans.
With a new update to the BlueJeans videoconferencing app, you can now request and grant Remote Desktop Control. Other new features and enhancements have also been introduced in the April 2017 release.
ITS announced continued service and additional products for BlueJeans, including access to Primetime through May 2018 and BlueJeans onSocial (Facebook Live integration).