Teleconferencing Resources
SATELLITE DOWNLINKING - VIDEO CONFERENCING - ITFS CLASSROOM
 SATELLITE
DOWNLINKING
(1 way video/audio)
Media Services provides downlink facilities for receiving
programs and teleconferences broadcast from C and KU band
satellites. The programs can be recorded for later viewing,
viewed live in Media Services viewing rooms, and/or distributed
directly to classrooms with connectivity to the campus cable
TV system. Requesting departments are responsible for
any registration or programming fees required for the viewing
or taping rights. There are also charges for videotape stock
used to record satellite.
There are additional rental charges for off-campus groups
using these services.
For more information or to schedule your event contact Dan
Maloney, 554-4520 (dmaloney@scu.edu).
When scheduling your event, we will need the following information:
1. Name, date, starting time, and duration of
the program or Teleconference
2. Technical Information, although this is
often sent with confirmation materials
after
registration fees are received and
so may
need to be added later:
- Name of Satellite, Transponder (channel number) and audio
frequency of the program
- Time of test pattern/broadcast (so that we can verify
audio/video signals)
- Technical Trouble "hot line" phone Number (in
the event of technical difficulties on the day of the event)
3. Size of the viewing audience
4. Whether or not a telephone or fax
machine will be required in
a nearby
location for questions during
the event.
Note of warning: Satellite programming is subject
to interference from sunspots (most prevalently in the fall
and spring), terrestrial microwave activity, and climatic
conditions. This can result in audio and video signals fading
in and out during programming.
VIDEO CONFERENCING
(2-way interactive video and audio)
There is at this time one videoconferencing location on campus
- the Wiegand Teleconferencing
Room, located on the first floor of the Arts & Sciences
building. The system runs compressed video over ISDN
phone lines and supports both point-to-point and multipoint
(as receive site only) links.
Faculty may teach students at SCU and at remote sites simultaneously
from the Wiegand Teleconferencing Room. Videoconferencing
also provides opportunities for participation in seminars,
meetings, and discussions with professional colleagues at
other campus, state, national, and international sites.
In order to facilitate a successful teaching/learning experience
with this unique mode of instruction, we provide orientation
to the facility and instructional and technical support for
those using it.
ITFS CLASSROOM
Last updated August 30, 2001
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