Q: What’s Zoom for? What’s Yuja for?
Short A: Zoom is for synchronous meetings. Yuja is for recording lecture content.
Long A:
The long answer is a bit more complicated. There’s a fair amount of overlap between the two. This page is a work in progress and will evolve as I try things out with people.
Observations so far:
For meetings of any kind, Zoom for sure. Yuja is a one-way street.
The main advantages of Yuja are:
- It can be integrated with Canvas. Follow the “Configure the Canvas integration” instructions.
- Once you have the dedicated program installed, it’s very simple. Follow the “Download & install software” instructions.
- The videos you make never land on your computer. They’re processed by Yuja and delivered to your “Media Library.” From there you can right-click and Play, Share, or Publish the video.
- Captions are automatic. Keep in mind that captioning is required.
However, you can also record content in Zoom. I recommend trying Yuja first as Zoom has more steps. But there are certain situations where Zoom is the better choice, such as:
- You want to record the content to your own computer for further processing. (Yuja makes it hard to get an editable copy of your video.)
- You want to be able to toggle between cameras or between camera and screen sharing during a video. Yuja forces you into a composite of your screen and a single camera.
- You want to host your videos on YouTube. (Note that in this case you’ll need to enable YouTube captioning.)
Not sure what to do? Let’s meet about it.
Last updated March 18, 2020