Whether students are in the classroom or attending remotely from around the globe, they expect audiovisual solutions that provide rich and productive learning experiences. To stay competitive, attract sophisticated faculty, and prepare students for the global economy, higher learning institutions must meet these expectations.
Presentation Products is one of the most widely trusted partners of Colleges and Universities in the tri-state area. Our comprehensive integrated audiovisual solutions are reliable, scalable, and forward looking.
We look forward to helping you transform your facility into an inspiring learning environments for students and faculty.
Acoustics
The most important aspect of sound reproduction and intelligibility is also the most overlooked and neglected aspect of a properly designed audio system. Poor room acoustics have a major effect on the transmission of sound from the source to the listener. Controlling background noise, distance from source to the listener, and early and late reverberation are all equally as important as the audio system itself.
By properly treating room surfaces to control sound and eliminate noise, undesirables such as reflection, vibration, and transmission can be reduced.
Some of our acoustical treatments include:
- Sound Absorbers: Eliminate sound reflections and improve speech and music intelligibility
- Sound Diffusers: Reduce the intensity of sound by scattering it
- Noise Barriers: Block the transmission of sound through walls, floors, and ceilings
- Vibration Control: Absorb vibration energy and prevent structural noise
Audio/Voice Systems
While in recent years communication has become a convergence of email, text messaging, video calls and data conferencing, nothing unifies and clarifies these tools more than the human voice. With the ability to add context from subtleties such as tone and the power of real-time feedback through conversation, effective voice communication cannot be replaced.
At Presentation Products, we believe that clear and accurate voice systems are the most important part of any presentation or conferencing system. Whether on a conference call, video call, or during distance collaboration, speech inteligibility is paramount to participants understanding one another. Our in-house engineers and sound professionals will design, install, and configure your systems for unmatched voice quality, clarity, and intelligibility.
Control Systems
Complete control of all audiovisual and room components is at your fingertips. Custom programmed touch screen control panels and keypads from Crestron, AMX, RTI and Extron replace the myriad of remote controls, light switches, thermostats, volume knobs, shade controls, intercoms and alarm keypads with a sleek, modern user-friendly touch panel. Mounted on the wall, at the table, or mobile, simply tap the screen to wake up a room, lower the shades, lights and projection screen while simultaneously turning on the display device or projector to begin your presentation, all with a single touch of a screen.
Touch panels consolidate control of all devices, systems and technology in one simple graphic interface. Our manufacturer trained and certified programmers custom design and program a graphical user interface designed to make even the most complicated audiovisual systems easy to use. Our custom control systems allow even the most casual of users to navigate the seemingly complicated technologies that are based on ease of use, while maximizing functionality and reliability.
Digital Signage
Sharing campus news has never been more critical. Of course, most educational communities have many events that could use more exposure. Campus communications are no longer just about quality of life, they can also be about saving lives.
Digital Signage Systems make it quick and easy to push urgent updates, even to mobile devices and remote campuses. Students, staff and visitors are generally savvy when it comes to technology, and they’re more responsive when notified visually.
Visual communication software also makes it possible to share sophisticated multimedia presentations that enhance campus life by engaging and informing audiences about the many details of residential life, social and athletic programs, administrative announcements, and promotions from retailers.
Communications can be tailored to any educational community’s unique setting. Deliver targeted messages and media to specific campus locations, no matter how geographically dispersed, or broadcast the same display campus-wide. Automatically display greetings, instructions and updated scheduling throughout the day. And if your creative resources are limited, we offer creative backgrounds and templates to create effective, eye-catching displays.
The possibilities for campuses and remote learning locations are endless:
- Deliver important announcements as they happen
- Post current event schedules and special events
- Deliver instant emergency announcements
- Announce changes to course schedules
- Personalize visitor greetings, welcome notices and guest announcements
- Advertise bookstore, café or other campus shop offerings
- Broadcast educational programs or remote lectures
- Post administrative announcements and registration schedules
- Advertise volunteer opportunities and community outreach programs
- Share live weather, traffic, stock and sports information
Podcasting
Would you like to capture a presentation from your computer? Or record video of your lecture? Why choose?
Our podcasting systems are capable of capturing audio only, full screen computer graphics, while simultaneously capturing full motion video from the camera of your choice. You decide whether to overlay the feeds into a picture-in-picture layout, or display them side-by-side. Recorded content can be delivered via Moodle, Blackboard or any other web based content management system as well as with all podcast feed readers, including iTunes and Google Reader.
Our systems are cost-effective and require no training to operate. We offer a variety of configurations depending on what you want to broadcast. Each solution offers the same great usability and hosting options. From audio only capture, to simultaneous full motion video capture from multiple devices (computers and/or cameras), we have a range of products to meet your needs.
Room Schedulers
Colleges and Universities need to schedule people, space and events. Inefficient scheduling can lead to over bookings of resources resulting in inefficient use of rooms and resources.
Room schedulers simplify meeting room reservations and communicate room availability and changes to faculty and students for classrooms, lectures halls, meeting rooms and study rooms. Room scheduling technology increases utilization, eliminates scheduling conflicts, and minimizes interruptions – saving space, time and money. Our interactive room schedulers:
- Streamline the process of academic scheduling
- Increase facility scheduling and event management efficiency
- Improve communication among faculty, students and staff
SMART Boards
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard’s ease of use and finger-touch capability are unique features that make them educators’ most popular choice.
- Facilitate small-group collaboration and whole-class interaction using the SMART Board interactive whiteboard
- Support different learning styles with flexible, interactive learning opportunities using the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and SMART Podium interactive pen display
- Engage students with multimedia using SMART products combined with other technology products, such as document cameras, DVDs, the Internet, laptops and handheld computing devices
- Spontaneously highlight or add digital notes to lesson material with the SMART Podium interactive pen display, and then share the notes or entire lessons with students online
- Allow students to connect to a class remotely using Bridgit conferencing software
- Experience the convenience of planning digital lessons in advance using SMART Notebook software
- Offer students a technology-enhanced learning experience that will support efforts to attract and retain students
- Receive instant insight into student understanding with the SMART Response interactive response system
- Ensure all students in a classroom hear presentations and discussions using SMART Audio
- Teach from anywhere in the room and allow students to interact with information from their seats using the AirLiner wireless slate
