Eluminate

What is it?
Elluminate is a suite of tools.  The tool used at The College of Wooster is Elluminate Live.  This tool allows for synchronous meeting with an unlimited number of users across a distance with audio and video conferencing, a common whiteboard space and text chat.
Key features

Integrated teleconferencing
Voice over internet protocol voice chat
Shared, interactive whiteboard
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Polycom

What is it?
Polycom is one company that provides video conferencing capability for the institutions using its services.  Polycom offers various products providing varying levels of video and voice collaboration.
Key features

Virtual face-to-face meetings
Cut down on travel cost

Who uses it?
Video Conferencing systems are popular within business and increasingly within academe.
How does it work?
Users, separated by distance, [...]

Skype Conferencing

What is it?
Skype is a software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and to free-of-charge numbers are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer, voice conferencing and video chat.
Key [...]