WiziQ Test Run

Gerry and I got into WiziQ tonight and I think we were both surprised by what WiziQ has to offer as an online conferencing tool. It does lack the ability to share the presenters screen which Breeze does do, but the interface is overall much cleaner and user friendly. The was no lag when we were both talking and apparently WiziQ will hold up to 25 participants in one conference. WiziQ does allow file/photo sharing including PowerPoint presentations. WiziQ is still in the Beta stages so i think screen sharing will be available soon as it seems like to valuable a tool not to have with a conferencing system. I am really impressed though that no software needs to be installed, no firewall worries for people who access it at work (I work in a k-12 school so everything is blocked here), it is totally free, and most of all, once you sign up for an account you have access to millions of other users that can be searched by name or interests or areas of specialties. We found initiating a conference to be very easy although we were only able to schedule meetings on the 1/2 hour whereas Breeze allows you to do it every 15 minutes. We tested the video out as well and it worked seamlessly for us. the whiteboard feature took a little getting used to but really is about the same as Breeze but again the interface of WiziQ is so much more user friendly. All and all we were impressed tonight and we have just scratched the surface. We took some screen captures tonight and you can view those HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Enjoy.