Simple conferencing option for phones and tablets. Search for "Houseparty" in the Apple App store for IOS, in Google Play for Android devices. You have to register a name to participate.

General information about this product can be found at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/conferencing/webex-meetings/index.html.

To participate in a video conference using Webex just follow the simple instructions to set up your device when you click on the "Join Meeting" button in the invitation that the host sent.

If you want to host a Webex Merting then you can register for a free account starting at https://www.webex.com/

General information is available at https://zoom.us/.

To participate in a Zoom meeting just follow the instructions provided by your host in the invitation. This will guide the the process of installing any necessary app or software when you use it for the first time.

If you would like to host a Zoom Meeting then you need to register for a free account.  This allows you to host meetings up to 40 minutes duration for 3 or more people.

This is free open source software for video conferencing. No registration is necessary. There is general information at https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ and https://jitsi.org/what-is-jitsi/

The software is available on the Apple App store for IOS, on Google Play for Android devices.  It also works in a Chrome browser. There are downloads for Windows and MAC -  see https://desktop.jitsi.org/Main/Download.

https://www.skype.com/en/ More information to follow.

OBC has the benefit of a G Suite licence by virtue of being a charity. In the current circumstances of Covid-19 Google have relaxed some licensing conditions on their software with the result that club members who have an email address of the form Firstname.Surname@oxfordbridgeclub.com are able to use the Google Meet software until at least the end of September 2020. 

Click on https://meet.google.com/, sign in to your @oxfordbridgeclub.com G Suite account and off you go.

There are multiple other options that may require either payment or licencing. Usually it is only the host that is required to have a licence - the others participants in the call can either download a free app or can simply use a web browser.

If one of your community already has a licence for one of these environments then it is likely that the product can be used to host a meeting with others.

• Microsoft Teams Meetings https://products.office.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/online-meeting-solutions (previously Skype for business)
• Google Hangouts Meet https://gsuite.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/products/meet/
• GotoMeeting https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-gb
• EzTalks https://www.eztalks.com/
• Fuze https://www.fuze.com/