Markets /markets Customer Profiles /markets/customerProfiles/default.asp Wake Forest University /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/default.asp Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Education /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/buildingExterior.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/classroom.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/classroom-2.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/conferenceRoom.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/desk.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/podium.jpg /markets/customerProfiles/WakeForest/imgs/podium-2.jpg Multimedia communication is as integral to the academic world as it is to the business world. At Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 100% of the students and faculty own and use laptops. Professors teach from computers, displaying notes and materials using MS PowerPoint, the Internet, and other software programs. Students use computers during class to make presentations, to take exams, or to complete other projects. With so many people involved in classroom presentations. Wake Forest started looking for a simplified, uniform platform for teachers and students alike to navigate their technology. They found the answer—AMX control systems, designed and programmed by Wake Forest University and installed by Long Communications Group of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “The key to the implementation's success has been the uniformity of AMX control system design.” Ninety-eight percent of the 140 media-centric classrooms on campus use the same AMX touch panel graphics and logic. Each room is served by a AMX Axcess controller that integrates the various electronic components—including computers, VCR, DVD, CD, document camera, video/RGB switcher, video projector and light dimming—into a unified control system. While the exact mix of resources in each room may vary, every room is operated in the same way. Once a person learns how to control one room, they know how to manage all the others. Integrating the rooms with AMX systems makes economic sense as well. An automatic 1:00 AM shut-off feature (which can be overridden for late-night sessions) extends the life of expensive video projector lamps. In the future, all the rooms will be connected to a AMX WebLinx Administrator Web Server, allowing centralized management, preventative maintenance alerts, and network-based service of all the systems. "The key to the implementation's success has been the uniformity of AMX control system design," states Aubrey Bowman, Videoconference Project Manager for Wake Forest University.