The university’s immersive telepresence classrooms provide a high quality, alternative option for running classes, meetings and events over video. The classrooms’ HD video, audio and content sharing capabilities enable instructors, staff and students to interact between two or more locations more naturally and effectively than traditional video conferencing.

There is an immersive telepresence classroom located on each campus, one in the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (AT 5041) in Thunder Bay and the other in Simcoe Hall (OA 2020) at Orillia. The Thunder Bay room can accommodate 28 people and the Orillia room 18 people.

GETTING STARTED

Instructors should contact Technology Services Centre (TSC) Multimedia Services at 807-343-8886 (ex. 8886) to arrange an appointment to discuss their specific requirements.

ROOM SETUP

Our system connects our two immersive telepresence classrooms, AT 5041 and OA 2020, together. In this setup, audio and video are delivered in HD quality and displayed in true-to-life dimensions on large, purpose-built screens located in the rooms.

To connect AT 5041 & OA 2020

• Select ‘Favorites’ on the touch control (located on the oval boardroom table at the front of the class)
• Select “Orillia RPX” if in Thunder Bay or “Thunder Bay RPX” if in Orillia to connect rooms

CONTENT SHARING

It is possible to share various types of content with in-class and external participants. Content can be shared by:

• Plugging in a laptop at the front of the classroom (bring your own or arrange to borrow a laptop via the TSC supporting ticketing system)
• Using the document camera located at the front of the classroom

For in-class participants, shared content is displayed on displays built into the tables (one for every two participants).

• To share content with participants, select the ‘Show Content’ button on the touch control.