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University of California, Santa Cruz:
WolfVision Visualizers play key role.

Engineering 2 Building, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

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he University of California, Santa Cruzis a public research
university in Santa Cruz,California, USA. Foundedin 1965, it has achieved
international recognition
as a university deliveringhigh impact research, andit demonstrates a strong
commitment to bothteaching and public service. One of ten Universityof California campuses,

UC Santa Cruz has a current enrolment of morethan 18,000 students, andis well-known for its innovative, and progressive
teaching methods. UCSC
has been a WolfVision
Visualizer customer for
many years, and currently has around 100 Visualizers (primarily VZ-8lightmodels) installed and inuse on campus. Every
classroom and lecture

University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC):
https://www.ucsc.edu/

Photo: Copyright Jim MacKenzie | UC Regentshall, (with varying seating
capacities from 18 – 472students) is equippedwith a WolfVision Visualizer. Instructors use WolfVision Visualizers in manydifferent ways: handwriting capture, display ofprinted materials suchas magazines, books,and newspapers, or foron-screen display of 3-D
objects such as geology
samples, chemistry mo-dels, and printed circuitboards. They have also
occasionally been used in
the UCSC computer labs
with their USB signal feeding into a computer tocreate animations duringfilm-making classes. “Encouraging our instructors
to use Visualizers insteadof chalkboards, whiteboards and stand-alone
overheadtransparency
projectors allows us towww.wolfvision.com

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easily capture their written and drawn content sothat it can be easily seenfrom the back seats of
our large lecture halls, canbe included in our lecturerecordings and distanceeducation feeds, and canbe provided to students
with a variety of disabilities for real-time viewing
and later review.” SaidMr. Bruce Horn, UCSC
Learning
Technologies
ClassroomOperations
Manager. He added: “Forexample, we are able tosend a feed of all content
that is sent through thedata projector, includingthat from the Visualizer
to the laptop of a student
who can only read text afew inches from his face.
A possible future use wehave been asked about isto provide a similar feed
to a sign language interpreter at a remote site
who would then provide areal-time image of their interpretation of the class tostudents in the room withhearing impairments”.
WolfVision systems arepart of overall classroom
infrastructure which includes screens, projectors, and either Crestron
touch panel systems inlarge classrooms, or Extron push-button systems
in small classrooms. DVD
or Blu-ray players, wireless microphones, andoccasionally computers
are also installed in theclassrooms. In lecturehalls, lecterns are provided with the Visualizers
installed on a shelf on
the side of the lectern. Insmaller classrooms, theVisualizer is mounted ona GorillaDigital 2000 Cartfrom GoApeDigital. UCSC
have found these carts tobe very sturdy and stable,
and they provide instructors with the added flexibility of easily moving theVisualizer an alternative
location in the classroom
if required. UCSC consi-Twin WolfVision VZ.8light4 Visualizers located on the side of a lectern in a large lecture hall at UCSC.

University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC):
https://www.ucsc.edu/

www.wolfvision.com

ENders image quality, simplicity, reliability, and easeof use to be key factors
when choosing Visualizer imaging systems fortheir classrooms. They
appreciate the fact that
Wolfvision
Visualizers
consistently provide very
sharp images, and alsoemphasise the usability
benefits - most instructors need only to adjust
the zoom wheel whenpresenting content, which
ensures that there are nodistractions or delays du-ring classroom sessions.
Commenting on WolfVision systems, Bruce Hornsaid: “Much better thanthe previous cameras weused which had dozens of
buttons which were confusing. Our classrooms
are designed to be user
operated so it is important that the equipment
operates reliably with little technician interaction”.
In summary, Bruce Hornsaid about the company
and its products, “Wolfvision equipment is great toWolfVision VZ-8light3 on mobile GorillaDigital 2000 cart.

University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC):
https://www.ucsc.edu/

work with. It is evident thata great deal of thought isput into the design of every aspect of each pieceof equipment. Just as important is the high degreeof confidence inspired byWolfvision representatives, repair facilities andtechnical support. Whenchoosingclassroom
equipment, it is important
to know it can be repairedor replaced in a timely
manner and that the people who assist in selecting
the best matches for ourclassrooms have a deep
understanding of those
products and the ways
they meet instructors‘
needs”. WolfVision is extremely proud to play suchan important supportingrole in student education
at the University of California, Santa Cruz, andlooks forward to providing
support and advice to thisleading educational institution for many years tocome.

WolfVision Visualizers - an integral part of every classroom at UCSC.

www.wolfvision.com