GUIDE TO VIDEOCONFERENCING

AVAILABLE FACILITIES

UCSF Fresno Center
Auditorium - Capacity 190
Room 116 - Capacity 30
Room 118 - Capacity 21
Room 301 - Capacity 15

VA / UMC
Rowell Auditorium – Capacity 213 Room 469 at UMC
Room 2A23 – Capacity 20 North Auditorium – Capacity 50
Family Health Center Station 1 – Capacity 10

Children’s Hospital Central California Selma Clinic
Auditorium HR Conference Room – Capacity 20

What is Videoconferencing?
The ability to connect two or more sites electronically with the ability to communicate with both video and audio. This connection can be made via ISDN, IP, or over a network. The main advantage of videoconferencing is removing the time that is occurred with travel and expenses when two distant parties have to meet to confer over subject matter.

Who may use the available facilities?
Any staff or faculty member may request to use any of the available videoconferencing facilities based on reservations for official university business only. Technical assistance can be requested from the following individuals:

UCSF / VA – Bobby McCon, 499-6662
UMC – Leland VanderPoel, 459-2755
Children’s Hospital Central California - Robert Turner, 353-7348

Auxiliary Features
In addition to point-to-point videoconferencing there are other features available for the presenter on some of the units.

· Laptop computer hookup for PowerPoint presentations
· Multi-point conferencing
· VCR Playback and Recording
· Automatic camera tracking of the speaker
· Picture in picture interaction
· Document camera
· Projector imaging

Please keep in mind if connecting to a site other than those listed above, that long distance charges do apply for making videoconferencing connections unless the remote site is dialing into our system. Mr. McCon or Mr. VanderPoel will supply those ISDN numbers. Additional information can be obtained from either of the following:

http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/its/downloads/Videoconf_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf
http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/mir/downloads/Videoconf_equip_manual.pdf



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