Video Conferencing

What is It?

Video Conferencing is a technology that allows you to connect to students at other physical locations that have video conferencing systems. You have a live audio and video link to offer "synchronous" (real time) interaction with remote site students. Depending on the video conferencing classroom you are teaching in, you will be able to share with your remote students almost anything you would use in a regular class, such as power points, videos, "chalk board" doodles and notes, webpages, images of paper documents or 3d objects, etc. So while you are still having class at the same time, you can have students who are physically located across the state, nation or world.  NC State's video conferencing facilities have been used in the past to have video conferences between NC State and Cairo, Egypt, Vancouver, British Columbuia, Mexico City and others. Video conferencing classes have also been used regularly by several four year universities to offer four year degree completion programs to NC State students, right on our campus. Additionally, a variety of NC State general education courses have been regularly offered via video conferencing at our Regional Outreach Centers since Fall of 2008. It is hoped to shortly begin using video conferencing connections to offer the same course at main campus and Shelby as well to offer additional flexibility to our Shelby students.