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Student - Student Communications

Options

I thought we could use this page to list and analyze various student to student communications options.  We could look at the bandwidth requirements, multiple participant capabilities, etc of each option and in the end come up with a list of recommended options.  It is probable that student lab groupls will be able to choose their own communications options, but we want to recommend options that won't rab significant bandwidth from the RWSL connection during the session.

Options:

Phone

Pro

• no impact on RWSL bandwidth during session

Con

• usually restricted to 2 way communication only

Skype

Pro

• allows multiple callers

Con

• Could take up some RWSL bandwidth (recommend using audio only during RWSL lab sessions

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Pro

Con