A new service centre has been established to provide helpdesk and advisory services for video conferencing at our universities and crown research institutes.

This is your chance to hear about how the Advanced Video Collaboration Centre can help you use video conferencing to engage with your peers, students and collaborators.

Presented by Nathan Gardiner, centre manager, this session will cover:

  • What is AVCC?
  • Structure model of AVCC
  • Services we offer
  • Online resources
  • Goals for 2009
  • How to contact us

The Advanced Video Collaboration Centre will also help you book sessions on the KAREN video conferencing bridge. The Centre is run by and hosted at the University of Canterbury.

When

10:00am - 11:00am, Thursday 19 March 2009

The conference will be open from 9:45am to allow you to test your connection.

How to participate

Desktop video conferencing application

You can participate in the conference by entering the IP address 210.7.46.10 into your desktop video conferencing client. Once you reach the blue video conferencing bridge screen enter the conference ID 4000# (make sure you include the #), or navigate to the conference 'Introduction to AVCC'.

Desktop video conferencing resources:

Room-based systems

Many organisations now have room-based video conferencing systems (such as Polycom, Tandberg or Lifesize units) available for use. You can participate in the conference by entering the IP address 210.7.46.10 into the unit. Once you reach the blue video conferencing bridge screen enter the conference ID 4000# (make sure you include the #), or navigate to the conference 'Introduction to AVCC'.

Desktop video conferencing resources:

Watch the live stream

Go to http://kvcs.karen.ac.nz/to watch the live stream of the conference. Once at the log on screen, enter the conference ID: 4000 into the ID field, then choose your streaming viewer. Leave all other fields blank.