We have noticed that several moderators are sometimes confused about the differences between Elluminate Academic and Elluminate Lite.
We would like to distinguish the two systems that we have at USF. We have both Elluminate Academic and Elluminate Lite at USF. Elluminate Academic is a full-featured virtual classroom system and Elluminate Lite is a scaled-down version of the same system. We have both systems at USF because we have limited seats in Elluminate Academic (200 concurrent users), and Elluminate Lite (500 concurrent user license) provides us with additional seats that we can use when requests exceed 200 concurrent users at peak times. Some of the features missing in Elluminate Lite include: recording, video conferencing, and application sharing.
For a complete comparison of features, visit: http://www.elluminate.com/product_comparison.jsp. If you request a session and we inform you that seats might not be available in Elluminate Academic for your session, you can always opt for seats in Elluminate Lite if it would work for you.