Each major videoconferencing vendor offers a program to help schools and colleges write grants to obtain equipment; see list below. Often these efforts will focus on the USDA’s RUS grant program, which is highly competitive but has also funded lots of I-TV/Distance Learning projects. Getting assistance in your grant writing effort is a good idea [...]

There are a couple of ways to make RS232 and similar cables, either by soldering or crimping:

Soldering is time consuming and can be difficult to do correctly, especially for the novice or those that don’t do it regularly. Moreover, problems with solder contacts sometimes don’t show up until years later, when a weak solder connection [...]

Short throw projectors have a lot of advantages for most class and conference rooms:

The short image throw allows for presenters to approach the screen without interfering with the image or having to look into the projection light.
The short image throw also allows for several projectors to be placed in a small room, making it [...]

Below is a short, but reliable, listing of test sites. If you’d like to load into your addressbook, this list is also included in a .csv file and can be downloaded below. To load into your lifesize unit, download your current address book, merge it with this file and upload back to your lifesize unit. [...]

The 5 Hot Buttons of Videoconference Space Design
July 13, 2009

-By David A. McNell, CTS-D, LEED AP, Audio-Visual Designer, RTKL
From Contract Magazine: Click Here for Original Source

As the economic slowdown continues and non-critical business travel budgets are reduced, videoconferencing is becoming an acceptable alternative. But if the facilities aren’t designed appropriately, what could have been [...]