2. Today’s Speakers
• Darlene Williams, Northwestern State
University of Louisiana
• Jeff Egly, Utah Education Network
• David Belgarde, North Dakota Interactive
Video Network
• Tony Pedersen, University of Wyoming
Outreach Video Network
• Moderator: Alan Greenberg, Wainhouse
Research
3. Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Original MGC built 2001
Northwestern State
University of Louisiana
1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2002 2009 2011
Northwestern State
University of Louisiana
New MCU (FULL HD
Capable) 2011
All Endpoints HD Ready w/
Auto Lecture Capture
Movi
Video Conferencing: Passé or in Vogue
4. Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Northwestern State’s Office of Information Systems manages the internal University network. This includes all connectivity
between the main campus and the remote campuses. LONI (Louisiana Optical Network Initiative) provides commodity
Internet as well as research network access, such as Internet2. This allows Northwestern State the ability to communicate
with any higher educational institution with similar capabilities.
Northwestern State has direct
connections to a couple of K-12
7 Statewide school districts. The direct
Network connections are necessary because of
the unreliable nature of commodity
Internet. These districts have their
own video conferencing environment
that allows Northwestern State to
easily communicate with any of their
sites on a scheduled basis.
2 Data (NSU) Currently all state funded colleges
and universities are connected to
LONI. This allows for Northwestern
1 Video State to openly communicate via
video conferencing with any school
Network that has LONI access and a video
(NSU) conferencing endpoint. 10GB at
NSU’s Door; 1GB Research (I2);
100MB Commodity Northwestern State schedules the
FY11 Operational Budget: use of its video conferencing
environment to other public entities
Funding Varies Annually – Predominantly Financed Through to help facilitate community
Self-Generated Funds and Grants outreach and continuing education
efforts.
5. Events per month - NSU
3% • Class offerings: Approximately 350
per month (NSU Classes Only)
10% •Nursing
Class Offerings •Criminal Justice
•Education
•Business
Special •Dual Enrollment (High Schools)
Meetings •Special Meetings: Regents, ULS, or
Departmental other State Use; Collaboration Between
Institutions and/or Colleges
87% Meetings
• Internal Departmental Meetings
Between Colleges, Satellite
Campuses, and Military Installations
Overall increase – fluctuations over
the years with a new interest
recently that is causing an increase in
usage. 7 more NSU sites being
installed in fall, 2011 bringing the
NSU VC Network total to 51
Network Connectivity
Video conferencing has been fully integrated as an application across the University’s IP (Internet Protocol) network. No
longer are there separate dedicated lines or connections to connect video sites together. Video conferencing is now an
application that rides on the same network as web traffic. This integration has helped the University combine dedicated
resources into share resources. This allows the University to make better use of network bandwidth and simplicity network
configurations. All new network topology is based on Ethernet either in the local or wide area network versions.
6. Utah Education Network
UEN’s 1st two-way
video network built. UEN implemented HD
Mid-to-late 1980’s desktop/software SIP
utilizing microwave, based solution
fiber and broadcast Integrates with existing
technologies. video network.
1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2002 2009 2011
UEN’s Video Network
Conversion to a fully
h.323 based solution.
Video Conferencing: Passé or in Vogue
7. The Utah Education Network
The UEN Technical Service Support Center (TSSC) is the
operational front line for video services statewide.
11 UEN Field FY11 Operational Budget:
Engineers provide
statewide $2,118,809
installation & field
support UEN provides broadband services
to 43 school districts - Currently
115 K12 institutions have at least 1
video conferencing - distance
10 FTE dedicated to
education classroom.
Tier 1 & Tier 2 TSSC
staff
8 higher education
2 Application Engineers institutions, numerous
branch campuses, & each of
Utah’s Applied Technology
2 Distance Education Colleges (ATCs)
Specialists
45 Video ends within
12 State agencies
8. Events per month - UEN
Event Definitions
• A Recurring/Scheduled higher
education-to-higher education classes.
Recurring • B Recurring/Scheduled higher
37% Classes (3907) education-to-public education
classes(Concurrent enrollment).
Non-recurring
• C Recurring/Scheduled public
classes (723) education-to-public education.
56%
Ad-hoc events • D Non-Recurring/scheduled one-time
(5905) multisite classes or meetings.
7% • E Ad-hoc events are originated by an
end user. These events are both point-
to-point and bridged/multisite events.
Ad-hoc events are not scheduled.
In the classroom Utah has seen
conservatively over 25% growth in
usage. Growth is even more significant
when video end points are used on an
Ad-hoc unscheduled basis.
Network Connectivity
UEN provides fiber based Gigabit Ethernet services to all higher education institutions, school district offices
and most secondary schools. Where Gigabit Ethernet is not possible an alternative carrier class broadband
solution is implemented. Utah’s school districts and/or UEN provide broadband services to elementary schools.
9. North Dakota Interactive Video Network
Codec upgrade to
Codec upgrade to VTEL PC- Polycom VSX. Add
based systems in 1998. network recording and
streaming capabilities
summer 2005
Install 5 Polycom
Codec upgrade to HDX trial systems
PictureTel iPower H.323
in 2007
systems in 2001
1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2002 2009 2011
NDIVN built in 1989. Early to mid Upgrade Polycom Upgrade to Polycom
Compression Labs H.320 2000’s, H.323 systems MGC MCUs to HDX systems and
codecs & dedicated T1s. deployed statewide in Codian in 2006 RMX MCU in 2009
K-12 & state gov.
