Written by Aliah Nicole C. Brillante
Visuals by Jayvee P. Fulgencio
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is set to shift from Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to Zoom Meeting video conferencing platform for synchronous online classes on October 1, 2020.
This is following the letter released by the Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs dated September 25, 2020.
Attached to the letter is a document stating that the university will be integrating Zoom Meeting inside the UST Cloud Campus as the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra’s validity ends by December 15, 2020. However, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams will still remain available in the cloud campus as options for video conferencing.
Furthermore, the document states that the Educational Technology (EdTech) Center has already announced to the teaching and non-teaching academic staff, support staff, and students of the university the process of Zoom account activation via UST Gsuite email.
Activation of accounts will be valid for 30 days after the email from edtech.techinfra@ust.edu.ph, UST Cloud Campus’ official email address, is received.
UST has subscribed to two types of licenses for Zoom Meeting: the University Pro Subscription for Faculty Members with teaching load for the current semester, and University Basic subscription for on-leave faculty members, guidance Counselors, librarians, non-academic staff, and students. The inclusions of the said platform are shown in the table below.
As for meetings having more than 300 participants, the respective Dean’s/Director’s Office of a faculty or college must submit a request for a Zoom Webinar to the EdTech Center.
For security purposes, invitations for Zoom meetings are only set within the ust.edu.ph domain. In the event that an outside speaker needs to be invited, a letter endorsed by the Dean must be sent to the EdTech Center prior to the session.
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