Teleconference Center

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The Teleconference Center provides teleconferencing and distance learning through interactive video to faculty, staff, students, and the administration at North Carolina Central University.

Uses for Teleconferencing and Teleclasses

Interviewing perspective employees.
Collaborating with professors at other sites.
Teaching programs that you specialize in.
Meetings that would normally require traveling.

What Can the NCCU Teleconference Center Do?

Connect via interactive videoconferencing to all state-supported universities in North Carolina
Connect via interactive videoconferencing to many community colleges, high schools, hospitals, and health departments in North Carolina
Connect outside of North Carolina to sites that have codec dial up capabilities. (This form of transmission is not full-motion video)
Play back videotapes and DVDs-

Classroom Facilities TeleClassroom

Video Classroom (NCCU 1)
Capacity – 33 people
Shepard Library, Third Floor, Room 364

Features:

Two 40” monitors for the audience/participants to view distant sites and graphics
Voice activated microphones for the participants
Production elements: overheads, computer generated text and graphics, computer networking, slides, videotape playback, and recordings
Scan converter and PC networked to the World Wide Web and the Internet via campus fiber
Four remote controlled cameras
Recording Format: VHS and DVD
Telephone audio interface

Conference Room

Video Conference Room (NCCU 2) Teleconference Room
Capacity – 14 people
Shepard Library, Third Floor, Room 361

Features:

Three 27” color monitors
Voice-activated microphones
One overhead camera
Six participant cameras
One wide-shot camera
Operator-controlled switching and camera control

The Technical Details

Services Teleclass Productions: Courses and seminars broadcast live via the NC-REN (North Carolina Research and Educational Network), NCIH (North Carolina Information Highway), and Video over IP (Internet Protocol).

Videoconferencing: Two-way interaction with participants at remote sites throughout the state.
Video over IP: Two-way interaction with participants at remote sites around the world using H.323 protocol.
ISDN Videoconferencing Capability: Two-way interaction with participants at remote sites throughout the world. Client will incur charges when using this service. Normally about $100.00 per hour.
Satellite Downlink Capability: Viewing capabilities for C-Band and Ku-Band satellite programs.
Satellite Uplink Capability: C-Band and Ku-Band satellite transmission in analog or digital compressed video. Client will incur charges when using this service.