Smart Classroom

Solutions Guide

June 2022
 Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
CHALLENGES
TRENDS
SOLUTIONS
ADVANTAGES
SOLUTIONS IN ACTION

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Innovating Learning Spaces

Traditional classroom teaching is being

replaced by new and innovative teaching and
learning activities. Interactive educational
tools in smart classrooms are driving this
Advancing Digital
transformation, supported by a proliferation Education for the
of education technologies and propelled by Next Generation.
the demands of hybrid learning in the new
normal.

All indicators suggest massive growth: the

Global EdTech & Smart Classroom Market size
is expected to reach USD$99.5 billion in 2021,
and projected to grow at a CAGR of 19.34%
reaching USD$241.58 billion by 2026. 1
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Advancing Digital Education
for the Next Generation
Education has always been the engine for long-term
economic growth. It leads to greater productivity by
sparking interest in science and progress in the next
generation. And it is not only the classroom systems
themselves that present opportunities for digital
advancement.

By fully utilizing new technologies in education,

such as 5G, AI, and cloud computing, and
integrating them into course development and
education services platforms, we can help to ensure
a better, brighter future for everyone.
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Challenges
Seamless Device Integration
1 Solutions must integrate and work seamlessly with diverse Pro AV equipment,
multimedia devices, and control systems in existing classroom solutions

Accessibility & Collaboration

Develop accessible approaches to learning that focus on the student experience,
2 offering collaborative functions so interactivity can provide motivation and improve
learning outcomes

Scalability & Security

Solutions must be easily implementable yet scalable to meet sustainability
3 targets while also offering security against cyber threats as more education
services go online

Real-time Remote Learning

Must provide reliable AV content delivery for synchronous learning in real
4 time, and support content creation for remote learning as part of wider
education services delivery platforms1

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 Trends
Cloud Services Soar while AI
Chatbots become Standard
The cloud offers numerous options for higher
education that enables services to continue
and accelerate, even during a crisis. This has
spurred policies to factor in the establishment
of online education management platforms and
the production of online course content as core
strategic goals across the education industry. AI
chatbots are another technology trend that
many higher education institutions are scaling
and continuing to develop for future expanded
use based on their prevalence and popularity
with students during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1
Classrooms, Campuses are Being
Reimagined as Hybrid First
Hybrid classrooms that allow faculty to teach
students on campus and online at the same time
are predicted to encompass 25% of all core
teaching by 2025. Thus, more online content
creation spaces are needed and physical lab
spaces need to be virtualized. Campuses must
become adaptable to meet these optimizations.
To avoid hybrid fatigue, though, the key for
education providers is to balance hybrid learning
setups with new forms of live or asynchronous
learning and content delivery methods. This
presents many opportunities for smart classroom
solution providers.2
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Large-screen, Multi-view Displays,
Bidirectional Video Now Essential
As interactive multimedia classrooms become
more popular, there is an increase in the kinds
of devices being used in the classroom. More
content needs to be displayed, and this will
see both more displays in total and also an
increase in the ways that displays are utilized.
For example, multi-view options are becoming
increasingly necessary. Furthermore, with
livestreaming and broadcasting becoming
essential elements of the hybrid classroom,
especially in PBL scenarios, video signal
transmissions need to be bidirectional for fully
interactive learning.
 ATEN Solutions

Scalable Interactive Classrooms

1 ProAV over IP Solutions for Scalable Interactive
Classrooms
PBL Classrooms
2 ProAV Matrix & HDBT Extender Solutions for
PBL Classrooms
Hybrid Interactive Classrooms
3 Presentation & Peripheral Switch Solutions for
Hybrid Interactive Classrooms

Broadcast Classrooms
4 Content Creation & Livestreaming Solutions for
Broadcast Classrooms

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 Scalable Interactive Classrooms
ProAV over IP Solutions for
1 Scalable Interactive Classrooms

Bidirectional AV & USB over IP signal

transmission
Operation sharing and process insight
capabilities
High flexibility for scalable expansion

