Audio Visual Services

Equipment to support teaching and conferences

PowerPoint:

Problems persist launching PowerPoint from CFS accounts in lecture rooms. Please click here for more information.

Some members of staff are experiencing problems loading/projecting PowerPoint from their CFS accounts. We urge you to test presentations in advance, and consider taking a copy on a USB memory device as a back-up. If you have any difficulties please let us know. An online faults form is available here.

Teaching Rooms:

A large majority of the centrally timetabled teaching rooms are equipped with data and projection equipment, screens and playback facilities, installed and maintained by us.To check the details of any of the rooms you are using, please click here. Permanent equipment in the teaching rooms is always available during term time and these facilities are checked daily, but please let us know if you encounter any problems. If you have any additional requirements or you need equipment outside term time, simply contact our bookings desk by online booking form, email, telephone or in person. Equipment and support are provided free of charge for teaching purposes in normal teaching hours, but charges apply for other uses, conferences and out-of hours work.

You must book the room you require before requesting AV equipment. The timetabling office will only accept bookings by e-mail. All such requests should be addressed to [email protected]
Audio Visual services cannot accept room bookings

Please note that outside of University terms you must book in advance any AV equipment required

Spring Term: Mon 19/01/09 - Friday 27/03/09
Summer Term: Mon 04/05/09 - Friday 15/05/09
Autumn Term: Mon 28/09/09 - Friday 11/12/09

See details of Centrally timetabled lecture rooms.

Book using the on-line Single Session Booking Form or
download Microsoft Word files for Multi Session booking.

Let us know of any equipment problems in teaching rooms.
Use our on-line fault report form

Overflows and Recorded Lectures
AVS operate live overflow lectures from certain rooms, linking two or more rooms together for teaching or public lecture purposes, which can be recorded if required. These are arranged in conjunction with Central Room Bookings, as the availability of these rooms can be limited.We can provide and operate (when available) video recording equipment to record lectures in the teaching rooms due to timetabling clashes etc.
Phone 2919 - email - [email protected]

Purchase of AV Equipment:
AVS can purchase and security mark AV equipment for departments at discount prices and can provide security marking and full checking for a £5.00 handling charge.
Contact Chris Gooch - phone 2916, - email [email protected]

Repair of Equipment:

We guarantee a service back up on all AV equipment purchased through AVS. In-house repairs: parts, plus a £10 flat labour charge. Off-site repairs: full costs to be met by departments following your acceptance of a quotation.
Contact Peter Woodforth - phone 2918 - email [email protected]

Sale of Audio Visual Materials:

We stock acetate sheets for the overhead projector (for writing on or printing out from photocopiers and laser printers); OHP, flipchart and whiteboard pens; video and audio tapes; slide holders; carousel magazines; projector lamps and many other items.
Contact Avril Vilcins - phone 2917 - email [email protected]

TV/Radio Off-Air Recording:

We can record any broadcast programme needed for University teaching, including satellite, and those with Teletext and subtitles. The use of Open University programmes is subject to some restrictions and does bear a cost, but customers for other broadcast material will only be charged for the tape/DVD used. (The University holds a central licence to cover such usage.)
Audio Copying: Multiple high speed audio cassette copying service is available.
Phone 2919 - email- [email protected]

Video Conferencing & Telephone Conferencing

We manage the video conferencing suite in the MSB, which can be used to conference or lecture live to many other places throughout the world who also have this facility, using 2 way vision and sound and we belong to the JANET Video Conference Service (JVCS), which allows us to do multi-site Video Conferencing. In addition we are able to Telephone Conference (single site) from the MSB suite or provide equipment to allow this from any rooms around the campus with a phone line connected. For external multi-site telephone conferences, please contact the University switchboard. If you are calling from outside of the University phone 0116 2522522 or from on campus phone "0" - (zero) for advice, and for internal multi-site conferences please follow the instuctions in the University telephone directory.

Phone 2919 - email- [email protected]

Radio Interview Facility

We manage the radio Interview facility, which is housed in the MSB and can only be used on an ISDN line. This allows radio interviews to be done at broadcast standard.
Phone 2919 - email- [email protected]

Conferences

We supply and install equipment at very competitive rates for conferences held on or off the Campus
Phone 2919 - email- [email protected]