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Washington State University, USA:
Active learning classroom using Cynap

Washington State University, Pullman Campus, Washington, USAF

ounded in 1890,
Washington StateUniversity (WSU) isa public research university in Washington, USA.
With around 30,000 students across its four campuses, it is the second largest institution for higher
education in the state ofWashington. At the College of Education on thePullman Campus, WSU
had a need for a flexib-le presentation solution
to equip a new active
learning classroom. The
room had to work as astudy room as well as an
instructional space, andin order to meet thesemulti-functional requirements, WSU has installeda WolfVision vSolution
MATRIX system using 1x
Cynap system and 4 Cynap Core units. Four 70“Dell touch monitors, one

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for each Cynap Core havebeen installed together
with two projectors connected to the main Cynap
system. A touchscreen
monitor at the podium isprovided for controlling
the Cynap, and a computer and document camera are also connected tothe Cynap at the podium. The computer is also
connected to the room
microphones, and a ca-mera is also available for
Zoom support. There arealso 35 laptops in a cart,
available for use as required. Steelcase active learning desks complete thesetup. A key advantageof the vSolution MATRIX
solution is that in addition
to having all four display
screens interconnected
and working together, it
is also possible to operateeach of the four screens

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independently of themain instructor station.
This enables students to
use the monitors for individual breakout activities,
and effectively gives ‘four
separate rooms in one’.
The Cynap and Cynap
Core systems provide
support for AirPlay, Chromecast and Miracast mirroring protocols, whichmeans that all users caneasily connect wirelessly,
without needing to preinstall apps or use additi-

onal software or dongles.
The PIN function is activated for wireless mirroring, and this enables instructors to decide when
students are allowed toshare their content onscreen. Lecturers remain
in control of on-screen
content, and any disruption or distractions in theclassroom are avoided.
For viewing displayedcontent materials easily
from around the room,
the browser viewer fea-A Cynap system at every workstation ensures an intuitive and easy-to-use
collaborative working environment for all users, and the simple drag anddrop interface enables content to be moved effortlessly between different
screens in the room. The Room View at WSU is used to control pushing andpulling of content between displays, and the workstation layout has been
set up to match the actual layout of the room.

The new learning space can either be used as an active learning classroom or as an independent study area.

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ENture is used. Simply typing
the IP address of a Cynap
Core into an HTML browser on a mobile device,
enables convenient viewing of all on-screen content on the student‘s own
smartphones, laptops ortablets.
Instructors have a very
easy-to-use control interface on a touchscreen
monitor, which allows
them to simply ‘drag anddrop’ to push files out
to the workstations, ormove on-screen content
between screens. The

instructor’s ‘Room View’is customized to matchthe actual room layout,which makes it extremely easy to stay in control
of classroom sessions.
WSU has also installed
WolfVision
vSolution
Link Pro remote management software, about
which, Matthew Vaughn,
Director of Information
Services at The Collegeof Education, WSU said:“We have been very pleased with the vSolution
Link Pro management
software which has reallysimplified remote setup,monitoring and updatingof all our WolfVisionsystems.“
Commenting
further on the overall solution, Matthew Vaughn
said: “Installation andusability are what makes
the vSolution MATRIX soinviting as it really is very
simple to set up and use.
Additional features havebeen added with eachfirmware update, and so
we see its capabilities
constantlyexpanding,and not simply sitting
static. Where we see

the MATRIX system also
shine is when we have
instructors who want tobreakout into groups. We
really like the Cynap product line, and have received very good support.“WolfVision is extremely
proud to play a key supporting role in student
education at Washington
State University, and it isexciting to see how they
have successfully implemented this state-ofthe-art AV over IP active
learning classroom collaboration solution.

The vSolution MATRIX customized Room View makes it extremely easy to ‘drag and drop‘ content between screens.

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