Webex Meetings

Overview

Webex Meetings is one of the recommended conferencing technologies available for use at USD. Webex Meetings allows you to have online meetings with anyone who has an internet connection. You can connect to a meeting in progress, choose to start a new meeting or schedule an online meeting.  There is also an audio-only option where you can dial into a meeting from your phone. Long-distance callers will need to dial into Webex.

Click the Access Webex button on this page to access Webex. Users will need their USD username and password to log in and schedule a meeting.

Benefits
  • Content can be shared with all meeting attendees enabling all attendees to see the same things at the same time – like PowerPoint files, Work documents, etc.
  • Personal Meeting room
  • Productivity Assistant Outlook plugin
    • Allow you to schedule, start, and join Webex meetings directly in Microsoft Outlook
    • The Windows version also supports integrations with other applications, such as
      • Word
      • Excel
      • PowerPoint
      • Microsoft Skype for Business
      • Microsoft Lync
      • Internet Explorer
      • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Meetings Desktop App
    • You can start and join meetings from desktop app 
  • HIPAA compliant solution
Available To

Faculty/Staff that have a Cisco VoIP phone.  A Webex license is included with your Cisco VoIP phone.

Cost

There is currently no cost to use the Webex service.

 

 
Access Webex

Related Articles (4)

Steps for adding the WebEx Outlook Plug-in to schedule and start WebEx Meetings
How to connect to WebEx and how to install WebEx to be added to Outlook in order to add to meeting invites.
Join before host is enabled by default, allowing attendees to join, in a waiting room, up to 15 minutes before the meeting begins.
How to Schedule a Webex Meeting