1. Overview Videoconferencing – What is it? IST role in videoconferencing Campus videoconferencing group – Wish list and next topics What facilities exist now What facilities are being planned

2. What is it? Connecting two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously (more on this on a demo day!) Uses … many – Meetings – PhD defense – Interviews – Remote experts – Classes held between locations

3. IST Role Smaller role in past – Former AV staff in ITMS helped to set up and support to Science, and other areas – Network staff involved in debugging and “QoS” for Science and LT3 – Koorus and Andrea ran tech part of vc project Key people: – ITMS: Koorus Bookan, Marcel David, Viktor Lufer – Networks: Steve Bourque

4. Videoconferencing group meeting Meeting 23 January 2008 brought together vc owners Aim to share and learn about … – room set-up and design – which groups offer use of their installations – what demands your equipment and set-up can't meet and where IST may be able to offer help or a service – what shared central services may be useful – network, firewall, multicast, and other possible technical issues

5. Possible central services “Support” (need to define what we can provide) A "guide to a successful room installation" (dimensions, location of equipment, lighting, audio, etc. ) to duplicate in new rooms Help troubleshooting and support Multipoint Conferencing Unit Support for multicasting

6. Next topics for VC group Desktop videoconferencing A VC test location Room design hints Compatibility issues with different vc suites H.323 versus SIP Network topics