Barco updates weConnect to version 1.2 with 2 new use cases and upgrades, including an interactive huddle space and lecture hall use cases, and a modular cloud-based room customisation solution.
weConnect enables universities to implement the BYOD-centred active learning solution in different setups. Teachers and students can collaborate and interact using their own devices connected to the system via campus wifi.
Classroom interactivity and collaboration is further boosted with Quiz me, quick-- an upgrade able to launch quizzes and polls in under 5 seconds in all classrooms.
But it's the availability of weConnect 1.2 as a SaaS (or in this case AVaaS) subscription-based model enabled by the web-based Barco Digital Engagement Platform that stands out as a key feature.
It serves as a digital collaborative portal, allowing partners and customers to manage subscriptions in an easy and efficient way. Schools can add users and functionality through the cloud, while dealers still get rewarded by Barco for the relationship and sale.
Currently weConnect can be specified and ordered in 4 configurations-- Collaboration Rooms, Classrooms, Lecture Halls and Interactive Huddle Spaces. Customers can specify and design all via the Digital Engagement Platform, with flexible configuration options including automatic reconfiguration, overflow rooms and room role options.
A final addition is single sign-in complete with custom university URL, all using the physical infrastructure of the existing network.
