[AG-TECH] Electronic Whiteboards

[Allan Spale]

Rob,

EVL/UIC does not directly integrate a whiteboard into the AG model.  As a
side note, there is software that originated from the same "suite" of
videoconferencing software from UCL called Whiteboard (WBD).  Details and
downloads are here: http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/wbd/.
Typically, the whiteboard would act as a standalone unit for local use.
If used collaboratively, it will be used with Microsoft NetMeeting.

As far as whiteboard hardware, we have plasma screens that are touch
screen capable.  We use technology from SMART Technologies
(http://www.smarttech.com/).  We also looked at Mimio for a while but did
not really use this (http://www.mimio.com/index.shtml).


Allan
EVL @ UIC
Research Assistant

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Robert Callaway wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am in the process of planning an Access Grid node for the College of 
> Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am 
> wondering if there is a wide use of electronic whiteboards in Access 
> Grid sessions. Is this something that I should consider incorporating in 
> my design? Also, does anyone have any advice on specific equipment?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob Callaway
>