Audience Microphones

In our video conferencing intensive spaces, in collaboration with the Schools that use these spaces, we have integrated microphone systems for audience participation.

Ceiling Microphones

Best Practices for Ceiling Microphones

Because they pick up the sound so effectively, here are a few recommendations when using these ceiling microphones.

Keep the Ceiling Mics muted unless the audience is engaged in a conversation that is meant to be included in the teleconference or recording.
When CeilingMics are in use, notify the people in the room that they are on and to keep sidebar conversations to a minimum as they will likely be recorded or transmitted to the far site of the teleconference (depending on how the system is being used).
- The new Ceiling Tile style microphone has an added indicator light to help with this. Red means the mic is muted, Green means the mic is unmuted.

Pendant Ceiling Microphones

Suspended from the ceiling strategically around a classroom, these Pendant Ceiling Microphones have been the standard microphone solution for classroom audiences up until the summer of 2019 and are still in use in many classrooms. With mute/unmute controls located at the instructor podium, these microphones provide good pickup of audience conversation speech during teleconferences as well as recorded classroom sessions if desired.

Image of standard Pendant Microphone used at VCU

Locations with Pendant Ceiling Microphones

MCV Campus

KMSB	VCU Health Sciences Research Building	Perkinson	Sadie Heath Cabaniss	Sanger Hall	Smith
104/105	200	3121	1013	B1-020	216
	204		2008j	1-044	224
				1-067
				2-020
				3-016
				6-032
				8-036

Monroe Park Campus

Harris Hall
5182

Ceiling Tile Style Microphone

New to VCU in 2019, these Ceiling Tile Style Microphones are very discrete, but provide excellent sound pick for a classroom audience participation response. The mute/unmute controls for Ceiling Microphones are located on the instructor podium.

Image of a Standard Ceiling Tile Style microphone in use at VCU

Locations with Ceiling Tile Style Microphones

MCV Campus

College of Health Professions
1000	3003
1003	3050
1013	4003
1050	5000
1075	6000
2003	6003
2019	8030

Push To Talk Student Microphones

Spaces with Push to Talk microphones provide one microphone for every two students. These microphones are muted by default but can be unmuted by pushing the button on the microphone itself. There are 2 basic styles available in the following Central Classrooms.

Note: The Push to Talk microphone capability was added by the School of Pharmacy and School of Nursing respectively.

MCV Campus

Smith 103
	This style of Microphone is available in Smith 103, School of Pharmacy.

Sadie Heath Cabaniss 1011
	This style of Push to Talk microphone is available in Sadie Heath Cabaniss, School of Nursing room 1011.