Many RCBC classrooms are now outfitted with high-end video conferencing technology intended to assist faculty with facilitating hybrid courses that include a virtual live component.

There are two main types of technologies equipped in our classrooms that you will often hear referred to as Hybrid-Flex (Tier II) and Hybrid-Webex (Tier 1) classrooms. Let's go over the differences/benefits for each type below.

 

Hybrid-Flex classrooms (Tier II) make up the vast majority of our technology equipped classrooms. These rooms feature a more localized setup with all technology interfacing directly with the in-room instructor computer. The main benefit of the Hybrid-Flex setup is flexibility. The Hybrid-Flex equipment can be used with virtually any video-conferencing platform including but not limited to Webex and Google Meet. The Hybrid-Flex classroom equipment (Tier II) consists of:

• USB Lumens VC-B30U camera with pan, tilt, and zoom functionality. Camera is controlled via a remote kept at the front of the room. 
• USB omnidirectional microphone placed on or near the instructor desk at the front of the room capable of picking up clear speech from around the instructor's desk.
• Lumens remote to manually control the camera image or to utilize the various presets that are pre-programmed in each room.

To see it in action and learn the basics of the Hybrid-Flex classroom setup, check out the training video below.

See below for a full list of Hybrid-Flex (Tier II) enabled classrooms

 

Laurel Hall	TEC	Health Sciences	Votta	Science Building	MHC
132	112	202	131	100	213
135	114	209	142	114
204	141	401	148	115
205	143	417	222	119
206	145	433	225	120
207	147	434	230	121
208	202		236	207
209	203			212
210	204			215
211	206			218
304	208			219
305	210
306	215
307	217
308	219
309	300
310	302
311	303
	304
	306
	315

 

 

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Hybrid-Webex classrooms (Tier I) make up a small number of our total technology-equipped classrooms. These rooms feature a high-end Cisco Webex Room Kit set up. The Hybrid-Webex setup is great for hybrid courses utilizing the Webex Meetings platform and is built for seamless integration between the classroom technology and the Webex interface. The equipment in Webex-Hybrid (Tier I) rooms consists of:

•  High-end Cisco camera with pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities. Camera controlled by the touch panel at the front of the room.
• Ceiling mounted microphones capable of picking up clear and consistent speech from around room. 
• 10" touch panel on the instructor desk that allows instructors to quickly start and join meetings or share content or control the camera image and presets.
• Presenter Track technology which enables the camera to automatically follow the instructor's movement as they move around the room.

To see it in action and learn the basics of the Hybrid-Webex (Tier I) classroom technology, please check out the training video below.

 

See below for a full list of Hybrid-Webex (Tier I) enabled classrooms

 

 

TEC	Health Sciences	Votta Hall	Science Building
209	227	135	200
	304

 

 

If you have any questions regarding classroom technology or would like more information, please contact AV by submitting a ticket through the AV Support Center.