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The University of Glasgow: Live imaging
with EYE-14 camera during online classes

The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

TheUniversityof Glasgow is apublicresearch
university in Glasgow,Scotland. Founded in1451, it is the fourtholdest university in the
English-speaking world
and one of Scotland‘sfour ancient universities.
The University Library is
one of the oldest and largest libraries in Europe,with more than 3 million
The University of Glasgow:
www.gla.ac.uk

books and journals. Archives and Special Collections (ASC) is a part ofUniversity Services, andit has responsibility tocollect and provide access to archival records,manuscripts, rare books
and other primary andsecondary sources tosupport teaching and research in the Universityof Glasgow and the wider community.

In Summer 2020, due
to the Covid-19 pandemic, the University began to rethink how theirteaching should be delivered, in particular how
to address the challengesof taking existing faceto-face teaching methods, and moving themout of necessity to an
online or hybrid learning
environment. As part ofthese preparations, andto maintain access toitems from ASC, WolfVision partner Mediascape
has installed a WolfVision EYE-14 camera at
the University of Glasgow as part of its ‘virtualclassroom’. Connected
to a PC running WolfVision software, and using
Zoom web conferencing
for online teaching, theUniversity enables items
such as rare books andwww.wolfvision.com

ENother materials to beshown on-screen, andmoved around in realtime during Zoom classroom sessions.
Using the touchscreen
monitor for controlling enables zooming inclosely to examine finedetails in pictures or
portions of text, helping
to replicate the in-classroom experience, andimprove student engagement. Lecturers can alsoannotate or highlightparts of the displayed
on-screen content as required. Often these sessions are recorded andthen made available tostudents afterwards foron-demand viewing.
The capability to show
articles ‘live’ on-screen
during online classes, without compromising thequality of the displayedcontent helps to preserve
the interactive and pedagogical approaches thatare already in use during

Ceiling-mounted WolfVision EYE-14, suspended above the working surface.

A touchscreen control panel enables easy controlling of operations such as zooming, annotation, snapshots, etc.

The University of Glasgow:
www.gla.ac.uk

www.wolfvision.com

ENin-classroom teaching at
the University of Glasgow. Dr Johanna Green,Lecturer in Information
Studies, University ofGlasgow, said “It completely changes the way
we can teach with those
items digitally.”
The University of Glasgow has made many preparations in response to
the Covid-19 pandemic,
but it is important tonote that their intention
is not solely to address

the challenges of thecurrent Covid-19 pandemic, but also to focus on
how they can innovate intheir teaching methods
for the longer term.
WolfVision is extremely
proud to play such an important supporting rolein student education at
the University of Glasgow, and looks forward
to providing support andadvice to this leading
educational institution
for many years to come.

Zooming in closely enables onscreen display of materials in fine detail.

The ability to compare and move items around during Zoom sessions helps to replicate the in-classroom experience for remote students.

The University of Glasgow:
www.gla.ac.uk

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