The City Law School has been using audio visual equipment to film moots and assessments for a number of years, however the technology was fast becoming out dated and unreliable. Staff and students at the School needed something new, and so we began a project to bring brand new technology to them.
After a thorough consultation with the School to determine exactly what they required, work began on a project to overhaul the AV systems in 24 seminar rooms, 10 recording suites and a lecture theatre. This encompassed all of the learning spaces in Atkin Building and Princeton Street.
We began by removing old equipment and the opportunity was taken to refurbish the rooms themselves before the new equipment was installed in all 35 rooms. This included teaching pods, video cameras for lecture capture, and data projectors with screens and speakers, giving the rooms complete multimedia capabilities. The upgrade also included new equipment racks in the recording rooms, which are used for recording mooting sessions and for assessments.
While we were there, we also took the opportunity to increase the wireless internet coverage and to install a new telecoms system. This has included new telephone handsets in each classroom.
Timescales were tight, with only a few weeks over the summer to actually install the technology, get it working, and train the Law School staff on how to use it, all in time for the start of the new term in September 2014. We did however, meet the challenge and staff and students alike, have been impressed with the new technology:
“I really am impressed with the equipment in the Atkin Building lecture theatre. It was very speedy, easy to use, and obviously sophisticated. The sound system was very effective, and the equipment moves from one task to another in an effortless fashion.” – Stuart Sime, BPTC Course Director, Law School
“Speaking as one without much technical expertise, I have found it remarkably easy & problem-free to get into using the new equipment, and it generally seems a vast improvement – Lawrence Pickett, Principal Lecturer, Law School
