Interactive Video System (IVS)

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Colorado Mountain College provides interactive video instruction at seven locations throughout the college district. Inaugurated in January 1996, the Interactive Video System (IVS) links students and teachers together as one class in rooms that are sometimes over 100 miles apart. The system not only allows students to take classes closer to home, it also gives them more choices toward fulfilling their degree. Classes which might have been canceled at one location due to low enrollment are now offered because students are registered from several sites. The IVS network also enables CMC to deliver more upper-level courses and degree requirements to widely dispersed students.

IVS has been used by other colleges and universities, such as Metro State and Western State, to bring baccalaureate and master's programs to the region.

How Does An IVS Class Work?

IVS (Interactive Video System) courses are fully interactive college credit courses delivered via live, real-time television. Visit an IVS class. (Large Movie File - 2.6 mb, Small Movie File .8 mb--it will take several minutes to download. Requires Quicktime. ) Or, visit via a roatating image. The courses are instructed by CMC faculty in actual classrooms just like any other college site-based course, and are broadcast live over the college's video network. Each location has video cameras, sound systems, monitors, and support equipment. This allows the instructor to see and hear students at any location while allowing students at any location to see and hear the instructor in real-time. Students at a distance from the instructor can fully participate in the class as if all were in the same location. Additionally, everyone can see demonstrations, share documents, graphics, three-dimensional objects, and other instructional materials over the system.

The IVS classroom is set up with cameras and microphones so that students at other locations can see and hear everything that is going on. The instructor controls which camera is in use at the originating site including a document camera that sits on the desk that can be used to view books or handouts. This class is the lab session of Chemistry 111, and the instructor shown here is retired professor Peter Jeschofnig.

Which CMC Locations Offer IVS Courses?

Students attend classes at any one of 7 locations on the network that are offering IVS courses. These college sites are Aspen, Breckenridge, Edwards, Leadville, Rifle, Spring Valley, and Steamboat Springs.

How Will I Get The Course Materials/Textbook?

Students enrolled in distance learning courses will be responsible for acquiring the required text on their own. When students pick up a syllabus it will have book information attached. IVS course books are purchased through MBS Direct. Students will place orders directly through MBS Direct by internet, phone, fax, or mail. For more complete information, and ordering instructions, go here.

Who Can I Contact For More Info?
For more information about IVS courses contact: Daryl Yarrow