Videoconferencing and Distributed Education
The university Education Support Services (ESS) team provides video conferencing bridging and support services for the Anschutz Medical Campus and the Denver Campus. In addition, we provide videoconferencing services to all of the University of Colorado campuses, as well as to numerous affiliate hospitals including the Denver Children’s Hospital, Denver Health Medical Center, the Veterans Administration Medical Center, and National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
These conferencing services support interactive communications and distribution of degree granting educational programs, continuing medical education programs such as grand rounds and clinical training sessions for our medical residents who rotate through our affiliated hospitals and to other sites both national and international, research seminars, and clinical consultations for patients in the more rural areas of Colorado.
Additionally, the videoconferencing network supports connectivity to other research institutions and to other health care institutions around the state in support of our research and clinical missions.
We currently have about 300 rooms set up for video conferencing at the Anschutz Medical Campus. In those rooms, the campus averages between 18 and 20 conferences a day.
ESS uses videoconferencing connections for point-to-point and multipoint conferences to distribute educational programs between campuses, to the Colorado AHEC sites and to other universities and community colleges throughout the state and to limited individual students in more rural areas using a new technology known as CMAD (Converged Management Application™ (CMA™) Desktop).
CMAD (Converged Management Application™ (CMA™) Desktop).
CMAD is a centrally managed and deployable visual communication technology that allows interactive videoconferencing from large conference rooms to individual desktops. This technology requires that software be downloaded to individual desktop/laptop computers using CMAD licenses provided by the University and high speed internet connections. (Some limitations apply – see minimum specifications.)
See policy regarding use:
Policies and Guidelines for Coordinating Distance Education Classes 9-20-11.pdf
Streaming Solutions (RSS)
One-way broadcast to any location that has a computer with Windows Media Player installed (version 10 or higher is recommended). The stream can be recorded at the same time and stored on a server or archived on a DVD.
Recording Services
Videoconferences can be recorded to a DVD or CD and/or stored on a server (RSS) and utilized at a later date.
Audioconferencing
Audioconferencing is available regardless of the room size. This service is tailored for venues of 16 or less callers dialing in.
Contact us
For more information about scheduling a videoconference, streaming and recording services, potential connection sites and applicable rates, please refer to the contact information below:
For the Anschutz Medical Campus, contact:
Paul Herndon, (303) 724-7713
Paul.Herndon@ucdenver.edu
For the Denver Campus (LSC and CU Building), contact:
Jozianne Mestas, (303) 315-2518
Jozianne.Mestas@ucdenver.edu
For questions about videoconferencing fees, contact:
Betty Charles, (303) 724-1558
Betty.Charles@ucdenver.edu
For videoconference technical assistance, call (303) 724-8121