Digital Signage

Centralized Digital Signage System Overview

• Cost effective, shared service solution with BCNET
• Centralized communication system
• Unified message and branding
• Campus-wide and departmental messaging
• Diverse and dynamic content (RSS, webpage, static images, live stream)
• Content scheduling
• Delivery of emergency alerts
• Minimum reliance on signage administrators
• Displays will be situated in high traffic areas
• Efficient and scalable system
• More effective and engaged audience
• Improve student experience

• Flat panel displays
• Content players
• Digital signage sw (CoolSign)
• Content development

• Delivers synchronous emergency messaging to all active signage endpoints across campus.
• Regroup (emergency mass notification system) push messages to all digital signage players via RSS Feed instantly.
• Safety & Emergency Management will post messages in Regroup in the event of an actual emergency, and will deactivate post manually.
• An Emergency Alert Channel will override regular content instantly and display a central emergency message when there is an update from the data source. When a message disabled in Regroup, the display will go back to regular channel.

• A dynamic content streaming external source that only requires a source URL to display Flash-based or HTML5 standard video.
• For multicast live stream source, in-house encoder is required.
• A preconfigured channel is used to display on screens and scheduled.

• Lobbies
• Lounges
• Hallways (Wayfinding)
• Information desks
• Cafés, cafeterias and food courts
• Elevator waiting areas