Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Information Technology

Video Conferencing

The faculty has a network of 22 Polycom IP based videoconferencing units located within Victoria. The main purpose of these units is to facilitate teaching and learning at our various clinical locations and to provide a convenient and powerful means of communication where it is difficult for staff and students to meet face to face.

Site coordinators (booking a session)

The site coordinator may be able to assist you with room bookings and availability of facilities. Please contact the site coordinator directly.

Site Contact Phone Email
Parkville Alison Wise 8344 4683 mdhs-it@unimelb.edu.au
St. Vincent's Peter Tonoli 9288 2480 peterct@unimelb.edu.au
RCH Tracey Thiele 9345 4646 tthiele@unimelb.edu.au
Austin Gina Barri-Rewell 9496 5307 ginabr@unimelb.edu.au
Shepparton Scott Middleton 5823 4548 smid@unimelb.edu.au
RMH Sarah Wright 9342 7381 swr@unimelb.edu.au
Geelong Denise Towart 5226 7362 deniset@barwonhealth.org.au
Northern Gina Barri-Rewell 9496 5307 ginabr@unimelb.edu.au
Ballarat Rita Cousens 5332 3190 cousensr@unimelb.edu.au
Wangaratta Scott Middleton 5823 4548 smid@unimelb.edu.au
Footscray Alison Wise 8344 4683 mdhs-it@unimelb.edu.au

Videoconferencing help manuals

Below are some useful manuals
Name Link
Quick Startup Guide [PDF 49.7k]
Sanderson Room guide [PDF 67k]
Remote control [PDF 48k]
Hardware required [PDF 28k]
Polycom ViewStaion H.323 [PDF 5.4MB]

Equipment

Videoconference units

The University has standardised on using Polycom equipment and in the faculty we only have IP based conferencing.

Teaching aids

We use a variety of different teaching aids. The most common requirement is to transmit power-point presentations, which is done with Polycom Visual Concert PC software provided by Polycom. This enables easy PC sharing during the videoconference.

Software Description Link
VCPC This software is for PC's only and
will not work on Macintosh computers		 [Large file EXE 4.6MB]

 

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