Suggested Products:

Networked AV Network Switches

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 PBL Classrooms
ProAV Matrix & HDBT Extender
2 Solutions for PBL Classrooms

Bidirectional video signal transmission for

group learning
Camera integration and multi-view array
capabilities
Multiple multimedia source device integration

Suggested Products:
Video Matrix
Video Extenders
Switches

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 Hybrid Interactive Classrooms
Presentation & Peripheral Switch
3 Solutions for Hybrid Interactive
Classrooms
Multiple displays to support interactive
distance learning
Multiple computer switching capabilities and
USB support
Tracking camera, ceiling mic integration

Suggested Products:
Presentation
Peripheral Switches
Switches

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 Broadcast Classrooms
Content Creation & Livestreaming
4 Solutions for Broadcast Classrooms

Simple, operation for multi-camera live

broadcasts
Support for livestream content annotation on
touchscreen
Fully customizable teaching output / content
creation

Suggested Products:

Content Creation Control System

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 ATEN Advantages

Pro AV & Presentation Solutions for
Easy Integration into Educational Spaces
ATEN’s smart classroom solutions provide the
simplicity, video quality, and compatibility that systems
integrators need to effectively utilize them as
complete in-room solutions or integrate them into
larger digital education systems.
BYOD Collaboration and Interactive
Learning for Increased Engagement
ATEN solutions provide remote collaboration and
interactive learning functions via in-room BYOD and
interactive whiteboard functions as well as over-the-
campus intranet to provide immediate insight into
learning processes.
Pro-level Livestreaming for Fully
Realized Hybrid & Remote Learning
ATEN solutions offer the means to transition classes
online with dynamic effects and two-camera switching
to allow for detailed educational content to be
livestreamed to any platform to students located
anywhere.

Intuitive Control, Ease-of-use, Commitment to Flexible, Easy-to-

Multimedia Device Support
ATEN solutions allow anyone to effectively use
education Pro AV equipment without a learning curve,
saving precious time in any learning environment,
while multiple inputs and outputs are supported in the
highest resolutions across all multimedia devices.
Implement Education Solutions
As an education solutions provider, ATEN understands
that new tech always brings a new set of challenges,
so our smart classroom solutions are flexible and
scalable for a wide range of scenarios that are focused
on keeping students engaged.

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ATEN Solutions in Action
Multimedia Classroom for Industry-focused
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Vocational High School
Livestreaming Multi-input Classroom
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Presentations for Hybrid Learning
Interactive 4K Learning for Professional Coding
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Classroom in a Museum Learning Space
Multiple Intelligent Classrooms for Interactive
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Course Development, Production & Sharing
Presentation System and Control Room for PBL
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Classrooms in a Medical University

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 Media Classroom

1 Multimedia Classroom for an Industry-focused

Vocational High School

A vocational high school that collaborates with

industry and further education institutes wanted to
upgrade its classrooms to provide students with a
more convenient learning environment when utilizing
educational resources. Their multimedia classrooms
needed to provide one display to be shared between
every two students so that each can watch lecture
content clearly. Further main requirements for the
multimedia classrooms were to improve teaching
content accessibility, integrate interactive whiteboards
to support joint focus in collaborative learning, and to
be BYOD-enabled so teaching assistants and visiting
instructors could connect their own laptops.
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 Media Classroom
Challenges
 Must integrate smoothly with SI’s proprietary
control system that is used in many schools in
the region
 Deliver continuous video streams and stable
transmission from a variety of Full HD HDMI
input devices
 Must support co-learning via electronic
whiteboard for insight into the learning
process
 Must provide BYOD functionality for teachers
and visiting instructors
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The ATEN Solution
Provides core media distribution and stable
signals to the integrator control system in each
classroom while enhancing video streams with
ATEN Seamless Switch™ technology. Each
student is able to view lecture content clearly
on an independent display while the projector
and student’s own monitor can show content
from a variety of in-classroom presentation
sources via HDBaseTTM splitters. Larger
classrooms are equipped with higher port-
count Video Matrix Switch models; audio de-
embedding is provided by VC880.
 Media Classroom - Products

