Wednesday, January 2, 2013

screen sharing: Google Hangouts vs. Join.me


For online tutoring, Which has the best screen sharing Google Plus Hangouts or Join me?

I decided to take another look at join.me screen sharing because Google Plus Hangouts screen sharing is limited. The G+ screen sharing does not allow full screen mode and the resolution is low. The shared screen is stuck in a display box that cannot be resized. I expect that G+ will be upgrading soon to fix this problem but as it stands, Join.me is much better. Join.me sharing  --- does have full screen mode. The resolution, and readability, is excellent.
Join.me now has some interesting new features:
1.  When participants join a meeting, they can enter “alvinrogers”, a name I selected, to see my screen. This is much easier that having to remember or copy/paste a numeric code.
2.  Now the iPad can work in presenter mode not just viewer mode.
3.  There is a pro version for $99.00 a year. 

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