The KMITL Data Management Center Office provides online meeting and classroom platforms for Lecturer, staff, and students within KMITL. These platforms can be accessed through the following channels:
- MS Teams: Available both on the website and as a desktop application. The website can be accessed at https://teams.microsoft.com/v2, and the desktop application can be downloaded from the “more options” menu (…) in the top right corner, as shown in the image below.
- Google Meet: Accessible on the website at https://meet.google.com
- Zoom: Accessible at ZOOM – KDMC (kmitl.ac.th). It supports usage for executives in conducting meetings, training, and seminars, and for lecturer and staff to support teaching and learning. A form must be filled out to request access.
Each platform has different functionalities. Today, we present a comparison of the capabilities of MS Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom, as shown in the image below.
Microsoft Teams
- Advantages:
- Offers a variety of functions, covering meetings, chats, and collaboration on documents integrated with Microsoft 365.
- Allows assigning tasks and homework.
- Can create breakout rooms, but participants must be fewer than 300 to do so.
- Maximum of 1,000 online participants.
- Displays up to 49 participant screens.
- Can hold online meetings with external individuals.
- Disadvantages:
- Meeting recordings can be saved on the cloud for only 30 days.
- Quite complex with many functions, which may confuse new users and require time to learn.
- Students cannot create classrooms.
Google Meet
- Advantages:
- Quickly creates online meetings.
- Long meeting duration.
- Meeting recordings are saved in Google Drive.
- Can collaborate on documents integrated with Google Workspace.
- Can create up to 1,000 breakout rooms.
- Displays up to 49 participant screens, but additional applications can increase the number of screens.
- Can hold online meetings with external individuals.
- Disadvantages:
- Maximum of 500 participants.
- No function for creating classrooms or assigning tasks and homework.
Zooms
- Advantages:
- Easy to use and can quickly create online meetings.
- During meetings, you can chat both in groups and privately.
- Displays up to 49 participant screens.
- Can hold online meetings with external individuals.
- Can stream live meetings to other platforms such as YouTube or Facebook.
- Disadvantages:
- Maximum of 300 participants.
- Students cannot use the service.
update on 19 August 2024
