Case study: Touch and Record - AREC in Arts Academy, Czechia

Dear ADENA Partners, today’s case study is about the Academy of Arts Architecture & Design in Prague, Czechia. Completed by our official Czech partner, DISK, this case demonstrates how easy it is to Livestream and record lectures with AREC solutions.

The academy, commonly known by its moniker UMPRUM, is an old and respectable institution that produced numerous talented architects, designers, and fine artists in different disciplines. The secret to its recipe is the quality of teaching and professionalism of its lecturers. However, as with the majority of education providers worldwide, the ongoing COVID restrictions made it challenging for the academy to continue in a standard fashion. To retain its high class of teaching, UMPRUM went with a similarly high-class recording and streaming equipment, AREC.

One of the most important characteristics for the academy was the user-friendliness of the equipment. While all AREC devices satisfy this requirement, it is the 3 channel KL-3WT Media Station and its inbuilt touch screen that charmed UMPRUM staff the most. With just a couple of touches, any presenter, even without IT or AV background, is able to completely change their video - for example, show a document camera full screen, or switch to a camera with computer presentation. These video source combinations, together with custom backgrounds and overlays, can be saved for quick access - a feature that came extremely handy to the academy given the number of different devices present in their lecture halls.

UMPRUM joins the long list of universities that use AREC devices for their e-learning needs. Is your institution also looking for such solutions? Contact us at www.a-dena.com and we will be happy to assist you with any questions.

Case Study: Stay-in-Class as usual with AREC Lecture Capture

Dear ADENA partners, the case study we bring to your attention today truly highlights the importance of e-learning solutions these days. Accomplished together with Sanel NV (official AREC Distributor) and Videocenter (Professional AV SI), PXL University project involved the creation of safe distance learning rooms, observation classrooms, and an impressive conference room to top it all off.

PXL University is a very diverse organization - in its educational branch, it offers courses in Business, Healthcare, IT, Technology, and many other disciplines. In terms of other branches, PXL Congress particularly stands out for its events. Overall, PXL offers services to more than 10000 students and more than 100000 annual conference participants. With such a significant audience restricted by the quarantine, the university looked at options that would allow students to continue learning remotely, as well as host conferences at a safe distance. Out of all solutions, AREC proved to be the easiest and most flexible for PXL to use, and was immediately approved for university-wide rollout.

AREC’s all-in-one nature allows it to be employed in different scenarios, which was quite handy for PXL. For example, one application is teacher education courses. PXL uses AREC LS-400 4-channel Media Station with 4 AREC CI-21H Network Cameras. The devices are positioned in paired rooms for observation and practice - in the practice room, teachers hold classes with young children, and in the observation room, students are observing this process and learn how to deal with different situations that can occur. All sessions are recorded for further evaluation and post-class discussion. 

For PXL Congress, a solution made of LS-200 Media Station and CI-21H Network Camera enables robust live streaming and recording of events to reach viewers from all over the world. At the same time, in keeping with the safety guidelines, installation of AREC DS-X01 Media Decoder in other PXL auditoriums allows the university to create a safe distance between the audience and the lecturers. DS-X01 can tune to any Media Station, Network Camera, or other RTSP/RTP network stream and display it on a local projector or display. These abilities, coupled with the university’s spacious auditoriums, created a perfect scenario for using the AREC solution.

Text: Anastasia Yakimenko

Case Study: Track, Record, and Stream your speakers - Siguldas State Gymnasium

Dear ADENA Partners, this time we would like to share a case study about another Erasmus+ project, this time from Siguldas State Gymnasium in Latvia, completed with Sensuslab (AREC Distributor in Latvia). Continue reading to find out how AREC solutions for speaker tracking, recording, streaming, and conferencing were instrumental in this educational project.

Siguldas State Gymnasium is one of the best and most prestigious schools in Latvia and the wider region, well-known for its brilliant graduates. It sets an example for all other schools by constantly developing new teaching methodologies for mathematics, languages, natural and social sciences. Gymnasium is able to accomplish this due to a number of factors, such as top of the line teaching staff, but also by utilising cutting edge AV technology to record and stream their activities. For these tasks, they rely on AREC.

In particular, the Methodological Center of Mathematics and Informatics recently upgraded one of their rooms. They needed a solution that could track active speakers in their auditorium, and also record, stream, and have conference capabilities. To achieve this task in the most cost-effective manner, a set of DS-4CU Speaker Tracking Station with Bosch CCS 1000 D Microphone System, CI-21H PTZ Network Cameras, LS-300 Media Station and RADA Bridge was implemented. Automatic speaker tracking by DS-4CU greatly reduced costs that normally come with creating a system capable of such tasks, and LS-300 made certain that all sources - DS-4CU, computer, and a general view camera - are always recorded and streamed in a preferred layout. FInally, RADA Bridge is used to take the combined image and output it in a video conference application, where it is displayed as a webcam and used as a microphone.

With their new upgraded auditorium, the Methodological Center in Siguldas State Gymnasium can hold visually striking online meetings and save them for future use. If you would like to know more about similar projects, or how AREC devices can be used for your needs, please contact us at www.a-dena.com and we will be happy to help you.