The Jisc Vscene videoconferencing service will be evolving over the coming year with help from our new strategic partner, Ajenta. With this new partnership, there will be improved focus on enhancing the teaching and learning experience.
In this workshop you can discover how, through VScene, students learn through virtual classrooms, e-learning and MOOCS as well as enhanced interoperability with desktop applications and mobile devices.
Teaching and learning has been enhanced for a community of 1200 physicists, academics, research staff and postgraduate students, whilst significantly reducing their annual teaching and collaboration overheads. How? By effective use of VScene.
9. 2017
Roadmap
Launch of WebRTC
Chat Functionality
Mobile apps – iOS and Android
Meeting Control for iPad and Android Tablet
Skype for Business Interoperability
‘Vscene Room’ - 4K Software Room System
Outlook Integration – dial-in scheduling
10. 2018
Roadmap
Launch of Vscene 2.0
‘Simple, Flexible & Interoperable’
Global whiteboard, polling, attendee management
& breakout rooms
Upload and storage of learning material
& Integration with Moodle
Greater broadcasting features
(integration with CDNs)
Competitive Pricing
‘Focus on the
learning experience’
11. SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance)
use Vscene to enhance teaching and learning
and facilitate collaboration for 1,200
physicists from multiple campuses and
universities.
12. Upgrade classrooms with HD video systems
Very high resolution and framerate for immersive
student experience
Designed with focus on simplicity
Support various input devices – visualisers and guest
laptops
Installation had to be completed at all sites out of
semester.
13. Fully automated classroom booking in advance across
8 universities
Students can join from any device in any location
Full in-call moderation and Lecture Mode
Webcasting for larger audience participation
Recording of sessions for future use
15. Created in 2004 to
• Pool and enhance Scotland’s strongest
physics research to develop
international leadership
• Provide a magnet for researchers and
sponsors worldwide
We now benefit from the combined
strength of eight physics departments
SUPA background
16. Pooling enables us to increase our
individual and collective competitiveness
SUPA has evolved to deliver many of its
activities through the Graduate School
SUPA numbers
Total (T&R) Academic Staff 314
Total Research (R) Staff 434
Total Graduate Students 596
Collaborative Grant Income Cumulative £320 M
Non Collaborative Grant Income Cumulative £163 M
Number of Prestigious Fellows 117
Number of ERC grants 31
+ Nobel Prize winner (Peter Higgs) 1
+ Chief Scientific Advisor to Scottish Government 1
Data from October 2015
17. Not an ‘ordinary’ Graduate School: >600
students
Training at the highest international level
in physics as well as the broader skills
needed to establish its graduates in a
successful career
PhD students undertake a minimum of 40
hours of physics studies and 20 hours of
core skills training during the first two
years of their studies
• Video-conferenced lectures
• Labs
• Residential sessions
The SUPA
Graduate School
20. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
21. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
22. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
23. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
26. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
27. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
Stephen Breslin, CEO of the Glasgow Science Centre, at a
SUPA Public Engagement Network meeting
28. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
29. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
30. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
31. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
32. GS components
SUPA Prize Studentships
Advanced physics courses delivered via VC
“My.SUPA” web portal
Induction, careers and outreach events
Research seminars and colloquia
Distinguished Visitor programme
Exchanges
Industry placements
SUPA “Annual Gathering” including an exhibition
Integration with SUSSP summer schools
41. Provide as close to ‘gold standard’ of
face-to-face RTC as possible
Lecturer only has to:
• Plug in laptop (optional)
• Share content
• Use physical buttons to select content
input and audience/lecturer camera
-- everything else is automatic
All rooms have local PC, laptop or
visualiser content options
Fixed room systems have the advantage
of set-and-forget implementation –
reducing user interaction
Upgraded
VC rooms
43. Ajenta has upgraded the hardware in
eight SUPA VC rooms, optimised for
Vscene
• HD video
• Fast content channel transfer
• Complex scheduling
• HD recording
• Remote attendance
• Parallel course delivery
The SUPA Graduate School uses Vscene
heavily
… and has plans to increase usage
Summary
Vscene is central to
almost everything that
SUPA does