1. Classroom Technology at CSU
September 18, 2012
Rusty Scott – CSU-FC
Classroom Technology at CSU

2. Today’s Topics Purpose of our discussion
Landscape (and how we got here)
Governance
Current classroom trends at CSU
Non-technical pressure points
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3. 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
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4. 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.
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5. 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
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6. 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)
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. LC Usage 3K-4500 views per week 140 echoes created per week
50 scheduled in rooms
Time of day distribution of viewing requests
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11. LC Futures Promotion of service Training Retention policy Captioning
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12. 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
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13. Non-Technical Pressures
Building renovations (swing space)
Use by student organizations
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14. Questions?
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