The Learning and Teaching portfolio group trialed a virtual meeting this afternoon (Friday 15th). I contacted the Audio Visual department and booked Wheki 350B and Psyc 164. Wheki350b seats about 5-7 and Pscy164 about 9 people easily. Both rooms would fit more people if you were friendly. The meeting went really smoothly. Nick Calvert (AV Technician) set the rooms up for us and was in Wheki350b to show us how to adjust sound etc. At first it felt a little strange, but this did not last long. After a few minutes, it was like being in the same room. If we had a laptop with us, we could have a set up to allow us to show the computer between rooms. Today, there was the real advantage of not having to travel between the two sites with the weather being so terrible. If anyone is interested in investigating using these rooms for between campus meetings, feel free to have a chat with Nick, Alison McI or Kathryn. It was our first try at having a meeting using this technology and we all thought it worked well.

Kathryn