Zoom Room Classroom Paradigm

A “Zoom Room Classroom Paragim” is a new method of classroom AV connectivity and control, used extensively at GU’s Capitol Campus, but used only sparingly on the Hilltop Campus.

• In a “Zoom Room” the Zoom application functions as the “switch” that connects audio and video inputs to desired displays.
• To preset content outside of a Zoom Meeting, the patron presses that function on the touch-screen control panel for the room.
  • The system then flashes a connectivity code onto the display screen in the room;
  • In the Zoom app on the patrons laptop, the patron enters that code, and that laptop is now connected to the primary display in the room.
  • There is no wired connectivity for patron BYOD; all connectivity is wireless.
• Within an actual Zoom meeting, connecting BYOD is much the same way as in any other Zoom meeting.
  • But some Zoom Rooms may allow multiple displays of different BYOD sources at the same time, something not generally possible in a conventional Zoom Meeting.
• In a Zoom Room, the simplicity of patron use masks a complexity of hardware and software behind the scenes.
  • If something does go unexpectedly wrong in a Zoom Room, patrons must contact their AV support provider immediately.
  • There is relatively little in a Zoom Room system that a patron could adjust or remedy on his or her own.