{"id":8092,"date":"2015-09-03T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T18:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=8092"},"modified":"2015-09-03T13:36:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T18:36:51","slug":"why-hello-firefox-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/why-hello-firefox-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hello, Firefox Hello!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Karen Nichols<\/p>\n<p>A few interested instructors and I are experimenting with various video conferencing apps and software now like Google + Hangouts, Microsoft Skype, Apple Facetime and the fairly new <a title=\"firefox hello\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/hello\/\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox Hello<\/a>.\u00a0 Firefox Hello has a very useful feature right off the bat.\u00a0 It doesn't require you to install software nor set up an account with log in and password.\u00a0 One person enters, gets a link, then sends it to the other person with whom s\/he wishes to video chat.\u00a0 You are required to use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, but it doesn't matter if you're used to skyping and your friend or colleague is used to Facetime.\u00a0 You don't have to install then sign up for each other's videoconferencing service.<\/p>\n<p>Screen-sharing is also an option with Firefox Hello.\u00a0 You can share photos, discuss travel plans, collaborate on a project and myriad other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox Hello also boasts <a title=\"WEB R T C\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webrtc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WebRTC<\/a>-grade encryption to ensure your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>I love the fact that a student and I wouldn't have to exchange personal information like phone numbers for Facetime, nor set up yet another account for another app, but I don't see a way to video conference with more than one person at a time and for a class, that can be a drawback.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, I'm happy to share with you this snappy little video from Mozilla Firefox about Firefox Hello and you can decide for yourself if this is a service that can meet your needs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TEPq4xFGzG0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Karen Nichols A few interested instructors and I are experimenting with various video conferencing apps and software now like Google + Hangouts, Microsoft Skype, Apple Facetime and the fairly new Firefox Hello.\u00a0 Firefox Hello has a very useful feature right off the bat.\u00a0 It doesn't require you to install software nor set up an <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/why-hello-firefox-hello\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Why Hello, Firefox Hello!\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[111,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-8092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-distance-education","8":"tag-video-conferencing","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-26w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1502,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-65-word-count\/","url_meta":{"origin":8092,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #65: Word Count","author":"Janice Florent","date":"December 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One feature missing from Blackboard is the ability to get a word count for discussion board threads, blogs, wikis, and journals. 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