EDUCATION

ChallengeWest Valley College - WVC, is a public community college occupying a

143-acre campus in California’s Silicon Valley city of Saratoga. With a student

population of just over 8,000, WVC provides preparation for transfer to four-

year institutions, AA/AS degree programs, and professional certificates for

today’s job market.

WVC opened the Fang Pei Che Family School of Professional Studies with

an October 3, 2018 ribbon cutting. The facility is named to honor the Che

family for a $200,000 donation it made toward the $13.6 million renovation of

existing Business Division and Administrative Justice Division buildings. The

renovation created a new home for the Accounting, Administration of Justice,

Business, Child Studies, Court Reporting, Computer Information Systems,

Engineering, Paralegal, Park Management, Real Estate, and Unmanned

Aircraft Technology departments, as well as a new Entrepreneur Center.

In addition to major interior and exterior structural and mechanical upgrades,

the renovation installed state of the art digital AV multimedia systems in

classrooms, lecture halls, conference rooms, and the Entrepreneur Center.

Extron AV Systems Enhance Renovated West Valley College Che School of Professional Studies

“As spelled out by the Board’s resolution, staff must demonstrate that the designated products ‘facilitate the most reliable, dependable, cost efficient, and feasible education for students in the District.’ West Valley College’s technology support staff definitely agrees with that evaluation of Extron.”Patrick Fenton, B.Sc., MBAVice President, Administrative Servicesat West Valley College, Saratoga, California

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Twelve standard classrooms are outfitted with a single projector. One standard classroom (shown here) has dual projectors. All include a podium (inset) containing multimedia content sources and Extron AV switching and control equipment.

Three distance learning synchronous classrooms are outfitted with a projector, interactive flat panel display, ceiling array mic and a podium (inset) containing multimedia content sources and Extron AV switching and control equipment.

Instructor podium AV racks. Left: Standard classroom. Right: Distance learning synchronous classroom.

SolutionA resolution passed by the West Valley-Mission Community College District

names Extron as the District’s single-source provider of AV connectivity

solutions. Extron teamed with pro-AV specialist Avidex of Fremont, California,

to equip the Che School of Professional Studies with versatile AV multimedia

systems. The single-source designation entailed a rigorous review. Patrick

Fenton, WVC’s Vice President, Administrative Services, explained, “As

spelled out by the Board’s resolution, staff must demonstrate that the

designated products ‘facilitate the most reliable, dependable, cost efficient,

and feasible education for students in the District.’ West Valley College’s

technology support staff definitely agrees with that evaluation of Extron.”

AV-Equipped Podiums — Flexible Presentation OptionsSixteen classrooms and a lecture hall are outfitted with projectors,

PTZ cameras, wired and wireless microphones, and a range of Extron

AV signal distribution, control, and audio equipment installed in the

podiums. The podiums have desktop PCs, laptops, and document

cameras. DTP CrossPoint 84 4K Scaling Presentation Matrix Switchers,

DTP T DSW 4K 233 switchers, and SW4 USB Plus switchers handle AV

content and USB routing, video scaling, audio processing, amplification,

and control. A 12" Extron TLP Pro touchpanel provides intuitive control

over system operations. Other Extron equipment housed in the podiums

are: ShareLink® 200 N for WiFi connectivity; SMP 351 Streaming Media

Processor for recording and streaming AV content; and MediaPort 200 USB

Scaling Bridge for conferencing. Three synchronous classrooms, where

distance learners interact with those in the room, also have an interactive

flat panel display, ceiling array mics, an Extron DMP 128 Plus C AT ProDSP

Processor with Dante® audio, and a DTP CrossPoint 86 4K IPCP MA 70

switcher. All classrooms include Extron FF220T Flat Field® speakers that

cover the entire room with a minimum number of speakers.

DTP HDMI 4K 230 Rx receivers, DTP T 3G SDI 230 D transmitters and

USB Extender Plus transmitters and receivers distribute AV and USB

signals throughout the facility on shielded twisted pair cables.

ResultUsers are reaping the benefits of the vastly improved AV systems at the

Che School of Professional Studies. Instructors like the fast switching

between sources and the user-friendly touchpanels. Students are more

engaged, learn more easily, and retain more when lessons are presented

in rich and immersive multimedia format viewable in the classroom or on

smartphones.