Classroom Technology at CSU September 18, 2012 Rusty Scott – CSU-FC Classroom Technology at CSU
Today’s Topics Purpose of our discussion Landscape (and how we got here) Governance Current classroom trends at CSU Non-technical pressure points 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
How We Got Here Started making rooms ‘smart’ in 1995 Incremental approach as budget allowed Student funding has been HUGE in advancing classroom technology ~$200K/year for upgrade & maintenance since 2005 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Current Classroom Landscape General Assignment (GA) classrooms 157 Total 5 are designated as ‘distance’ 6 are not smart (but will be by January, 2013) Departmental classrooms 287 rooms Some are labs, offices, conference rooms, reception areas, etc. 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Classroom Governance GA rooms Departmental rooms Classroom Review Board Provost appointed Broadly represented (Faculty, students, FM, Distance Ed, technical support staff, TILT, Scheduling) Use policy, technology, general oversight Departmental rooms Left to the individual departments 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
GA Room Technology All smart rooms have; Many (as requested) have; Projector, touch panel, wired/wireless network, DVD, VCR (phasing out) Access to online media playback library Many (as requested) have; Document cameras(116) Clickers (97) Blueray (78) Computer (26) Sympodium (10-ish, but moving toward a standard) 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Trends – Centralized Monitoring Crestron RoomView Early stages at CSU Monitoring, scheduling, controlling, reporting of AV resources in rooms Preventative maintenance for lamps, projectors Remote control of classrooms Schedule lights, etc. for power usage Equipment usage reports 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Trends - i>clickers ‘>’…really? Coverage in 97 rooms Standard clickers, phones Just say ‘no’ to phones Original vs. i>clicker2 Version 2 allows numeric/alphanumeric responses; provides additional vote confirmation Requires new bases (backward compatible) Installed in all rooms, used by 1 professor 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Trends - Lecture Capture Recently declared Echo360 as campus standard Students and OnlinePlus key in funding Appliance/classroom capture (19 rooms) Pcap (1000 licenses) Integrated (or not) with LMS 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
LC Usage 3K-4500 views per week 140 echoes created per week 50 scheduled in rooms Time of day distribution of viewing requests 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
LC Futures Promotion of service Training Retention policy Captioning 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Synchronous Communications Web conferencing Low (but influential) demand Adobe Connect - using, trying not to Big Blue Button – low fidelity pilot Blackboard Collaborate – tiny license pool, not yet used Voice services Distance rooms equipped Looking to expand 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Non-Technical Pressures Building renovations (swing space) Use by student organizations 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation
Questions? 18 September 2012 CHECO Presentation