Comparison of supported features
In addition to the Cornerstone Classroom App for Windows and Mac, Cornerstone Classroom also supports the Mobile App and a browser-based Express client.
| Functionality | App Client (Windows/Mac) | Modern Express Client | iPad/iPhone Mobile App | Android Mobile App | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting and ending events | |||||
| Starting and leading events (start/stop a session, start/stop recording, promote/demote attendees) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Viewing welcome URL | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Viewing logout URL | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Modifying exit options during an event | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Recording | |||||
| Recording an event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Modifying publishing/saving options for an event recording | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Viewing online playback | Yes | No | No | No | |
| HD video (Premium Video) | Yes | Yes | Yes (View-only) | Yes (View-only) | |
| Show/Hide closed captions | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| View CC transcript | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Audio | |||||
| Ctrl/F12 keys to activate microphone | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | |
| VoIP, telephone and blended audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Telephone conference call back | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| User-friendly microphone controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Presenter control of VOIP audio volume for attendees | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Voice Activity Detection | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Video | |||||
| HD video (Premium Video only) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Multi-point video conferencing up to 50 video channels (Premium Video only) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Multi-point video conferencing up to 8 video channels (Standard Video) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Gallery View (Premium Video only) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Docked video panel | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
| Resizable primary video with multiple video layout modes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Auto-switching of single-point video feeds | Yes | Yes (View-only) | Yes (View-only) | Yes (View-only) | |
| Broadcast live video | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Agenda/content | |||||
| Thumbnail and preview of agenda items by presenter | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Agenda navigation | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Slide title preview by participants | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Viewing in full/normal screen mode | Yes | Yes | Yes Note: On iPad, you can switch to full screen mode by collapsing
the left panel. On iPhone, the full-screen mode is always
used when viewing content panel.
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Yes Note: On tablet, you can switch to full screen mode by
collapsing the left panel. On phone, the full-screen mode is
always used when viewing content panel.
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| Content scaling and resizing | Yes | No | Yes (using iPad/iPhone zoom in/out features) | Yes | |
| External content (requires external application, for example, MS Word) | Yes | Yes | Yes Supported file types: jpeg, jpg, gif (Not animated), ppt, pptx, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, txt, htm, html, pdf, wav, au, mp4 |
Yes Supported file types: jpeg, jpg, gif (Not animated), ppt, pptx, txt, htm, html |
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| Presenter JIT import of a URL and file to download | Yes | No Note: You can view JIT URLs, but cannot
import them. |
No Note: You can view JIT URLs, but cannot import
them. |
No Note: You can view JIT URLs, but cannot import
them. |
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| Viewing PPT animation | Yes (via AppShare only) | Yes (via AppShare only) | Yes (via AppShare only) | Yes (via AppShare only) | |
| View YouTube live videos | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Saba Video (Only for integrated Saba users) | Yes | Yes (View-only) | No | No | |
| Application sharing | |||||
| Sharing multiple applications | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Sharing individual applications | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Sharing the entire desktop | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Controlling remote applications hosted by others | Yes | No | No | No | |
| AppShare transition modes (start a poll or an agenda item directly from the AppShare toolbar) | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Viewing shared applications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Seamless AppShare toolbar (not visible to participants) | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Share device audio during AppShare | Yes | Yes (supported only on Chrome, Edge, and Safari browsers) | No | No | |
| Text chat | |||||
| Prominent chat window that can be docked/undocked | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Visual alerts when receiving chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Edit text font/color | No | No | No | No | |
| Edit own messages | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Delete own messages | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Question & Answer (Webinar-only) | |||||
| Ask a question | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Answer a question | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Edit a question or answer | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Delete a question or answer | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Whiteboard/markup | |||||
| Saving to agenda | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Drag eraser | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Selecting and dragging around | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Adding or Editing text | Yes | Yes (Add text only) | No | No | |
| Drawing lines | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Viewing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Evaluations, surveys and polls | |||||
| Post event webinar surveys | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Starting a test/evaluation or poll | Yes | Yes (only if part of an agenda) | Yes (only if part of an agenda) | Yes (only if part of an agenda) | |
| Taking a test/evaluation or poll | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Managing participants | |||||
| Undocking participant panel | Yes (Premium Video mode only) | No | No | No | |
| Promoting to co-presenter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Giving audio, video, and other controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Change display name of others | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Change own display name | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Closed Captioning | |||||
| Manual closed caption entry | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Show/Hide closed captions | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| View CC transcript | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Breakout rooms | |||||
| Creating and managing | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Speaking to all breakout rooms | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Blended audio | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Leading | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Participating | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Closed Captioning | Yes | Yes (View-only) | Yes (View-only) | Yes (View-only) | |
| Waiting room | |||||
| Managing | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Participating | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 508 | |||||
| Audible alerts | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Caption | No | No | No | No | |
| Full set of hot keys | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | |
| Screen reader | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | |
| Content formats | |||||
| Other Note: PPT import is supported in a MAC environment only if the
Document Conversion Service is enabled.
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Yes | No | No | No | |
| SmartNotes (Beta) | |||||
| Use SmartNotes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| SSL | |||||
| Support for SSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |