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VC or Video Conferencing
VC stands for Video Conferencing. In this type of class, students meet
in a classroom equipped with cameras, microphones, and TV monitors. Using
two-way audio/video communications VC links the originating classroom, where
the professor and some students are present, with students in NAU VC
classrooms at campuses around the state. VC classrooms hosting a class without
the professor present are referred to as receiving sections. They are managed
by broadcast technicians.
Any VC classroom can originate or receive a class. Some students also may
watch your VC class from home via satellite or cable delivery. But whether you
are in an originating, receiving, or cable section of the class, all students
in a VC class are taught simultaneously and in real-time. They can ask
questions and interact with the professor or with other classmates, as if
everyone were together in one classroom.
Most students find little difference between a VC version of a class or one
taught traditionally, where all students sit in the same classroom. An
advantage of VC classes is that students are spread among many classrooms
giving the class a smaller, more intimate feeling, especially if you access it
from your home.
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