Audio/Video

Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 7:30pm
Friday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Saturday: 7:00am - 4:30pm
Sunday: Closed

Phone: 713-348-3949
Email: jgsav@rice.edu
In person: Office 308 (inside suite 308)

AV Support Requests
Submit an AV request via phone, email, in person, or our online web form. When submitting by email please include as much information as possible (who, what, when, where, etc).

• For classroom support please submit request with 48 hours advance notice.
• For event support or please submit request with 2 weeks advance notice.

We provide classroom technology support and media services to the faculty, staff and students of the Jones Graduate School of Business here in McNair Hall at Rice University.

Mission Statement: Provide exemplary service, support and solutions to enhance the faculty, staff and student experience.

All of our classrooms come equipped with the following items:

• Projector
• Powered Projector Screen
• Lighting Controls (Touchpanel & Wall Plate) with 3 scenes
• Powered Room Shades with mini-blinds
• Chalkboard & Whiteboard
• BluRay player in Tiered Classrooms
• Windows PC with Local Monitor at the lectern
• Built-in Room Speakers
• Document Camera
• Touchpanel with "Help" button for rapid assistance
• Wireless Presentation Remote with Laser Pointer
• Connections to display Laptop: HDMI, VGA, Wireless Mersive and Airserver
• Wireless Lavalier & Handheld Microphones (Tiered Classrooms only)
• Height-adjustable Instructor Lectern
• Ethernet & Wifi connection for Network access

For use within McNair Hall building by faculty and staff only

• Dell Latitude Laptops (model E5470) with Windows 10 OS
• Video Dongles/Adapters (VGA to HDMI, MiniDisplayport to HDMI, MiniDisplayport to VGA)
• Confidence Monitor
• Video Cameras
• Camera Tripods
• USB Microphones (Zoom b, Blue Yeti mic, Samson Go mic)
• Logitech Webcams
• Swivl - Robotic auto-pan & tilt capture assistant for use with camera & mobile devices
• TurningPoint polling receiver & participant remotes

Zoom

• Offering both cloud meeting and webinar software, Zoom is most known for Zoom Video Conferencing, also referred to as "Zoom" by users, which combines video conferencing, online meetings, and mobile collaboration into one platform." Every Rice staff, faculty and student has access to their own Zoom account using their NetID and password. See Rice OIT's instructions here to start using Zoom today: http://edtech.blogs.rice.edu/how-to-use-zoom-desktop-video-conferencing
• For longer meetings, recording capabilities, more participants than are alotted, or a one-on-one software training simply contact jgsav@rice.edu.

Panopto Recorder

• Rice Business uses Panopto Recorder as our primary Lecture Capture solution. Videos and content recorded using Panopto is stored locally as a backup and is primarily hosted via the cloud. This content can then be shared via link for review, or even downloaded if desired. Panopto Recorder is a part of our standard classroom PC image, and can also be installed on any staff or faculty PC by request.

• Anderson Family Commons (AFC)
  • Capacity: 230
  • Kitchen access / ice machine
  • Lighting control at wall panel & touch panel with 3 scenes
  • Tables and Chairs arranged per request (via Campus Operations department)
  • HDMI, VGA & MiniDisplayport laptop connections at lectern
  • VGA laptop connection
  • Dual projectors
  • Built-in room audio
  • Wall-mounted Touchpanel controller
  • Touchpanel wall controller
  • Podium with Microphone
  • 4 Wireless Handheld Mics / 4 Wireless Lavaliere Mics (only 4 simultaneous)
  • Wifi Wireless Internet
  • Document Camera with height-adjustable table available upon request
  • Dell Laptop at the lectern available by request

• Shell Auditorium
  • Capacity: 460
    • 60 Lower Bowl / 322 First floor total / 138 Second floor balcony
  • Lighting control at Entrance & at Touchpanels
  • Touchpanel room controller at Entrance and at Lectern
  • Theater-style seating
  • HDMI, Mini DisplayPort & VGA Laptop connections at Lectern
  • 2 Edge-blended Laser Projectors (Ultrawide 3232 x 1200 resolution)
  • Podium with Microphone & Built-in ultra-wide display for Room PC
  • Dell Room PC available at lectern
  • 6 Wireless Handheld Mics / 6 Wireless Lavaliere Mics (12 simultaneous)
  • Confidence Monitor available for use with Room PC or Laptops
  • Wi-Fi Wireless Internet access
  • Document Camera with height-adjustable table (available upon request)
  • Blackboard and whiteboard (can be covered with curtains if desired)
  • 3 PTZ Cameras mounted in-room, for use with Room PC and 1st floor Production Room
  • 2 RGBW spotlights, controlled with Touchpanels
  • 4 HDMI Wall-plates available around room for external inputs

• Breakout Rooms
  • Capacity: 8
  • Wall-mounted Display
  • HDMI and VGA connections for Laptop/Mobile devices
    • To check out cabling for the breakout rooms visit or contact the B.I.C. 
  • Whiteboard
• Meeting Rooms
  • 107 A
    • Capacity: 8
    • Rectangular conference table with rolling chairs
    • Whiteboard
  • 107 B
    • Capacity: 12
    • Display in room with PC and wireless keyboard and mouse
    • Rectangular conference table with rolling chairs
    • Whiteboard

• Rapid In-Room Classroom Support
  • Three minute response time during posted hours
• Video Record
  • With or without camera operator
• In-Room Event Support
  • Two weeks notice & approval required
• Audio & Video Editing
• Audio Capture
• DVD Duplication
  • Standard DVD, legal copies only