Part 2: The Technology
Fall 2023 Classroom Survey Feedback
Responses about the presentation technologies most used in the classrooms:
- 90% Podium control panel
- 49% Wired network connection
- 45% Podium microphone
- 38% Dual monitors
- 32% Auxiliary HDMI input
- 16% Wireless microphone
- 16% Annotation monitor
- 14% Wireless presentation
- 9% Auxiliary VGA input
Responses about the podium software used in the classrooms:
- 84% Canvas LMS
- 77% Microsoft Office
- 75% Google Drive, Slides, Docs
- 37% Zoom
- 26% Visualizer for Document Camera
- 21% Kaltura Lecture Capture
- 17% Annotation Monitor
- 16% Top Hat
Feedback about how well the presentation technologies in the classrooms met their instructional needs. 102 faculty participated in the survey, but only 9 provided responses to this question:
- Auxiliary VGA Input: 9% used, 56% did not use, 35% technology not available
- Wireless Presentation: 14% used, 39% did not use, 47% technology not available
- Annotation Monitor: 16% used, 47% did not use, 37% technology not available
- Wireless Microphone (for check-out): 16% used, 44% did not use, 40% technology not available
- Classroom Audience Camera: 27% used, 37% did not use, 36% technology not available
- Auxiliary HDMI Input: 32% used, 37%did not use, 31% technology not available
- Document Camera: 33% used, 43% did not use, 24% technology not available
- Dual Monitors: 38% used, 35% did not use, 35% technology not available
- Podium Microphone: 45% used, 33% did not use, 24% technology not available
- Wired Network Connection: 49% used, 31% did not use, 20% technology not available
- Podium Control Panel: 90% used, 4% did not use, 6% technology not available
- Classroom Audience Camera: 21% used, 37% did not use, 42% technology not available
Hybrid Technology Information
Four Levels of Hybrid Classrooms (in VCU Central Classrooms)
Hybrid courses allow for lecture, interactive or collaborative instructional style while having students attend remotely
as well as in person. We currently have 4 levels of Hybrid classrooms in our central classrooms. We are actively
working to update our Basic Hybrid classrooms to our Standard Hybrid capability listed below, with the ultimate goal of having all spaces meet the Advanced Hybrid standards below.
- Advanced Hybrid - Cameras: Two room cameras, instructor and student facing as well as a document camera are available. Audio: One podium microphone, ceiling microphone and (in lecture halls) wireless microphone receivers.
- Standard Hybrid - Cameras: An instructor camera located in the back of the room capturing the front of the room. Also a document camera is available. Audio: One podium microphone and ceiling microphone.
- Basic Hybrid - Camera: One document camera for content and/or classroom view, with
setting options in Zoom. Audio: One podium microphone available. - Podium Microphone Only Hybrid - Audio: One Podium microphone only. No built-in video option. (very few,
very small spaces.
Instructors were asked to rate how well these specific resources met their instructional needs in a hybrid teaching environment. Of 102 survey participants, 8 provided responses about their hybrid technology usage:
- Podium Microphone, For Zoom Or Capture Software: 62.5% rated “very well”, 25.0% rated “well”
- Student Ceiling Microphone: 50% rated “very well”, 12.5% rated “well”, 12.5% rated “poorly”
- Instructor Camera: 37.5% rated “very well”, 12.5% rated “poorly”
- Student Camera: 25.0% rated “very well”, 12.5% rated “well”
- Document Camera - for whiteboard: 12.5% rated “very well”, 25.0% rated “ok”
- Document Camera - show presenter: 25.0% rated “very well”, 12.5% rated “very poorly”
- Document Camera - show classroom: 12.5% rated “very well”, 12.5% rated “very poorly”
- Wireless Microphone - checked out: 12.5% rated “very well”
- Document Camera - content or annotation: 12.5% rated “well”
Presenting and Recording in Hybrid Classes Of 102 survey participants, 100 provided a response about presenting to hybrid classes. The results are as follows:
- 88.2% use the podium computer screen and Zoom
- 6.9% use a laptop screen, as a guest presenter
- 2.9% use the document camera for live, written content and/or physical artifacts
Of 102 survey participants, 8 provided a response about recording hybrid classes. The results are as follows:
- 37.5% occasionally record
- 37.5% do not record at all
- 25% record every class
Of 102 survey participants, 8 provided a response about the method used for recording hybrid classes. The results are as follows:
- 62.5% use Zoom session recording
- None use Kaltura Classroom
- 37.5% do not record at all