Video Conferencing: Passé or in Vogue
10. The ND Interactive Video Network
NDIVN is part of Advanced Learning Technologies.
FY11 Operational Budget:
2.5 FTE Help Desk
/Network Technicians $1,418,480
2 FTE Network Dual credit offerings to K-12
Administration schools; Algebra, Comm., ASL,
Welding
2 FTE Scheduler,
DB Admin, Training Audio, video, and web
conferencing services.
LMS for the 11 campuses
within ND University System.
3 FTE Learning
Tech. Specialists
Audio conferencing for
state government. Meetings,
Training
11. Events per month - NDIVN
Classes
(1162) Over the past two years the
technologies NDIVN has or is
6% evaluating include:
10%
Meetins • Desktop Videoconferencing –
(139) ConferenceMe, Vidyo, CMA, Movi, OCS,
Skype/Blue Jeans
84% •Web conferencing integration –
Audio
Wimba(Blackboard Collaborate), Adobe
(76) Connect
•Mobility – Vidyo & Polycom ipad app
North Dakota has seen steady growth in
all service areas. Most significant •Lecture Capture – Panopto Focus
growth in class offerings, near 30%
growth in last 2 years. •Room scheduling integration with MS
Outlook
Network Connectivity
NDIVN utilizes a statewide RPR network. 7 HE campuses have 1 Gb Ethernet connections with the remaining 4
campuses have 100 Mb connections. Most k-12 locations have 10 Mb Ethernet connections. H.323 audio and
video are given priority over other network traffic.
12. University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
began video conferencing
using ISDN lines. WVCS
(Wyoming Video 2008 separated from
Conferencing Network) WVCS - Created
Began in 1992 OVN, Outreach Video
Network
1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2002 2009 2011
Early 2000’s
Transformmed network to
University of Wyoming OVN Upgrade 9
IP H.323 system
endpoints to HDX, monitoring
capabilities. Beginning steps to
integrate with Video Conf Enterprise.
Video Conferencing: Passé or in Vogue
13. University of Wyoming Outreach Video Network
University of Wyoming Outreach Technology Services and UW IT
FY11 Operational Budget:
3 F/T staff –
Technical help
$400,000
No K-12 Institutions connected. K-
12 utilizes WEN video network
2 F/T staff operated by State Dept. of Ed
scheduling/operations
IT Help – 2 F/T staff
All 7 Community Colleges
in Wyoming.
Other University of Wyoming
Entities and state agencies –
Approx. 20-30
14. Site hours per year, FY ’11 - UW
2%
4%
6% Credit Courses
Non- • A Credit Courses
Commercial • B Non-Commercial
Commercial • C Commercial
• D UW Outreach Meetings
88% UW Outreach
Meetings
FY 2010 to FY 2011 saw 41% increase
in number of events. (1,289 to 1,814
events)
Network Connectivity
Consists of T-1 lines or DSL lines to approximately 50 endpoints around the state
15. Other Technologies Piloted
UEN Wyoming
• SIP Based Collaboration
• HD Video Conferencing
• UW wireless to all sites
• Mobility – IVC via Wireless, Smart • VCE – Video Conference
Phone and Tablet
• High Density Streaming for the live web Enterprise – Common
events central bridging and
• Extended local recording capabilities
• Desktop Video Conferencing ie Cisco scheduling for all State of
Movi
• Advanced Routing through VCS
Wyoming video
• Vlan vs Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF) conferencing networks
• Smart Whiteboards/Bridgeit – Bridging
white boards in video events for
improved collaboration
16. Other Technologies Piloted
Northwestern University of
North Dakota Louisiana
• Desktop video • A range of technologies --
(ConferenceMe, CMA, Vidyo, from new classroom based
video conferencing to new
OCS, Movi, Skype/Blue Jeans) desktop and mobile video
• Lecture capture (Tegrity & applications.
Panopto) • It has been determined that
each offer different benefits to
• Outlook integration for students based on learning
scheduling style and preference.
• Vidyo for mobile devices • Will continue to utilize a
combination of video
• Meet-Me vs scheduled applications to deliver the
conferences content to students.
17.
18.
19. Top 3 Most Important Challenges
North Dakota Northwestern University of
• Keeping technology up-to- Louisiana
date (enhanced quality HD • Access to the state’s high
systems) while squeezing speed data networks. K-12
the most out of expensive needs to be included into
investments. the state education data
• Meeting the needs of the network to ensure delivery
higher education of data to these entities.
community; • Education on the availability
mobility, reliability, ease of of video services to faculty
use. and students
• Achieving efficiencies for • End-user buy-in as video
NDUS. Finding ways to moves to the desktop and
leverage resources and mobile computing devices.
maximize buying power.
20. Top 3 Most Important Challenges
UEN Wyoming
• Ongoing Support – Internal • Political will/Funding
and annual service • Coordination of different
contracts. video conferencing agencies
• Funding the core video • Challenge of anywhere –
infrastructure necessary to anytime. Individual
meet the growth and codecs, desktop/mobile
demand for software based
solutions in addition to the
continued growth in
traditional video end points.
• Resources to refresh
existing video hardware at
the edge and the core.
