The utility and pervasiveness of personal computers, the internet and educational software are making audio visual technologies an integral part of the lesson and the prime tools for lesson development and their storage.

The focus here is to support improved learning outcomes for students with a broad range of abilities, without compromising ergonomic and occupational health and safety standards.

Any solution must be flexible, robust, secure and affordable. A comprehensive range of audiovisual equipment may be needed to support any course material that may be presented, as well as a range of teaching styles. Lighting and sound must be suitable for prolonged concentration and sustained attentiveness.

The key steps to success are:

• Ensuring your requirements are well defined - We'll help you to articulate your needs
• Fitting within your budget - Our Classroom Packages are great value & Financing may assist
• Ensuring you get a great installation
• Proper sales support and training

Audio Visual's primary purpose in the classroom is to ensure that lessons can be displayed and listened to - via projectors, screens, whiteboards and sound systems - and students can appropriately interact. Our AV Consultants work with you to ensure the key aspects of your AV requirements are defined and the appropriate set of products identified. These may include:

• Room layout and size, teacher and class configurations
• Display - Ambient light implications, types of presentation material for appropriate viewing and resolution, display size and aspect ratios, interface to PCs and Laptops, wired, wireless or networked connections, connectivity standards to players, installation issues - resulting in the specification of a projector & screen, LCD or plasma display or other solution
• Audio - The need for sound, its quality and zoning, and linking in to your Public Address systems
• Interaction & Collaboration through interactive boards, tablets, wireless keyboards and mice
• Integration with centralised content repositories - Digital Video Commander & Marcom Digital
• Other players including DVD, VCR, MP3, TV Receivers, etc
• Control and Operational Reliability considerations - including Ease of use, Security, managing Remotes, Control Panels, Racks, Help Desk Administration, etc
• Re-use of existing equipment
• Installation approach including OH&S
• Training needs.

These requirements are translated into a proposal that defines the AV template for your classrooms.

ECAV appreciates the budget priorities facing schools, and try to tune our proposals accordingly. We can advise where best to trim your requirements to get the best "bang for buck", or work with you to schedule equipment purchases and install effort to ensure that the basics are provided and the system can evolve.

We have also developed a number of classroom packages to suit a range of requirements and budgets.
These start from just $4,000 - so please contact us for details:

Basic classroom	Projector, pull-down screen, cabling, installation
Basic Interactive	Projector, interactive board, speakers, cabling, installation
Controlled classroom	Projector, motorised screen, wall controller, speakers, DVD/VCR combo, installation
Controlled interactive	Projector, interactive board, wall controller, speakers, DVD/VCR combo, installation

Alternatively, financing may allow your objectives to be achieved sooner than thought possible.

Additionally, your school may be eligible for funds from the Federal Government's "Investing in our Schools" program.

There is a lot to consider for a successful installation - aesthetics, building integrity, electrical, occupational health and safety, overall cost and impact on normal operations. There can be a lot of pressure to cut corners - We don't.

Once the proposal is accepted, a Project Manager is assigned to the installation. An internal "Scope of Work" document is prepared to ensure all technical and procedural aspects are covered before install work starts. This may require a visit from the project manager to undertake a Site Inspection. We work with your liaison person to schedule work either during or outside of school hours and term.

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ECAV is happy to help even if you're not installing; maybe all you need is some portable equipment or you just want to add to your existing environment.  We make purchasing easy:

1. Check out our extensive online product information
2. You can provide purchase orders, call us to order or even shop online
3. You are fully protected in case of equipment breakage or mal-function.

Training

ECAV provides training ranging from basic hand-over of equipment through to specific training on key technologies such as interactive whiteboard software.