Comprising of 17 staff the Audio Visual team provide many services across campus. The table below is a brief overview of everything which can be provided, with clickable links to find out more information on each topic.
Equipment |
Projects and governance |
Research and teaching support |
Live events |
| Equipment loans | Building and refurbishment | Emergency callout | Event assistance |
| Documentation | Systems | Meet and greet, and technician on demand | Remote communications |
| Training | Licensing | IT Support | Film production |
| Maintenance | Editing and transcoding | ||
| Setup and takedown | TV and radio recordings | ||
| Lecture capture |
Equipment
Equipment loans
Do you know you can loan all sorts of equipment from AV services including audience response technology? A full list is available here with instructions on how to book equipment.
Documentation
There are both physical instructions accompanying equipment and online documents showing how to use equipment.
Training
If you are unsure of how to use any equipment provided by the AV department they can offer training on how to use it.
Maintenance
The AV department monitors all General Teaching Rooms and is responsible for their upkeep and refurbishment in conjunction with the GTA working party. You can report any problems or faults online at go.bath.ac.uk/teaching-room-problem
Setup and takedown
For any equipment not already in a General Teaching Room the AV team can assist with setting up and taking down.
Projects and governance
Building
The AV team is responsible for the building and refurbishment of teaching spaces in order to ensure that all technology is state of the art and suitable for teaching. Recently 8 West has been refurbished as part of a 5 year redevelopment cycle.
Systems
All around campus there are digital signage and lecture capture systems which are provided by AV, as well as the digital voting system, Turning Point, which can be loaned.
Licensing
AV provides licensing to use any media material around campus, including ERA, Microphone Licensing, the film bank and BOB.
Research and teaching support
Emergency callout
If you need emergency assistance you can contact AV on ext: 4846 to receive immediate help.
Meet and greet, and technician on demand
If you require the physical presence of a technical this can be provided, though may incur a charge.
IT support
For technical support related to teaching, the AV team will be able to assist you, for anything else the IT Training service can assist.
Live events
Event assistance
If you require any AV services for an event you are holding, the AV team can provide anything from an equipment loan through to technician on demand for the duration of your event (please note that this may be chargeable).
Remote communications
Throughout campus there are four dedicated videoconferencing rooms which allow people from all around the world to communicate. Support is also provided for services such as Skype.
Film production
Underneath 3 East there is a dedicated TV studio in addition to equipment and crews for on or off-site productions capable of producing broadcast quality video and audio materials. Support is available in any aspect of video of audio production.
Editing and transcoding
Once any media has been produced the AV team can edit and transcode this for you, and also provide multiple copies of the media if requested.
TV and radio recordings
There are various services available provided through the AV department which allow recordings of TV and radio to be used for educational purposes.
Lecture capture
Detailed information on lecture capture is available including compatible rooms, help using the service and five reasons to capture your practice.
If you have any further questions or would like to use any AV services, please contact a.v.bookings@bath.ac.uk
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