Distance Education・Conference support

ITC provides video conference system that allow you to hold conferences or carry out lectures with remote locations. We also offer MCUs (Multipoint Control Units – multipoint connection support service for video conference system).

Distance Education Room

We offer a distance education room in the university where the video conference system can be used. You can give lectures, talks and research meetings linked with other off-campus sites via the Internet.However, please note that the rooms cannot be used for events society meetings that collect participation fees.

[Notice]
The 102 Remote Lecture Room on the 1st floor of the Information Technology Center at the Asano Campus is scheduled to be put into service in early FY2023 due to renovation.

The E49 Remote Lecture Room at Komaba Campus is scheduled to be renovated in the latter half of FY2023; if you wish to use the room after October 2023, please contact us in advance via the email listed on the contact page.

Areas	Hongo	Komaba
Location	1F #102 Information Technology Center Asano Campus	4F #E49 Information Technology Center Komaba I Campus
Available Hours	Weekdays 8:30-18:20	Weekdays 9:00-18:00 (If you would like to use this service after 6pm weekday, please ask us.)
Opening Hours for Support	Weekday 9:00-12:00 13:00-17:00	Weekday 9:00-12:00 13:00-17:00
Seating Capacity	70 (seats)	70 (seats)
Video Conference System	Polycom RealPresence Group 700	Polycom RealPresence Group 700
Others Equipment	Projector ×2Infrared wireless microphone Ceiling camera（HD) Document camera Input PC connection (own PC required) DVD/Blu-ray Input LAN connection(UTokyo WiFi)	Projector ×2Infrared wireless microphone Polycom Camera（HD)×2 Document camera Input PC connection (own PC required) DVD/Blu-ray Input AV External Input LAN Connection(UTokyo WiFi)
Apply for use	Please check the availability of the Distance Education Rooms on campus that you would like to use in advance by using the calendar displayed below. Then please fill in the application form and submit it by 17:00 of at least two business days (not counting Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) before the date of use. (To apply, you will be required to log in using your UTokyo Account.)
Help Desks	Please come to the help desk when you use this service. 1st floor of the Information Technology Center	Please come to the help desk when you use this service. 1st floor of the Information Education Bldg.

[Current availability of the Distance Education Rooms]

※We do not supply PCs, so academic and faculty staff must bring their own PC.
※We no longer rent out video conference systems.

Using the MCU (Multipoint Control Units)

We provide a service which allows use of MCUs (Multipoint Control Unites). Using a MCU will make it possible to participate in a multipoint conference even if you are using a video conference system which does not have a multipoint connection function.

Main functions and notes for MCU (Polycom RMX 1500)

Maximum number of connections: 15 locations
（The maximum number of connections may be reduced depending on the connected models.）
This is a system which specifies a conference number for the connection.
（Prior notification of IP address is not necessary.）
Carrying out connection tests in advance are recommended.
It may not be possible to connect using some models, as well as some functions such as the send and receive of contents (PC screen etc.) may not be supported. Please check the connectivity and operation in advance.

Areas	Entire Campus
Available Hours	All day
Opening Hours for Support	Weekday 9:00-12:00 13:00-17:00
MCU	Polycom RMX 1500 Maximum number of connections: 15 locations ＊The maximum number of connections may be reduced depending on the connected models. Please see the following notes. Precautions for use of MCUs (currently available only in Japanese): MCU is not compatible with the H.320 protocol (ISDN).
Application for use	Please send the following application form to “Person in charge of distance education” at Hongo campus via e-mail () or internal mail by 5pm of at least two business days before day required. If applying by e-mail, the application form must be submitted using the file transfer service instead of attaching the application form to an e-mail.
Application form	Application for the Use of the Multiple Control Unit (MCU)

　The MCU service will end at the end of March, 2019.
　Please use the FaMCUs service provided by the National Institute of 
　Informatics (NII) after our service has ended.
　URL　https://famcus.nii.ac.jp/ (currently available only in Japanese)