VS1818T
VC880
VE801R
VM5808H VS1818T VC880
8-Port HDMI HDBaseT Splitter (HDBaseT HDMI Repeater Plus Audio De-embedder
Class A)

VE801R VM5808H
HDMI HDBaseT-Lite Receiver (4K@40m) 8 x 8 HDMI Matrix Switch with Scaler
(HDBaseT Class B)

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 Media Classroom - Solution Diagram

VS1818T
VC880
VE801R
VM5808H

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 Livestreaming Classroom

2 Livestreaming Multi-input Classroom

Presentations for Hybrid Learning

An adult education college that offers business-related

classes for professionals was looking to boost the
efficiency and impact of its teaching presentations
with a solution that provided multi-format connectivity
as well as remote teaching functionality when required.
The solution needed to be conveniently controlled, to
incorporate a variety of legacy and modern AV
interfaces, to support 4K projectors and displays in-
class, and also to allow highly detailed content to be
livestreamed to professionals at home or work for
synchronous learning. They also required an option to
save the presentation content for their online teaching
archives.
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 Livestreaming Classroom
Challenges
 Control switching of a variety of sources
from an easily accessible area
 Support projectors and displays located at
up to 140 feet away from source devices
 Teaching presentation content needs to be
both livestreamed and looped out in-class
 Support for microphone input and
flexibility to mix with other audio sources
during livestreamed lessons
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The ATEN Solution
The ATEN VP1421 supports long-distance signal
transmission via HDBaseTTM, embeds/de-embeds
audio as required, and allows for the switching of
sources in-class directly via a contact closure
remote pad. The UC9020 captures, edits, streams,
and switches between the teaching presentation
content and the in-class camera, and combines
these two input sources into a livestream
controlled via an iPad. This can be streamed to two
platforms at once or recorded as a session to a
local USB drive.
 Livestreaming Classroom - Products

VE2812AEUT
VPK104
VP1421
UC9020 VE2812AEUT VPK104
VE802R HDMI & VGA HDBaseT Transmitter with EU 4-Key Contact Closure Remote Pad
Wall Plate / PoH (4K@100m) (HDBaseT
Class A)

VP1421 UC9020 VE802R

4 x 2 True 4K Presentation Matrix Switch StreamLive™ HD All-in-one Multi-channel HDMI HDBaseT-Lite Receiver with POH
with Scaling, DSP, and HDBaseT-Lite AV Mixer (4K@40m) (HDBaseT Class B)

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 Livestreaming Classroom - Solution Diagram

VE2812AEUT
VPK104
VP1421
UC9020
VE802R

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 Coding Classroom

3 Interactive 4K Learning for Professional Coding

Classroom in Museum Learning Space

To meet a growing need to teach coding classes for

professionals, and to bring computing out of the lab
and into more informal learning spaces, a museum of
science and industry was setting up new computer
science classrooms for adults. Each coding classroom is
equipped with 30 student stations, all with PCs, an
instruction area with three interactive smart panels,
and a small control room with racks and space for an
operator. The museum intends to add more
classrooms in the future and wants the option for
more PCs, video conference systems, and VR devices.

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 Coding Classroom
Challenges
 Each classroom requires 30 student
stations equipped with PCs and three 4K
smart panels for teaching
 There is a limited amount of power
outlets available in the classrooms so PoE
is required
 USB control channel is necessary for 4K
smart panel compatibility and operations
 Must align with the museum’s plans for
future expansion and be highly flexible
and scalable
The ATEN Solution
The solution offers bi-directional content and display
transmission between the instructor and the
students, allowing students to focus fully on content,
to share work results, and discuss collaboratively
with the instructor. With USB functionality, students
can share content on the main screen while the
instructor can simultaneously operate the students’
computer via touch input on the smart panel. The
system is built on standard network architecture and
offers high expansion flexibility for current use and
for adding extra devices in the future.
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 Coding Classroom - Products

