Education

Vertically focused digital signage case studies for the Education sector.

Handelskolen Sjælland Syd: Business School Keeps Students and Visitors Informed with School-Wide Digital Display Network

Handelskolen Sjælland Syd, located in Næstved and Vordingbord in Denmark, offers a business curriculum to prepare young people for either a career or a university education. The school provides several shorter and advanced studies for both young and adult students, and it also offers a different kind of course for companies, organizations and institutions. Handelskolen Sjælland Syd realized a growing need to communicate information and activities more quickly to students and visitors. The school also wanted to be perceived as modern and innovative... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Texas State Technical College Launches Digital Signage Technology Degree Program

“The incredible explosion of digital signage technology in the business community really spoke to us about the need for a degree program in this area,” said Lister-Golin, Program Specialist in Digital Signage Technology, TSTC. “Our small town in West Texas already has digital displays at movie rental stores, gas stations and local retail chains, so we knew that it was time to get serious about this at the college level.”

TENQ: Digital Signage Quenches Students’ Thirst in the Netherlands

Have you had your eight glasses of water today? It’s challenging for people, especially children and teens, to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Staying hydrated is a large part of living well. While the convenience of bottled water can help people meet their water quotas for the day, it’s not necessarily eco-friendly. Aside from the plastic bottles, road transport to deliver the product to stores shelves causes increased fuel emissions. Water coolers present a great alternative to individually bottled waters, especially in school environments. But students across the Netherlands are seeing a different type of water cooler in their schools. These new free-standing units combine the traditional concept of water coolers with the growing popularity of attention-grabbing multimedia displays and user-generated content (think YouTube)... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Georgia College & State University

“The Student Government Association found itself planning and communicating events on Facebook, through student e-mail and with old-fashioned posters,” said Billy Grace, a senator in the Student Government Association. “Announcements in Facebook and e-mail can be ignored and deleted easily, and continually printing posters is costly and not environmentally friendly.”

University of Florida: UF Says Goodbye to Manual Menu Updates at its Largest Dining Hall

Where there are college students, there is food – lots and lots of it. The University of Florida in Gainesville is no exception. With 50,000+ students, UF offers more than 40 on-campus dining options through Gator Dining Services (GDS), the university’s official food service provider. In the fall of 2008, after seeing digital menu boards at work in restaurants at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the GDS management team considered applications for the screens at UF. They felt one dining area in particular, the Fresh Food Company, could benefit greatly from the technology. Fresh Food Company is UF’s largest eatery catering to students with meal plans. It’s a food-court style facility that changes its menu often, and communicating these changes to students was a tedious manual process for dining hall staff... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Indiana University: Deploys Digital Signage System

The number of digital signage deployments on university campuses in the U.S. has skyrocketed during the past few years. Much of this is due to dramatic price decreases of flat-panel displays and other computer technologies. New requirements for campus communications such as security, way finding, news, weather and campus events have also driven the acceptance of this new technology.

BI - Norwegian School of Management: Digital Signage Helps BI Norwegian School of Management Communicate with Multiple Audiences

BI Norwegian School of Management has become a major higher education institution in Norway and one of the largest business schools in Europe. BI employs 700 people, and about 330 of them are faculty. Today, the total number of full- and part-time students exceeds 19,000. The students are mostly Norwegian and Scandinavian, but there are a growing number of international students from around the world... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Utah Valley University: Connects Students and Campus Organizations on Screen

When the media services department at Utah Valley University (Orem) installed a campus-wide message system run by a character generator and TV displays in 1993, they were on the cutting edge of technology. Fifteen years and a network of outdated CRT televisions later, the university needed to make some changes to keep up with its tech-savvy student body... Follow the link to read the full case study.

College Marie de France: Future TV Journalists at International College are Honing their Skills with Scala

At the end of 2006, College International Marie de France, an international French School located in Montreal, choose Scala to power their new high-definition internal television network, SCOOP TV. The challenge was to develop a communications solution that provided students and staff information about school news and events. The solution was quickly focused on developing an internal television network using digital signage... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Madrid Polytechnic University: Introduces “Campus TV”

Madrid -- AS Video, a Certified Scala Partner, developed an interactive TV Channel for the Madrid Polytechnic University. The university implemented this new and powerful communications system based on the Scala InfoChannel® platform with the central purpose to facilitate communications with students and faculty alike and change the image of the university... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Phoenixville High School: InfoChannel Helps High School Communicate

PHOENIXVILLE, PA – Not long ago, Phoenixville Area High School was a typical American high school in southeastern Pennsylvania where up-and-coming youth received a solid, yet conventional education. Then, everything changed. Enhanced by Scala’s InfoChannel 3 software suite, a new curriculum was written to support live broadcasting of school events and community calendars. Students are now involved more than ever, both during the school day and in an after school studio club, making Phoenixville a model for nearby communities and an inspiration to many regional educators... Follow the link to read the full case study.

Nanyang Technological University: Broadcasts Campus News with ChannelNTU

Singapore - The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) became one of the first educational institutions in Singapore to deploy its very own in-house network channel to serve as a dynamic visual communication platform for internal publicity and announcements within the campus.Implemented in June 2005 and named ChannelNTU, part of the mobile learning initiative, aNTUna, this flexible and efficient communications system is based on the Scala InfoChannel platform... Follow the link to read the full case study.