GoTo Room vs. Logitech MeetUp

It works really well in a one on one settings when teachers are coordinating with individual trainers or workshops. It can be helpful as well during a team setting Q&A for follow up training. However, it is a struggle to use in large group settings when one presenter is speaking to a large group of people for trainings.

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The Logitech MeetUp thrives in a huddle / small room environment. The fish-eye lens on the camera has a very wide range of vision and allows participants to sitting close to the screen. The mic array does a good job picking up voices and the speaker has a balanced tone and sufficient volume. Not suitable for larger rooms. The Rally would be a better solution.

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• Video conferencing is clear and precise
• Scheduling is emailed and easy to access.
• The ease of getting used to the program is quick for all of our teachers.

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• Microphone pick-up. Sounds as good as a microphone on the table
• Camera quality is fantastic and the software does a great job of correcting for the fisheye effect
• Connectivity is easy and fast

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• Learning how to work through multiple documents or presentations in a call can be tricky.
• Our rural setting does not allow for consistent internet connection, video is not always clear.
• Audio can be limited to a large room setting in workshops.

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• Difficult finding the appropriate software for additional features on the Logitech website.
• Video quality not great for participants sitting more than a couple of metres away.

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Haven’t had a chance to need to connect with the service staff as we haven’t had to deal with any large issues beyond internet bandwidth restrictions. However, we feel like support would be very quick and efficient if we were to need it. The observations of setting up our doc cams and getting connected with workshop presenters has been smooth so far.

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GoToRoom does a great job of video conferencing with multiple users, similar to Zoom, but has easier access to documents similar to Google Classroom or Google Hangouts. It’s a nice blend of these three pieces of software.

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While the other cameras offer similar solutions, we found for the price to features, the meetup met our needs the best. With the trio, we had issues with Poly's software which the meetup gets around by being able to plug directly into a PC. The panacast, while it worked very well, we would have still needed to pair it with the rest of the equipment for a full experience. With the meetup, we have only needed the meetup, the PC, and an iPad as a controller.

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• It has been helpful for us to connect with professional development consultants that are out of our region.
• It has provided opportunities for teachers to get training that otherwise would not have had an opportunity without driving long distances.

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• Reduced internet bandwidth across a single site since everyone is joining the meeting from one device.
• Reduced travel time allowing others to join the meeting instead of driving to it.
• Increased efficiency allowing everyone in the meeting to share a file and interact with it.

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