Services for chats and videoconferences at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen
Through the Georg-August-University of Göttingen or the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), there are various services available to you that you can use as an alternative.
Rocket.Chat of the GWDG
The Rocket.Chat messaging service allows you to communicate in teams, groups, or individually. The service additionally supports emojis, sending files, images and videos as well as the integration of notifications from various services such as GitLab. Every user with a valid account at the GWDG and a current web browser or client can use this service. To use it in a web browser, simply go to https://chat.gwdg.de/. For more information about the Rocket.Chat of the GWDG, please visit https://www.gwdg.de/e-mail-collaboration/rocket.chat or contact the IT department of the Faculty of Humanities.
BigBlueButton of the GWDG
The BigBlueButton video conferencing service is suitable for e-learning scenarios in addition to conventional video conferencing functions such as screen sharing and chat. It is based on HTML5, runs in the browser and requires no software installation. In addition, the service is operated at the GWDG itself and is thus under the control of the GWDG compared to commercial cloud services such as Zoom. Any user with a valid account with the GWDG and a current web browser can use this service. For web browser use, simply access https://meet.gwdg.de/. For courses it is best to use the meeting plug-in in your Stud.IP event. This way the meeting room is not assigned to you personally, but to the event. For more information about the GWDG's BigBlueButton and the Meetings plug-in in Stud.IP, please visit https://info.gwdg.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=de:services:mobile_working:elearning_tools:start, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/informationen+to+bigbluebutton/624455.html or contact the IT department of the Faculty of Humanities.
DFNconf of the DFN-Verein
The DFNconf videoconferencing service offers DFN-Verein users in the scientific community the opportunity to conduct video, audio and web conferences. The service is tailored to the needs of research and teaching and provides the central technical components required. The new platform allows you to conduct video conferences with excellent video and audio features. Other hallmarks: Use of dedicated VC systems as well as simple web-based access, maximum 23 participants. Adobe Connect continues to be available as an e-learning service. This enables webinars and distributed work with application sharing for up to 200 participants. To use it in a web browser, simply go to https://my.conf.dfn.de/dico/. For more information about the DFNconf of the DFN-Verein, please visit https://www.conf.dfn.de or contact the IT department of the Faculty of Humanities.