Report Description
The Learning Space Inventory report displays information to determine the capabilities of instructional spaces at USF. Use this to determine if a specific room will meet the requirements for how you plan to offer your courses when students return to campus. There are two tabs: Learning Space Inventory - Summary and Details. This dashboard includes information from USF IT Classroom Technology, Facilities, and RMA.
Learning Space Inventory - Summary
Filters
Campus
The campus description associated with the campus code - consists of the following: HEALTH, SAR (Sarasota), STP (St. Petersburg), TPA (Tampa)
Building
3-letter building code.
Room Use
Descriptor for the use of the room, listed either as Dedicated or General Use.
COVID TEC Required
Amount of technology upgrades required in a room to support Flexible Hybrid instruction (a , using MS Teams to connect the room and online participants. enables interactivity between faculty and students, both in class and online.
Room Type
Space type such as Lab, Auditorium, Classroom.
Visualization
Count of Rooms by Building
Heat map visualization displaying the number of rooms by building
Report's default is set for room type of: auditorium, classroom, conference room. The count of rooms by building will reflect the filtered room type.
Capacity
The capacity total for all selected rooms/buildings.
Estimated COVID Capacity
Total capacity calculated - 28% of normal capacity. This is an estimate of the usable seats in the room with 6 foot distancing.
Count of Buildings
The number of buildings for the data selected.
Count of Rooms
The number of rooms for the report filters selected.
Instructor Source Pie Chart
The pie chart to display if a PC is available for the instructor to log into, for loading instructional content, and joining a Teams meeting.
Primary Display Pie Chart
A pie chart to show if a primary display is available, which is the primary content display in the room (typically, a projector or TV).
Instructor Camera Pie Chart
A pie chart to show if a camera is pointed at the instructor, and used as video input within the Teams meeting.
Instructor Mic Pie Chart
A pie chart to show if an audio input is available for the instructor, so they can be heard in the Teams meeting by people connected remotely.
Audience Mic Pie Chart
A pie chart to show if an audio input for the students is in the classroom, so they can be heard in the Teams meeting by people connected remotely.
Cost of Room Assistant
Cost of staffing a room assistant to provide instructional and/or facilities supports; calculated at $15,000/year (average GA annual compensation).
Room Assistant could be responsible for multiple functions, including:
- Instructional support - based on COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, approximately 25- 28% of current seat capacity will be available in the classroom. This support would enable the course to be offered twice (meeting a 50% face-to-face option).
and/or
- Facilities support - Duties include room sanitation, room setup, and ingress/egress logistics.
- Technology support - Duties would include troubleshooting any issues with technology in the room, including PC, display and audio systems, support of MS Teams for those in the room, as well as assisting remote participants where possible and acting as escalation point for IT.
Cost of Instructional Cam
The sum of costs for adding an instructional camera for selected rooms/buildings.
Audience Mic Cost
The sum of costs for adding an audience mic for selected rooms/buildings.
Details
Campus
The campus description associated with the campus code - consists of the following: HEALTH, SAR (Sarasota), STP (St. Petersburg), TPA (Tampa)
Building
3-letter building code.
Room Type
Space type such as Lab, Auditorium, Classroom.
Capacity
The capacity total for all selected rooms/buildings.
Estimated COVID Capacity
Total capacity calculated - 28% of normal capacity. This is an estimate of the usable seats in the room with 6 foot distancing.
Cost of Room Assistant
Cost of staffing a room assistant to provide instructional and/or facilities supports; calculated at $15,000/year (average GA annual compensation).
Room Assistant could be responsible for multiple functions, including:
- Instructional support - based on COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, approximately 25- 28% of current seat capacity will be available in the classroom. This support would enable the course to be offered twice (meeting a 50% face-to-face option).
and/or
- Facilities support - Duties include room sanitation, room setup, and ingress/egress logistics.
- Technology support - Duties would include troubleshooting any issues with technology in the room, including PC, display and audio systems, support of MS Teams for those in the room, as well as assisting remote participants where possible and acting as escalation point for IT.
Cost of Instructional Cam
The sum of costs for adding an instructional camera for selected rooms/buildings.
Instructor Mic
An audio input available for the instructor so they can be heard in the Teams meeting by people connected remotely.
Audience Mic
An audio input for the students is in the classroom so they can be heard in the Teams meeting by people connected remotely.
Instructor Source
The method the instructor connects to the primary display in the room.
COVID Tech requires a PC to be available for the instructor to log into, for loading instructional content, and joining a Teams meeting.
Primary Display
A primary display is the technology used to display content to the students during classtime (typically, a projector or TV).
COVID Tech requires there to be a primary display in the room.
Room Use
Descriptor for the use of the room, listed either as Dedicated or General Use.
Data Refreshed On
Data in this report is not live, but refreshed daily from an Excel spreadsheet stored in Box. The refresh is scheduled to occur at 7:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 5:00 pm in PowerBI.
Disclaimer
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