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4 ExtroNews 15.1 Spring 2004

Nine Electronic Classrooms

In its Guide to America’s Best Colleges and

Universities, US News & World Report called

KSU one of the “rising stars of education.” To

maintain its distinction as an “up and comer,”

the school’s administrators realized they had

to harness technological advancements that

many learning institutions are embracing. Dr.

Randy C. Hinds, Chief Information Ofﬁcer and

Professor of Information Systems, and Karl C.

Aldag, Director of Presentation Technology,

explored new concepts regarding high tech

tools and the school’s classrooms. Aldag

noted that KSU had outgrown the basic mul-

timedia pushcart and simply didn’t have the

staff or resources to maintain and/or check

equipment in and out. This led to the idea of

an integrated multimedia system.

In the summer of 2003, Hinds, Aldag, and

KSU’s technology advisory committee decided

to move forward with their plan for a func-

tional electronic classroom. They envisioned a

room with a desktop computer, and a way to

plug in a laptop computer. They also wanted

to tie in an A/V system that could be intui-

tively controlled without a separate remote.

“We needed an integrated system that was

easy to use and control,” Aldag said.

The green light was given to KSU’s in-

house Presentation Technology Department

(PTD) to turn the initiative into reality. Led by

Charles Huberty, System Support Specialist II,

the team spent two and a half weeks assem-

bling nine multimedia carts for nine separate

classrooms. The lower section of each cart

includes two racks ﬁlled with several A/V

components: a VCR, a DVD player, a CPU,

an audio mixer, an auxiliary XLR microphone

jack, and an Extron System 7SC, a seven in-

put, dual output, multi-format switcher with

a built-in video scaler.

The System 7SC Runs the Show

“The System 7SC was chosen for its scal-

ing, switching, and projector control ability,”

Huberty said. The System 7SC has rightfully

earned the distinction of being an all-purpose,

single-projector hub that provides switching,

scaling, and projector and room control. Its

capacity to integrate these functions along

with RGB and video capabilities makes the

switcher that much easier to operate for the

KSU faculty. The instructors can control many

of the features of the System 7SC by simply

pushing a button on the installed Extron

MLC 206 AAP MediaLink Controller.

The dual outputs of the System 7SC is an-

other unique feature that Kennesaw used to

their advantage. An LCD computer monitor

mounted on the cart is often used as a local

monitor during a presentation. Aside from rou-

tine switching, the System 7SC’s scaling feature

is a big plus for the Kennesaw faculty, who tap

into a variety of different signal types.

To scale any video input, the System 7SC

incorporates several of Extron’s proprietary

technologies. This includes Dynamic Motion

Interpolation (DMI

™

), an advanced motion

Kennesaw State University: Putting the Cart Before the Course

rom its humble beginnings as

a small railroad town and ma-

jor battleground of the Civil War

to the northwest Atlanta suburb

of today, the city of Kennesaw

thrives on tradition, community,

prosperity, and education. Driving

this last point home is Kennesaw

State University (KSU), one of the

fastest growing learning institu-

tions in the United States. Opening

in 1963 as a junior college, KSU is

now Georgia’s fourth largest state

university, with almost 18,000 stu-

dents and 55 undergraduate and

graduate degree programs.

Kennesaw State University serves a diverse student body in Atlanta, GA. US News & World Report called the

school one of the “rising stars of education.”

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