TokBox Video Chat & Email
Posted by tektrekker on 15 July, 2008
Today, I stumbled across TokBox, a free, browser-based video chat and email tool as I was looking for new tools to demonstrate at the upcoming Campus Technology ‘08 conference. There are three things I particularly like about TokBox:
- It’s very very simple to use.
- You don’t have to download anything (but there is a desktop client if you prefer).
- You don’t have to create an account to communicate with someone who has a TokBox account.
When you create an account on TokBox, you are given your own private URL. You can give anyone this URL so they can visit the page to send you a video email. Video emails can be up to 15 minutes in length and they are stored on the site for you to view when you log in.
When you’re logged in to your TokBox account, people who you’ve given the URL can visit your page and video chat with you. You can also do video conferences with multiple people (although I’m not sure how many people as I could not find this information on the site).
I tried TokBox on Windows Vista with Firefox and IE browsers and it worked fine. I also embedded the TokBox tool on my WebCT/Blackboard home page and was able to use it successfully. This tool definitely is worth a look if you and your learners communicate a lot in your courses.
