Polycom ® ClassStation ™ VSX ™ Solutions The World Is Your Interactive Distance Learning Classroom Benefits Increased educational equity and content access – More students, more content, more locations, more countries, more cultures, more research with fewer resources. In compliance with “No child left behind” legislation Transparent technology – By integrating voice, video, data and Web instructional tools the complexity and distance of dis- tance learning is removed Easy to use and affordable – Designed by educators for educators. You can be yourself and feel comfortable and confident with the technology. Package price has never been lower. Expand and reach – Institutions can increase course availability and extend the curriculum, obtain more students, generate more revenue and research Effective – No loss in student achieve- ment. Increased instructional design. More Advanced Placement and dual enrollment classes. Can be utilized for National Educational Technology Standards S (stu- dents), T (teachers) and A (administrators) Enriching – Eye-to-eye contact and true interactive viewing bring all student and locations together regardless of time and distance Eliminate complexity – Reduce the costs and complexity associated with integration of various components and instructional tools. One part number for entire packages. It’s a comprehensive solution Approved – For various national and feder- al grant and funding programs Delivers success – Teachers can now be successful without having to change their teaching techniques. A natural and exciting learning environment The Polycom ClassStation solution provides integrated technologies that expand the classroom throughout the world, excite the student, empower the teacher and enhance learning with automated operations. Empower instructors, teachers and students for success by using Polycom ClassStation solutions. Designed by a team of global educators and user groups, ClassStation solutions offer transparent technology that lets educators and students focus on learning. Ease of use guarantees remote student interaction and a comfort level never felt before by instructors. They are also complete solutions – providing educational equity and essential tools-of-the-trade for teachers. The ClassStation VSX™ solutions are built with the Polycom VSX™ Series and VSX 8000 Series video communication system and come preconfigured in Primary, Secondary, Small and Large packages. These solutions are ideal for K-12, community colleges, vocational schools, universities, corporate training, medical education and distributed learning environments of the military. They are designed to work in different physi- cal environments and application requirements such as incorporating computer applications, document cam- era, Web Server, VCR/DVD and dual-stream presentation techniques. All the solutions combine real-time voice, video and data sharing, making a powerful and exciting interactive learning session that is both intuitive and simple. The Large ClassStation package offers everything an instructor needs. It is ideal for the large classroom, large lecture hall, auditorium or teaching center because it incorporates total integration with an touch screen panel for easy and quick control of the entire room. Incorporate high-quality monitors, educational cabinets, 14 Khz stereo speakers and the video, audio and data (course content) is at its highest quality and resolution ever. Now distance learning is fun, productive and affordable. Polycom ClassStation solutions are the heart of interactive education, giving the student and teacher the tools and environment they need to be successful. With the greatest breadth and depth of integrated video, voice, and Web solutions, only Polycom delivers the ultimate distance learning experience. Polycom’s market- leading conferencing and collaboration technologies, supported by world-class service, enable educational institutions and their students to achieve their maximum potential. Add to that the most experience and proven best-practices in the industry, and it’s clear why Polycom has become the smart choice for education.
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Polycom® ClassStation™ VSX™ Solutions The World Is Your Interactive Distance Learning Classroom
Benefits
Increased educational equity and content access – More students, morecontent, more locations, more countries,more cultures, more research with fewerresources. In compliance with “No childleft behind” legislation
Transparent technology – By integratingvoice, video, data and Web instructionaltools the complexity and distance of dis-tance learning is removed
Easy to use and affordable – Designedby educators for educators. You can beyourself and feel comfortable and confidentwith the technology. Package price hasnever been lower.
Expand and reach – Institutions canincrease course availability and extend thecurriculum, obtain more students, generatemore revenue and research
Effective – No loss in student achieve-ment. Increased instructional design. MoreAdvanced Placement and dual enrollmentclasses. Can be utilized for NationalEducational Technology Standards S (stu-dents), T (teachers) and A (administrators)
Enriching – Eye-to-eye contact and trueinteractive viewing bring all student andlocations together regardless of time and distance
Eliminate complexity – Reduce the costsand complexity associated with integrationof various components and instructionaltools. One part number for entire packages.It’s a comprehensive solution
Approved – For various national and feder-al grant and funding programs
Delivers success – Teachers can now besuccessful without having to change theirteaching techniques. A natural and excitinglearning environment
The Polycom ClassStation solution provides integrated technologies that expand the classroom throughout the world, excite the student, empower the teacher and enhance learning with automated operations.
Empower instructors, teachers and students for success by using Polycom ClassStation solutions. Designed
by a team of global educators and user groups, ClassStation solutions offer transparent technology that lets
educators and students focus on learning. Ease of use guarantees remote student interaction and a comfort
level never felt before by instructors. They are also complete solutions – providing educational equity and
essential tools-of-the-trade for teachers.
The ClassStation VSX™ solutions are built with the Polycom VSX™ Series and VSX 8000 Series video
communication system and come preconfigured in Primary, Secondary, Small and Large packages. These
solutions are ideal for K-12, community colleges, vocational schools, universities, corporate training, medical
education and distributed learning environments of the military. They are designed to work in different physi-
cal environments and application requirements such as incorporating computer applications, document cam-
era, Web Server, VCR/DVD and dual-stream presentation techniques. All the solutions combine real-time
voice, video and data sharing, making a powerful and exciting interactive learning session that is both
intuitive and simple.
