{"657471":{"#nid":"657471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BlueJeans to Sunset at Georgia Tech May 30 [UPDATE - Sunset Date Extended to June 14]","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUpdated May 27, 2022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sunset date planned for Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s use of the BlueJeans videoconferencing platform has been extended to June 14.\u0026nbsp;Any recordings that are still present in BlueJeans\u0026nbsp;after the new\u0026nbsp;June 14\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Edeadline will be \u003Cem\u003Epermanently\u003C\/em\u003E deleted. In order to provide additional support and training, the Office of Information Technology\u0026nbsp;will offer office hours:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026middot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Wednesday, June 1, from 10 a.m - 2 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026middot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Thursday, June 2, from 1 - 4 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026middot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Tuesday, June 7, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026middot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Thursday, June 9,\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;1 - 4 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026middot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Monday, June 13,\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;10 a.m. - 4 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOriginal story:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will sunset the BlueJeans videoconferencing solution on Monday, May 30. Campus users are encouraged to migrate stored recordings before then. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe BlueJeans decommission is a culmination of a review by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oit.gatech.edu\/videocollaboration\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVideo Collaboration Review\u003C\/a\u003E\u202f(VCR) Committee. The group was established to evaluate new videoconferencing solutions for academic course delivery and collaboration against existing services. Driven by Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE) and the Office of Information Technology (OIT), the committee brought in student, faculty, and staff voices from across the Institute to identify video collaboration service offerings. Ultimately, plans to sunset BlueJeans and WebEx (except for the Georgia Tech Research Institute*) were formalized.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe VCR Committee also announced a soft launch of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EZoom\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fvideo collaboration platform.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Not only did Zoom, to a large extent, meet our committee\u0026rsquo;s criteria, but it is also one of the most widely used video collaboration tools,\u0026rdquo; Yakut Gazi, Ph.D., associate dean for Learning Systems at GTPE, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oit.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-announces-zoom-soft-launch\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E earlier this year. \u0026ldquo;Many of our students, faculty, and staff have participated in Zoom meetings during and even before the pandemic, which we anticipate will facilitate adoption at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo; Since the soft launch, the platform has facilitated over 2,700 meetings and webinars by Tech users.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn preparation for the transition from BlueJeans, students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to migrate stored lecture, meeting, and event recordings to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKaltura MediaSpace\u003C\/a\u003E via the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mover.bluejeans.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBlueJeans Video Exporter\u003C\/a\u003E tool. The exporter will move a maximum of five videos simultaneously, with each video typically taking a few minutes to upload. Archived videos can take up to five hours, depending on the video\u0026rsquo;s length. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOIT has published an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.service-now.com\/home?id=kb_article_view\u0026amp;sysparm_article=KB0028167\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E11-step illustrated knowledge article\u003C\/a\u003E to guide campus users during the recording transfer process. Campus users who need further assistance can also submit a help request via the Services and Support site at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.service-now.com\/home\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Egatech.service-now.com\/home\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Zoom, Georgia Tech will continue to offer and support \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.service-now.com\/home?id=kb_article_view\u0026amp;sysparm_article=KB0025101\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMicrosoft Teams\u003C\/a\u003E, which offers videoconferencing, secure file storage, chat, meeting, calling, and file-sharing capabilities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOIT\u202fwill work with the Georgia Tech community throughout the rest of the spring semester to prepare for the transition from BlueJeans. Upcoming communications will share additional information. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe BlueJeans Video Exporter tool can be accessed at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mover.bluejeans.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emover.bluejeans.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E*The Georgia Tech Research Institute will continue to use its version of WebEx (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.webex.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Egtri.webex.com\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Students, Faculty, and Staff Should Migrate Recordings Using Video Exporter Tool"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUpdated May 27, 2022: \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Bluejeans sunset\u0026nbsp;date has been extended to Tuesday, June 14.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EAny recordings that are still present in BlueJeans\u0026nbsp;after the new\u0026nbsp;June 14\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Edeadline will be \u003Cem\u003Epermanently\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;deleted. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to migrate stored lecture, meeting, and event recordings to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKaltura MediaSpace\u003C\/a\u003E via the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mover.bluejeans.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBlueJeans Video Exporter\u003C\/a\u003E tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will sunset the BlueJeans videoconferencing solution on June 14."}],"uid":"34932","created_gmt":"2022-04-20 20:40:45","changed_gmt":"2022-06-15 12:53:53","author":"Courtney Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"174291","name":"OIT"},{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"184416","name":"bluejeans"},{"id":"4112","name":"oit"},{"id":"76791","name":"GTPE"},{"id":"91021","name":"video conferencing"},{"id":"189894","name":"video collaboration"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECourtney Hill\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncourtney.hill@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}