WebEx Meetings Key Features

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Last updated: Mar 21, 2023 by Rohan Raghavan
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WebEx Meetings is designed to provide a live online space for meetings, classroom conversations, and other collaborative meetings. Member of audience can open their mic and speak at any time, they don’t need permission from the host.

The key features of WebEx Meetings include:

  • Instructor’s audio/video
  • Slide Presentation
  • Whiteboard
  • Chat, public or private
  • Distributed multimedia link
  • Mute/unmuted audience microphones/cameras
  • Role assignments
  • Recordings
  • Telephone call in (default)
  • 1000 seats capacity
  • Waiting lobby room
  • Transcription of video
  • Streaming to popular streaming services such as, YouTube, vBrick, IBM, etc.
  • Virtual background/blurred background
  • Ordered and sorted hand raising
  • Faster /slower playback of recordings
  • Push to talk with space bar key to mute/umuted mic
  • Breakout rooms
  • Co-host
  • Polling
  • Classroom feedback

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