Saudi university upgrades with ClearOne
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“When it comes to distance learning at Taif, instructors use video conferencing in the lecture halls to collaborate with the undergraduate and graduate student population of the university’s women’s campus,” explained Moath M Yousef, Sr. AV pre-sales & product manager of SCT. “And university staff members were facing many problems with the audio, mainly echo and disconnection issues.”
In addition, according to Yousef, classes with many students found it very difficult to constantly move the microphone between participants for the far end of the room to clearly hear questions and discussions. In fact, these video collaboration classes often required dedicated supervisors to be present to move the microphones between participants to ensure that classes would run smoothly.
After evaluating the situation, Yousef introduced ClearOne to Anas AIQudsi, head of the infrastructure department at the university, and together they built the full design for a complete state-of-the-art collaboration solution featuring ClearOne Converge Pro 2 DSP mixers and Beamforming Mic Array 2 combinations across 27 classrooms of the campus.
Working with two beamforming mic arrays attached to each Converge Pro 2 mixer, combined with new audio-absorbing materials in the classrooms, Anas was certain there would be no future needs for dedicated classroom supervisors present for all the microphone transferring between students. The entire installation was completed in less than a month.
“Taif University and SCT chose ClearOne solutions based on the company’s history in the audio industry and the quality and reliability of its solutions,” Yousef emphasized. “ClearOne’s market reputation and extended warranty further cemented our decision to partner with them.”
“The final solution perfectly fit the needs of the university and allowed instructors to easily connect with students,” says AIQudsi. “Taif University recommends that any organization looking to deploy an AV solution should talk to SCT and ClearOne.”
According to AIQudsi, instructors are using the new ClearOne solution daily, and often the instructors connect to two or three classes simultaneously, as many students are studying the same subjects. The solutions are in use at least 10-12 hours per day.
