Technology Support Services

Distance Education and Communication Services

Call for assistance with Distance Education problems

Technical Assistance for Classes - 1-800-806-2890

• McCaskill Hall, room 126
  Classroom Phone: 715-394-8548
  Classroom Fax: 715-394-8425
• Rothwell Student Center, room 218
  Classroom Phone: 715-394-8026
  Classroom Fax: 715-394-8468

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Distance Education Services

• ISDN Video Conferencing - Using dial-up ISDN lines and a PictureTel conference system with the ability to link with many different locations worldwide for meetings, converences, and classes. To schedule this site, contact UW-Extension Videoconference Services in Madison, 608-262-5249, cv@ics.uwex.edu, or use the online form at http://www.uwex.edu/ics/index.html.
  • Connection Information:
    Video Number: 715-392-0840
    Conference Room Phone: 715-394-8026
    Location: Rothwell Student Center Room 218, 1605 Catlin Ave
    Parking Information: 715-934-8177
    
    
• Internet Video Conferencing - Using the H.263 Internet protocol with the ability to link with many different locations worldwide for meetings, conferences, and classes. To schedule this site, contact the Technology Helpdesk at 715-394-8300 or 800-806-2890.
  • Connection Information:
    IP Address: 137.81.111.100
    Conference Room Phone: 715-394-8026
    Location: Rothwell Student Center Room 218, 1605 Catlin Ave
    Parking Information: 715-934-8177
    
    
• Learn@UW-Superior - An online learning system providing instruction for many distance learning and campus courses. Learn@UW-Superior is accessed through the UW-Superior homepage or through My E-Hive. The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Development provides assistance to faculty who teach with this system.
  
  
• NWECS - An interactive video network linking schools, colleges, and universities in northern Wisconsin. NWECS is linked to the state's BadgerNet video distance learning network, providing video connections to more than 300 classrooms statewide at schools, technical colleges, universities, and other education agencies. For more information on NWECS, visit http://www.nwecs.net.
  
  UW-Superior has a classroom linked to the NWECS distance education network - 126 McCaskill Hall. Interactive video classes are scheduled by the Distance Learning Center in Erlanson Hall. Call 715-394-8448 for information on scheduling a class.
  
  Video meetings, special programs, and other uses of the NWECS classrooms are scheduled by Computing and Media Services. Call 715-394-8300, or e-mail helpdesk@uwsuper.edu.
  
  
• Satellite Programs - Technology Support Services provides C and KU satellite downlinking for the University of Wisconsin-Superior community, UW-Extension, and area state and public agencies. We regularly downlink national videoconferences for audiences in the Rothwell Student Center or other campus conference rooms. Our facility includes three steerable C/KU antennas and one antenna dedicated to AMC-3.
  
  To schedule a satellite program at UW-Superior, contact Technology Support Services at 715-394-8300.
  
  
• Streaming Media - Recorded and live audio and video streaming services are available. For more information, see our Streaming Media page.
  
  
• WisLine Web - An audio graphics system using standard telephone service to share images and sound, managed by University of Wisconsin-Extension as a statewide network.
  
  WisLine Web service is provided through UW-Extension's Instructional Communication Systems. For more information, or to set up a WisLine Web conference, call 608-262-7590, or e-mail wislineweb@ics.uwex.edu. Visit the WisLine Web site for more information.