Videoconferencing

Videoconferencing at NU

Why Videoconference?

Getting everyone together for a meeting can be an expensive and time consuming process especially if it involves participants from different locations. Videoconferencing helps bring everyone together without leaving the campus, and possibly even the office where you work. Videoconferencing can enable information sharing and problem solving without the necessity and expense of travel.

Videoconferencing is also an important learning tool. Interactive video eliminates the physical boundaries of the classroom by connecting an instructor to students located in one or more remote locations. Videoconferencing can be used to offer classroom instruction, master classes, on the job training, continuing education, special events, and seminars. Northwestern students can even arrange interviews by prospective employers without having to leave the campus.

Videoconferencing also allows researchers at different locations and institutions a real-time cost-effective infrastructure to communicate and collaborate on a daily or regular basis, share and review data, and foster inter-group communication.

Quick links to some useful information:

• - Schedule and manage all your conferences.
• Getting Started - How do I get involved with videoconferencing?
• Videoconferencing Rooms - Where can I find a room to videoconference?
• Consultation and Project Management - We can work with you to determine and implement a videoconferencing solution that will support all your conferencing needs
• Support and Testing - Is that complex multi-site conference more than you can handle? We can help ensure that your conference is a success.
• Desktop Videoconferencing - Need to videoconference from your desk or laptop computer?

• My Conferences - Schedule and manage videoconferences

Larry Amiot
Senior Videoconferencing Engineer
amiot@northwestern.edu
847-467-6885

Michael Curtis
Manager, Videoconferencing & Collaboration Services
m-curtis@northwestern.edu
847-467-5373

Don Kenyon
Manager, Smart Classroom & Videoconference Support
donkenyon@northwestern.edu
847-467-6994

Bonnie Thurber
Desktop Videoconferencing
b-thurber@northwestern.edu
847-467-6734