This article covers using Virtual Meetings for individual meetings and small group collaborations. To learn about using virtual meetings for teaching or learning within Canvas, see Virtual Meetings for Instruction.
Virtual Meetings is a cloud-based cross platform video conferencing service that makes it easy to collaborate with your colleagues. Powered by BlueJeans, Virtual Meetings can be started and joined via a PC, Mac, smartphone, or regular landline (audio only). Each meeting can accommodate up to 200 participants and supports recording of the meeting and screen/media sharing. All Wharton students, faculty, and staff have access to Virtual Meetings.
Before You Start
You will need the following before you can complete this task:
- An active PennKey account
- Faculty and Staff: admin access to your devices (to install the app)
Install the BlueJeans App
The BlueJeans app is easy to use and gives you access to more features. Although you don't need to have this installed to use BlueJeans, using it will provide a better experience.
Accessing Virtual Meetings
If your virtual meeting is for a Wharton class, it most likely was created through Canvas. Please log into Canvas first, launch your class, and then choose Virtual Meetings from the left navigation pane.
Although we recommend accessing any virtual meetings created in Canvas by logging in via Canvas, it's also possible to see all your meetings by logging directly into the meeting software.
Scheduling a Meeting
Follow these directions to schedule a meeting (this is not the recommended method for scheduling a meeting for a class that is using Canvas; See Virtual Meetings for Instruction) :
Advanced Features
Advanced features are useful in customizing your meetings. You can customize them on a per meeting basis, or for all the meetings that you schedule.
- Scheduled meeting sessions: for meetings that you are scheduling, any changes you make will only affect that meeting.
- Personal settings: if you make changes in your personal settings, that will affect all meetings that you schedule.
For security, moderators have the ability to lock out users from joining their meeting (indicated with a lock icon at the top left corner of their screen).
Recommendations for Advanced features
- Auto record: best to leave this disabled by default; however, you can record choose to record an individual meeting.
- Start without moderator: leave this disabled, so that the meeting can go on without you if needed. Use the Moderator setting if you don't want people entering the meeting before you join -- but make sure to give your moderator passcode to anyone else who might need to start the meeting.
- Always encrypt: leave this disabled; if the meeting must be encrypted you can add it.
- Cropping video: leave this disabled, but you can enable the feature if you wish.
- Disable chat messaging: leave this unchecked so people can communicate with you; if you don't want any option to chat, you can disable it by checking the box.
- Mute on entry: we recommend leaving this disabled, unless you have a specific reason not to have people announce themselves as they join the meeting.
- Participant name in email: leave this disabled, but you can change this setting if you want.
- Turn off video on entry: we recommend leaving this disabled, unless you have a specific reason not to have people be seen as they join the meeting.
Questions?
For additional help and support:
- See the Virtual Meetings FAQ
- Check out the BlueJeans Knowledge Base
- Contact BlueJeans support directly