Video Walls: 6 Reasons Why They’re Climbing the Charts
A look at why video walls are becoming a prominent medium today, and why they will become more prominent in colleges across the country
Higher Ed
Celebrity Gives Prospective College Students Something to Think About at Graduation
Before they head to college, Sandra Bullock offers her words of wisdom to graduating Warren Easton Charter High School students
Revamped Visitors Center Helps Heal the History of Kent State University Shootings
A visitors’ center with state-of-the-art audio and video connotes a media-smart university, while also sharing a sense of history
Harvard University Highlights Its Tennis Program with New Streaming Solutions
Blackmagic products are cheaper and more compatible with video streaming options on Harvard University’s tennis courts.
Winona State Deploys Digital Solution That’s Better Than BYOD
An initiative that provides students with personal laptops and tablets is helping to prepare Winona State University students for life in the digital world.
23 Tips & Tricks for a Successful Emergency Preparedness Social Media Campaign
Higher ed emergency management professionals share the tricks they use to attract followers to their emergency management social media pages. These tips helped University of Georgia increase its Facebook “likes” by more than 478 percent.
Digital Signage and Mobile Wayfinding — 4 Solutions for Higher Ed Campuses
Digital signage is always evolving and so is wayfinding technology. One of these developments is mobile wayfinding — where mobile integration lets visitors take digital signage with them. Smartphone or tablet, iPhone or Andriod these platforms take digital signage to the next level of communication. We profile four companies that offer mobile wayfinding for digital signage: Four Winds Interactive, 22MILES, Jibestream Interactive Media, and Here2There Software. Check out the videos of how these work.
TechDecisions Guide to 18 Digital Signage Content Management Systems
There are a whole host of digital signage content management systems. Many are sold along with hardware, so are cloud-based software-only applications, still others are standalone local solutions. There is a DS CMS just write for you. This guide showcases the leading products in the field and explains what you should know before making your choice — and your investment. Companies covers are AMX, BrightSign, Cisco, Dynasign, Fourwinds, LG EZsign, LG Electronics, NEC, NEC Vukunet, Planar, Rise Vision, Scala, Sony, Prodokol, Symon, Tightrope, Visix and X2O Media.
Video Wall at the Wharton School Provides Versatility, Lowers Energy Consumption
See how choosing video wall technology helped the Wharton School to navigate space constraints while providing a low total cost of ownership.
5 Professional Podcast Production Apps for Live Audio Content
Podcast production apps are a great way to stay on top of your regular content. Functioning as live production apps, these mobile utilities give you to tools you need to define the quality of your content and add the effects that color your content in the way that is suitable to your needs. Podcasts, like live video streaming, are regular audio commentary on any issue that is relevant to you. These apps are ideal for capturing lectures, sermons, niche-criticisms as well as event centered coverage and reflection, to name just a few, on your Android or iOS device. Podcasts are great options for sharing content regardless of your market. Specifically, since streaming content from mobile devices or specified apps is rapidly a new way to consume content, providing podcasts over regular written blurbs or short video content is a competitive option for the important things you publish.
