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It is an online learning environment in which teachers and students interact using the technical tools provided by the software. Educational institutions use virtual classroom software to host classes remotely while maintaining the functionality available in a traditional classroom environment.
A virtual classroom holds real-time lessons remotely while offering the same collaborative tools and level of interaction possible in a physical classroom. Educational institutions utilize virtual classroom software to provide access to students who may not attend in-person courses. Through the virtual classroom environment, teachers can interact with students, and students can engage with lesson materials, view presentations and videos, and take tests, all in real-time.
Online course providers may either offer virtual classroom software or utilize it to provide their lessons. Virtual classrooms may become an integrated part of a learning management system (LMS) or combined.
To qualify for inclusion in the Virtual Classroom category, a product must:
- Contain live video streaming capability
- Provide screen sharing
- Contain an online whiteboard feature
- Provide a comprehensive online classroom environment designed for use by educational institutions as well as individual teachers and tutors
- Stream live rich media interactive presentations
Some of the commonly used software that the educational institutions are using are:
Zoom
Zoom brings teams together to get more done in a seamless and secure video environment. Their straightforward, reliable, and innovative video-first unified communications platform provides video meetings, voice, webinars, and chat across all devices and spaces.
- Zoom Meetings & Chat
- Zoom Phone
- Zoom Video Webinars
- Zoom Rooms & Conference Room Connector
- App Marketplace
WEBEX
One of the most popular video conferencing service for any enterprise is Webex Meetings. You can conduct meetings securely with integrated video, audio, and content sharing on any device. It comes with intelligent features, including Webex Assistant and People Insights, which bring artificial intelligence to automate meeting tasks and enhance your relationships.
Features
- Easy to schedule, easy to share, and easy to join.
- Available on any device—mobile, desktop, browser, video systems—with one consistent user experience
- No downloads or plug-ins are required.
- You need not take notes in a meeting again. Webex Assistant for Webex Meetings is the first digital in-meeting assistant, offers voice commands, real-time transcripts, closed captioning, and notices
- You get to know the audiences with helpful information with Personal Insights.
- Have great meetings right where you learn and work.
- It is deeply integrated with the tools you use daily: Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Calendar, Workplace by Facebook, Canvas, CarPlay, and others.
- Webex Personal Room offers you a meeting room which is always available.
- Blurred and virtual backgrounds working from home, at a coffee shop, or at the beach
- Get real-time details and access on Cisco Webex meetings, such as meeting duration and participants list through Webex Control Hub.
- It is easy to scale and deploy as your classroom or company grows.
- Highly secure, so you don't have to worry about strangers in your meetings.