Spaces
Student Breakout Rooms
Six breakout study rooms were renovated to include Zoom-capable computer setups, enabling students to collaborate on group projects and practice presentations with both in-person and remote classmates. Each room was equipped with a micro form factor computer mounted behind a 65” 4K TV, along with a speaker bar featuring a wide-angle webcam and built-in echo-canceling microphones for clear audio and video communication. To further enhance collaboration, 2–3 dry-erase glass boards were installed in each room, providing additional tools for visual brainstorming and group work.
Seminar Rooms
Two identical seminar/webinar classrooms underwent a major renovation to better support virtual learning. Previously, these rooms featured a podium with a PC, a projector, and a Tandberg unit on a TV cart. The renovation removed the podium, projector, and Tandberg cart, replacing them with a compact rack-mount cart positioned in the corner of the room. Wall-mounted speakers were upgraded to ceiling speakers, and the wired boundary microphones were replaced with ceiling microphones for improved audio coverage. The room layout was reconfigured to a horizontal orientation, featuring two 65” TVs with a wall-mounted camera positioned between them. To address audio quality issues, sound panels were installed to minimize echo. A specialty software solution was implemented, enabling one-touch joining of Zoom, Teams, and Webex meetings through an integrated calendaring system, streamlining the virtual meeting experience for students where there is no professor or TA in Griffin.
Zoom Room Classrooms
Four classrooms were upgraded with wall-mounted 65” TVs, Logitech Rally 4K cameras, Dante-powered speakers, ceiling-mounted beamforming microphones, and Logitech Tap devices for seamless, one-touch joining of Zoom classes through an integrated calendaring system. This upgrade replaced the previous setup, which relied on TV carts at the back of each room, Tandberg/Cisco SX20 units, and single wired boundary microphones that had to be manually moved around the classroom to ensure students could be heard. The new setup provides a more streamlined, efficient, and modern solution for hybrid and virtual learning.