VE8952R
VE8952T
ES0152P
VE8952R VE8952T
VK2100 4K HDMI over IP Receiver with PoE 4K HDMI over IP Transmitter with PoE

ES0152P VK2100
52-Port GbE PoE Managed Switch ATEN Control System - Control Box

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 Coding Classroom - Solution Diagram

VE8952R
VE8952T
ES0152P
VK2100

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 Hybrid Interactive Classroom

4 Multiple Intelligent Classrooms for Interactive

Course Development, Production & Sharing

In order to facilitate interactive course sharing among

campuses, a higher education establishment was
looking to install a variety of intelligent classrooms
throughout a building with 5 floors that networked
with their education recording and broadcasting
system. There are a total of 40 classrooms, each with a
capacity for 60-70 students, including intelligent
classrooms for science research, and interactive
classrooms equipped with a high-resolution recording
system for recording lecture content for post
production. Other intelligent classrooms utilize an
interactive education system comprised of laser
projector, e-white boards, and magnetic white boards.
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 Hybrid Interactive Classroom
Challenges
 Facilitate research and discussion via a range
of intelligent classrooms, each tailored to
specific requirements
 Distribute HDMI signals for multiple touch
screens, e-whiteboards, magnetic
whiteboards, and laser projectors
 Output a wide variety of in-class education
technology video signals to a network across
five floors and 40 classrooms
 Must merge with larger digital education
network for interactive course sharing
between campuses
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The ATEN Solution
The intelligent classroom technology is
customized based on the needs of different
disciplines, so an ATEN VM5808H in each
classroom provides close-to-zero second
switching between a wide variety of HDMI
source devices and interactive displays. It
functions as the core in-classroom AV
distribution system that merges into the
system integrator’s larger networked system
and the education resources management
platform. The in-classroom devices are
controlled by the ATEN Control System via an
intuitive interface.
 Hybrid Interactive Classroom – Products & Solution Diagram

VM5808H
VK2100

VM5808H
8 x 8 HDMI Matrix Switch with Scaler

VK2100
ATEN Control System - Control Box 27
 PBL Classroom

5 Presentation System and Control Room for PBL

Classrooms in a Medical University

A medical university was establishing a brand-new,

state-of-the-art building for the purposes of medical
research into biotechnology and artificial intelligence
in partnership with a government innovation project.
The new building needed a solution for 15 PBL
classrooms for students to study and take exams that
allowed teachers to interact with students in the
classroom as well as to observe the classrooms from
the PBL monitoring control room. The solution needed
to integrate with both the system integrator’s
components as well as the NVR system to provide the
highest quality signal displays.

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 PBL Classroom
Challenges
 4K presentation transmission system for 15
PBL classrooms for medical research students
 Integrate and control presentation content,
camera, and mic input with NVR servers for
observation of the problem-solving process
 The hardware devices in the classroom need
to be managed remotely
 Instructors need to view the presentation
source signal and the camera source
simultaneously
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The ATEN Solution
The ATEN presentation solution integrates with
the touch panel, teacher’s PC, and the
presentation preview monitor via the system
integrator’s in-classroom control system. Using
the ATEN control system on an iPad in the
classroom, and in the PBL monitoring room,
instructors can view the activity in each of the
classrooms at the same time with the VP1920’s
PiP/PoP support to see the camera feed, and
also control the devices in the classroom
remotely.
 PBL Classroom - Products

VK2200
VP1920
VC881
VK2200 VP1920
VK224 ATEN Control System - Control Box Gen. 2 9 x 2 4K Presentation Matrix Switch
with Dual LAN

VC881 VK224
4K HDMI/DVI to HDMI Converter with 4-Port Serial Expansion Box
Audio De-embedder

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 PBL Classroom - Solution Diagram

VK2200
VP1920
VC881
VK224

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