Sean Roberts and Dan Wiencek were able to take a field trip during their InfoComm Conference in June 2014 to take a tour of the UNLV AV Department. Here is Sean’s report:
We met with Cody Brown, Event Technology Technician, and took time to discuss Kinetics (KX) conferencing software, digital signage, smart classrooms, and student study spaces. Cody took us on a tour and showed us the following:
The UNLV Food Court – Subway, Taco Bell, and Panda Express. Must be nice!
Student “Huddle Space” 1
Student “Huddle Space” 2
Student “Huddle Space” 3
A computer lab at UNLV
A smart classroom – Cody mentioned UNLV currently has no smart classroom budget and must push smart carts into all the rooms.
A smart cart
View 2 of the smart cart
Digital Signage – UNLV is a VISIX client and Cody also uses Rise Vision. The President’s and Student Activities Offices are in charge of the digital signage program.
A new mobile flat panel cart for “Way Finding” and “Confidence Monitors.”
A conference room at UNLV
It was interesting to see such a large school having to discuss budgets for smart classroom installations. The AV-IT convergence seems to not yet have made its way to UNLV. Cody talked about the KX system as well and stated that the campus is 100% KX compliant, meaning if something isn’t in KX, they don’t know it exists. UNLV also does not offer an AV checkout program to its students. Overall, it was very informative and encouraging to see and compare UNLV’s current situation with CC’s.
Thank you Sean for your report and photos!
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
