Desktop Videoconferencing
Learn how to participate in a videoconference using a computer, laptop or tablet.
Reasons to use desktop videoconferencing:
- Meetings
- Guest speakers
- Job interviews
- Project collaboration
- Module recording/screen recording
Below are the steps to help make your videoconference successful:
- Discuss with Videoconference Staff your needs, and the program will be determined
- Provide contact information (phone and email) of all parties involved so staff can conduct a test with each individual prior to the day of the videoconference
- The day of the videoconference, dedicated staff will be on call if technical assistance is needed, and if preferred, staff can enter the conference as a participant for quality control
Documentation
The following documentation helps illustrate how to use videoconferencing within the various applications.
- Cisco Proximity: Learn how to receive shared content wirelessly in the college's videoconference classrooms.
- Desktop Videoconferencing Using Web Browsers
- Desktop Videoconferencing Using Skype for Business
- Desktop Videoconferencing Using Zoom
- iPad Videoconferencing Using Safari
- iPad Videoconferencing Using Skype for Business
- iPad Videoconferencing Using Zoom
Get in Touch
Videoconference Operations Center
Bulmer Telecommunications Center, Suite 247
Roger Pinke
Manager of Video Conferencing and Media Technology
(518) 629-8087
r.pinke@hvcc.edu
Eric Kiel
Video Conferencing and Media Specialist
(518) 629-7625
e.kiel@hvcc.edu
Jason Bourdeau
Multimedia Technician
(518) 629-7742
j.bourdeau@hvcc.edu
Request a Videoconference
For immediate technical assistance, call the IIT Help Desk at (518) 629-7364.