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AV classification

The following audio visual room equipment classifications apply at JCU (2025)

AV ClassificationEquipmentUsage

Collaborative Space

  • Several large flat panel displays
  • May have single or multiple projection system
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera
  • Wireless presenter interface
  • IR hearing augmentation device

Group displays with or without centralised display. Can be used as a collaborative learning space or individual group learning.

Computer Room

  • Single projector or flat panel display
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface

Computer room equipped with centralized display and student computers.

Large Theatre

  • Dual front wall projectors
  • Dual presenter confidence monitors mounted on student first row facing the lectern
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera
  • Wireless presenter interface
  • PA system with lectern and wireless microphones
  • IR hearing augmentation device

Typically a large Tiered Lecture Theatre with high definition wide screen projection capable of displaying two different images simultaneously.
May have Videoconference facilities with two cameras (presenter and audience) and separate content transmission channel. May have some group collaboration capabilities.

Meeting Room

(No Videoconferencing)
  • Single flat panel display
  • Laptop interface

Boardroom table style room or smaller.

Meeting Room

(With Videoconferencing)
  • Cisco Room Bar Pro
  • Single or multiple flat panel displays
  • Dual Laptop interface
  • IR hearing augmentation device

Boardroom table style room

Seminar Room

  • Multiple projectors or flat panel displays
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera

Typically a  large flat floor classroom with high definition wide screen projection capable of displaying two different images simultaneously.
May have Videoconference facilities with two cameras (presenter and  audience) and separate content transmission channel

Specialty Lab

  • Several large flat panel displays
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera

Specialist lab. AV equipment interfaced with specialist clinical devices or configured for customized requirements.

Teaching Room

(No Videoconferencing)
  • Single projector or flat panel display
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera

Typically a medium sized flat floor classroom used for local teaching.

Teaching Room

(With Videoconferencing)
  • Cisco EQ
  • Dual front wall displays
  • One rear display (confidence monitor)
  • Tracking cameras for presenter and audience
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface
  • Wireless presenter interface
  • Visualizer/Document Camera
  • Lectern and wireless microphones
  • IR hearing augmentation device

Typically a medium to large sized flat floor classroom used for local and cross campus teaching.

Tutorial Room

  • Single projector or flat panel display
  • Desktop PC
  • Laptop interface

Small teaching space typically used for tutorials and smaller groups  

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