The Large ClassStation package offers everything an instructor needs. It is ideal for the large classroom,
large lecture hall, auditorium or teaching center because it incorporates total integration with an touch
screen panel for easy and quick control of the entire room. Incorporate high-quality monitors, educational
cabinets, 14 Khz stereo speakers and the video, audio and data (course content) is at its highest quality
and resolution ever. Now distance learning is fun, productive and affordable.
Polycom ClassStation solutions are the heart of interactive education, giving the student and teacher the
tools and environment they need to be successful. With the greatest breadth and depth of integrated video,
voice, and Web solutions, only Polycom delivers the ultimate distance learning experience. Polycom’s market-
leading conferencing and collaboration technologies, supported by world-class service, enable educational
institutions and their students to achieve their maximum potential. Add to that the most experience and
proven best-practices in the industry, and it’s clear why Polycom has become the smart choice for education.
Polycom ClassStation VSX Packages
Part No. 3726-17184-001 Rev. 12/05
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Polycom Primary ClassStation Package
• Polycom VSX 7000s Platform, four port MCU Key, Web server, Web director, IP network interface, closed caption support• Polycom remote control user interface • One 32" multimedia monitor to display outgoing signal, incoming motion and computer applications
Note: the VSX 7000s provides dual monitor emulation to the single monitor
• One 42” educational cabinet with locking doors• Two Polycom VSX microphone arrays (each microphone is an array of three microphones)• One teacher/student Polycom PowerCam™ camera, integrated into the VSX platform, sits atop the 32” monitor • Visual Concert™ VSX • Classroom Speaker system • One content session from a selected list of content providers located at: www.polycom.com/education• Ideal package for 10 or less students
Note: The Polycom single monitor MediaCenter can be substituted for the 42” educational cabinet
Polycom Secondary ClassStation Package
• Polycom VSX 7000s, four port MCU Key, Web server, Web director, IP network interface, closed caption support• Polycom remote control user interface • One 32" multimedia monitor to display computer applications • One 32” S-Video monitor to display incoming and outgoing video signals• Two 42” educational cabinets with locking doors• Two Polycom VSX microphone arrays (each microphone is an array of three microphones)• One teacher/student Polycom PowerCam camera, integrated into the VSX platform, sits atop the 32” monitor • Visual Concert VSX • Classroom Speaker system• All cables required for dual monitor operation • One content session from a selected list of content providers located at: www.polycom.com/education• Ideal package for 18 or less students
Note: The Polycom dual monitor MediaCenter can be substituted for the 42” educational cabinet
Polycom Small VSX ClassStation Package
• Polycom VSX™ 8000 Platform, six port MCU key, Web server, Web director, IP network interface, closed caption support• One teacher/student Polycom PowerCam Plus• Polycom remote control user interface • One 32" multimedia monitor to display computer applications• One 32” S-Video monitor to display incoming and outgoing video signals• Three Polycom VSX microphone arrays (each microphone is an array of three microphones)• Two 42” educational cabinets with locking doors• ImageShare™ II • Classroom Speaker system• Two content sessions from a selected list of content providers located at: www.polycom.com/education• Ideal package for 18 or less students with potential upgrades
Polycom Large VSX ClassStation Package
• Polycom VSX 8000 Platform, six port MCU key, Web server, Web director, IP network interface, closed caption support• 10.5” system control including sizeable color video window to display incoming video motion • Polycom remote control user interface • Combination VCR/DVD for playback or record controlled by the system controller • Two 32" S-Video monitors (one is for the receive motion for students in the front of classroom, one is for receive motion for the instructor in the rear of the classroom) • One 32" XGA multimedia monitor (this is the student display for computer graphics and applications in the front of the classroom) • One 15" VGA monitor (this is for instructor control, preview or display sources) • 15 touch-to-talk microphones. When a student microphone is activated, the student camera (PowerCam) will pan, tilt, zoom and focus to speaking student.
Note: when a student microphone is activated the control system and internal program creates an automatic switch from the instructor camera to the student camera
• One instructor PowerCam Plus and one student PowerCam. The Instructor camera sits atop the rear monitor. The Student camera sits atop the front s-video monitor• Two Polycom Vortex® 8 port audio mixers • Three 42" locking educational cabinets, two for the front of the classroom and one for the rear of classroom • Document camera – located at podium • ImageShare™ II • One video scaler to maintain automatic display of high resolution sources• Classroom Speaker system• Special integrated instructor podium/station • Two content sessions from a selected list of content providers located at: www.polycom.com/education• Applications Training from Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) via video. Please see: www.polycom.com/education, click on CILC• Ideal package for 18 or more students and as primary teaching locationNote:Content and Applications Training must be utilized within 12 months of package purchase
Polycom, the Polycom logo and Vortex are registered trademarks and ClassStation, VSX, Visual Concert, PowerCam and ImageShare are trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All othertrademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
