Video Conferencing Requirements

Requirement #1: Desktop or Laptop Computer

• PC requirements
  • Operating system
    • Windows 8 or later
  • Memory
    • 4 GB RAM or higher.
  • Graphics card
    • OpenGL version 1.3, or OpenGL version 1.2 with the multi-texturing extension.
  • Sound card
    • Any standard sound card (full-duplex, 16-bit or better).
  • Notes
    • On computers with limited processing power and/or memory, Jabber Video will use a lot of system resources, and reduced performance can be expected.
    • On Windows 8, only the classic Desktop user interface is supported.
• Mac OS X requirements
  • Operating system
    • Mac OS X 10.12 or higher
  • Memory
    • 4 GB RAM or higher

Requirement #2: HD Webcam

Note: Specific webcam requirements may be in place for specific courses. Please contact the course instructor for details.

Requirement #3: Computer speakers and microphone or headset with microphone

Note: Some webcams have built-in microphones. Please refer to the webcam’s instruction manual for more information.

Requirement #4: Broadband/high speed internet

• Use Speedtest.net to check existing connection speed
  1. Browse to www.speedtest.net
  2. Click the “BEGIN TEST” button. The test may take 1-2 minutes to complete.
  3. Observe the results of the test and confirm that speeds are equal to or greater than 3 mbps* upload and 3 mbps* download.

Technical Support Information

• Contact Joseph Cameron, Online Learning Systems Administrator at 951.343.3922 or jcameron@calbaptist.edu for technical assistance.

* = megabits per second