Digital Signage in Education is an essential tool for the next generation of smart schools. Saving time, money and gaining real viewership compared to their paper counterparts.
The aim of this post is to provide insight, and spark some interest into how Digital Signage could be used within the Education Sector. Showcase ways in which we’ve implemented Digital Signage solutions for some awesome establishments, and how you could too!
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DIGITAL NOTICE BOARDS
Keep students and visitors informed with Digital Notice Boards. Schedule updates to remotely communicate campus news across the facility, or allow reception staff to update daily welcome messaging. Live data feeds such as RSS, Twitter and Weather can be included to make a clear points of interest and invite interactivity and community.
Engage with the Digital Generation.
DIGITAL MENU BOARDS
Update campus wide Digital Menu Boards at the click of a button. A complete reprint due to a small ‘typo’ is no longer required, saving time, money and boosting sales by as much as 50%!
For complex menus that need to display a large quantity of options such as nutritional information, interactive menu boards are a clear winner.
A more conclusive list of Digital Menu Board solutions can be found here.
VIDEO WALL OR INDOOR LED
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Create an unmissable centerpiece and demand students attention with a Video Wall or Indoor LED. Harness video walls as presentation tools by simply plugging in your device to the external media player* and mirror whatever’s on your device to the display.
*Media player with device input required.
PRESENT AND COLLABORATE
Presenting in a classroom or meeting environment can be stressful for numerous reasons. The last thing you need is struggling to get the presentation on to the main display. Barco ClickShare makes presenting and collaborating as easy as it gets. Share what’s on your device with just one click! Simply plug in the dongle and press the button. Your content is now streamed wirelessly from your device to the presentation display.
Collaboration has also been made simple with Barco. Students can share content directly from their devices such as iPads, mobiles or laptops using additional dongles or via Apples’ built-in AirPlay functionality.
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
Interactive whiteboards have become an essential tool for teaching 21st century student. Providing a source for digital content and collaboration that todays technology driven students relate and pay attention too. Both CleverTouch and Samsung both offer premium interactive whiteboard solutions in a range of capability and sizes.
Gone are the days of having to draw the curtains so that its dark enough to get an idea of what’s being displayed on the projector, these displays offer bright, full HD or 4K variants. CleverTouch whiteboards allow documents, presentations and edits can be quickly shared via the whiteboards own email address to deliver to students.
WAYFINDING DISPLAYS
Help Staff, Students and Visitors get to where they need to be with Digital Wayfinding Signage. Interactive (touch) or static (non-touch) layouts can both be highly effective in displaying location and directory information, creating an engaging and informative experience for the user.
Bespoke enclosures can be used with certain panels to adjust to environment aesthetics.
LIVE & IPTV DISPLAYS
Incorporate live TV or a network-based video feed into your Digital Signage. With video content being 600% more effective than print and the medium of choice for younger generations, you can be sure your Digital Signage will be noticed if live or IPTV is included. Intel found that Animated content receives 5 times more viewers than static content.
ROOM BOOKING
Digital Meeting Room Systems remove the pain of finding all rooms being booked when you need it most!
Simply book your time slot through the built-in online calendar or a connected Office 356 account, Exchange, Opera and Delphi and your good to go. Alternatively, if you haven’t yet booked, you can clearly see from a distance which rooms are booked and how long for. The perfect tool to combat Room-sharking!
Hopefully this post has provided an insight into how educational facilities can be transformed with Digital Signage technology. Any questions, drop us a line.
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