There are four rooms located on the Scarborough campus that are equipped for communicating with students, staff, faculty, guest lecturers, and other organizations at a distance. Our Video Conferencing facilities allows users to communicate in real time without any loss of picture quality and sound.

 Video ConferencingStaffFaculty

Our professional grade facilities have been used very successfully to connect classrooms together, meeting spaces together, and for making events such as guest lecturers accessible at-a-distance.

A number of Video Conferencing facilities exist throughout the University of Toronto. If you would like to communicate at a distance with students, faculty, and administrators, please contact us with your needs:

Audio-Visual Support
Tel: 416.287.7380
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Cisco Jabber (Previously MOVI)StaffFaculty

Cisco Jabber is a software-based telepresence application for Mac or PC.  Ideal for communicating within any U of T campus, this program allows multi-point video calls and document sharing.  Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  to enable your UTORID and have the software installed on your office computer.  For home use, you can download the installer for Mac or PC here.  Please refer to these installation guides for further information: Mac / PC.  Note:  if using Jabber both at work and at home, please remember not to leave yourself logged in in multiple places.

UTSC Virtual Meeting RoomStaffFaculty

Whether using one of UTSC’s dedicated videoconference facilities, or with Cisco Jabber, you can connect to the UTSC virtual meeting room for online conferencing and knowledge transfer from wherever you are.  This resource can be booked on the intranet site.  Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.  

SkypeStaffFaculty

Skype is a free service that allows you to participate remotely in meetings from the comfort of your office. You can connect to other users in Audio-only or Audio-and-Video mode.

System Requirements

1. Windows, Mac OS X or Linux operating systems
2. Headset or microphone and speakers
3. WebCam for video-calls (Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 recommeded)
4. Windows users: Download and run the UTSC Skype Installer. Mac and Linux users can download Skype directly from here

Windows users wishing to use Skype on computers connected to UTSC network must utilize the UTSC Skype Installer program rather than the public release to ensure that the Supernode feature is disabled and therefore inhibit its ability to generate large amount of network traffic and risk being blocked off the network.

Members of UTSC faculty and staff are recommended to contact the IITS Help Desk to set up Skype on their office computer. The Help Desk will also provide a quick one-on-one tutorial about using the basic Skype functions and ensure that the username conforms to UTSC convention and therefore making it easier to connect to other UTSC users.

ePresenceStaffFaculty

IITS provides real time and on-demand webcasting services using the ePresence system. Video-captured presentations can be viewed online a web browser with flash plug-in. ePresence can be typically used to:

• Make research talks or guest speaker lectures available for live or on-demand viewing
• Provide the ability for users to skim through presentations or locate specific segments using keyword searches

ePresence webcasts can only be made available on the web. Other media such as DVD or Blu ray are not supported at this time. Also the AV set up required by the system is not available in every venue on campus. Please email contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to book the service or if you have any questions.

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