Research Guides: Law Student Guide to Learning Remotely: WebEx

What Is WebEx?

WebEx is a web conferencing tool that allows you to meet and collaborate with faculty and students from anywhere in the world. University of Cincinnati provides WebEx to students, faculty, and staff. Your professor may be using WebEx to teach remotely. You can also use WebEx to meet with other students.

Your professor can host meetings with up to 1,000 participants
Students can host meetings with up to 8 participants

WebEx for Students

Using WebEx for Classes

WebEx Technical Requirements
System requirements for WebEx. Users should scroll down to the Operating System and Browser Requirements.
Getting Started WebEx for Students
Students can use WebEx for multiple reasons, such as one-on-one meeting, preparation for group presentations, and working on projects with other students. Student WebEx hosts can have up to 1000 participants in a meeting. The host and participants can join via VoIP (computer audio) only. Telephone conferences are not available.
WebEx Participant Guide
How to join a meeting and participate in a meeting.
WebEx Participant Panel and Chat Use Guide
Instructions for using the participant panel and chat feature in WebEx. It includes instructions on how to allow students to present on their screen.
WebEx Screensharing Guide
In WebEx the host and selected participants can share their screen. Screen sharing allows the user to show a presentation, web browser and other content including a Whiteboard.
WebEx Sharing Files
WebEx users can load and share many types of material while in a meeting.
WebEx Whiteboard Guide
How to open, share, and use the Whiteboard feature in WebEx.
WebEx Session Recording Guide
The meeting host can record meetings within WebEx. After the meeting is finished, the recordings will be generated in WebEx. Faculty and staff recordings will be transferred to Kaltura within 24-48 hours. Student WebEx recordings will remain in WebEx and can be downloaded and uploaded into Kaltura if needed.
Accessing/Downloading Student WebEx Meeting Recordings
Students who host meetings in WebEx can access their recorded WebEx meetings, download them, and upload/access them in Kaltura for long-term storage and sharing.

Things to Do Before Your First WebEx Meeting

Practice! Practice using WebEx before you go live with your class.
Check your equipment and have a backup plan.
- The 3 most common technical issues with any web conferencing software are:
  - Participants can’t see
  - Participants can’t hear
  - Background noise & mic feedback
- Build in time for testing your equipment before each session.
  - If using a webcam, preview what the webcam is showing.
  - Make sure you have any files you want to share accessible ahead of time on the same computer that you will be using for the WebEx meeting.
    - If your presentation is visually dense or contains video, consider distributing it to participants in advance.
  - Make sure your sound is working.
  - Make sure your microphone is working.
    - Often a headset with a microphone provides better sound quality than a computer or webcam microphone.

Things to Do During Your Meeting

Give everyone a few minutes at the start of the meeting to get settled.
Mute yourself when not speaking. This cuts down on feedback and background noise.
If your instructor does not require you to use your webcamera, turn off video and just use audio. Video can cause lag and technical difficulties.
If you are unable to join by computer due to access or technical issues, you can join by phone.
When you ask a question or request information, allow time for slightly delayed responses because the system may experience slight transmission delays.
Direct your questions to a specific individual rather than to everyone. If you direct a question to everyone, you might get multiple people trying to answer at one time which can get very confusing.