VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES AT RUTGERS

The primary reference for video conferencing at Rutgers is the Academic Video Services page at Division of Continuous Education and Outreach. If you are setting up a video conferencing unit, see specifically the Technical Standards section, which recommends both setup options and a procedure for certifying your system.

The primary reference for video conferencing at Rutgers is the Academic Video Services page at Continuous Education and Outreach.

• Classroom Videoconferencing
• Meeting Videoconferencing
• Desktop Videoconferencing

If you are setting up a video conferencing unit, see specifically the Technical Standards section , which recommends both setup options and a procedure for certifying your system.

In addition to the rooms available through Continuous Education and Outreach, the Library's Scholarly Communications Center has a variety of facilities for multimedia presentation and video conferencing.

NJEdge.net coordinates video services for New Jersey higher education. This includes making contacts between higher education and the K-12 community, as well as other institutions such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the Newark Museum. The Office of Instructional and Research Technology can help you make contacts with both NJEdge and the wider higher education community.

Most of the services described above are based on hardware intended for conference rooms, although software implementations appropriate for desktop PC's are also available (e.g. Polycom's PVX). For more informal communications, a variety of packages and services are available that use low-cost cameras attached to PCs. As an example, Continuous Education and Outreach is currently piloting a web-based system from Marratech. NJEdge supports another tool, Click to Meet. VRVS is a similar system used widely by the Internet 2 research community. For a more complete review of current technologies, see the Collaborative Technologies section of the Videnet Videoconferencing Cookbook.

Satellite-delivered video teleconferences may be received and retransmitted on RU-tv Channel 14 to connected locations throughout the campus. 732/445-3710, ext. 6210

RU-tv can receive seminars and conferences via satellite and retransmit them to many locations throughout the campus including all campus centers and most libraries. Here's a list of connected buildings. For more information, or to schedule a conference or satellite program on this channel, call 732/445-3710, ext. 6210.

Mediavision channels are currently piloting a cable cast service of titles from the Libraries' collections. For more information, refer to the Mediavision page.

The Research Channel's schedule is multicast on Internet2, but anyone can view any program from anywhere, just take a look.

OIT in Newark and Camden, and the Division of Continuous Education and Outreach run streaming video servers, which can be used to make video available over the IP network.

The Research Channel's archives are available over the Internet, allowing anyone to view any program from anywhere, just take a look.

The office of Continuous Education and Outreach provides production services ranging from single-camera recording of your event or speaker, to studio and documentary programs ready for broadcast or distribution on DVD. Satellite uplink and ISDN radio connections are also possible. See http://rutgers.tv.

The Digital Media Lab, part of New Brunswick Computing Services, has facilities for advanced multimedia applications including editing and media conversion.

Northwestern University's NUTV is a full Campus TV service that is solely multicast on the campus data network.

Videoconferencing Cookbook is the results of the ViDeNet project.

Internet2 Commons training material covers many issues utilized for video conferencing.

View sessions from the 2005 ViDe.net/SURA Conference Video Developers Conference.

Multicast Cookbook is a working document from this Internet2 Working Group.

AccessGrid is a highend video collaboration research project.