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Northern Alberta Institute of Technology expands campus digital signage system

September 16, 2009

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has announced that it is expanding its digital signage system using Capital Networks' Audience digital signage software. The school implemented digital signage with the intention of providing its students with up-to-the minute class scheduling information

The system included a network of LCD screens and a client-driven content message system deployed at various heavily trafficked locations throughout its main campus and two satellite campuses. The communication system has also physically grown from its original nine LCD displays to 13 campus locations.

NAIT is a post-secondary education learning center providing instruction to more than 84,400 students each year. With such a large number of courses and locations students would frequently have trouble locating their classes on time using the Web-based scheduling system previously used on campus. It used informational/wayfinding digital signage to solve this issue.

Carl Enright, director of the NAIT continuing education program, says because of its popularity, its original use has expanded from just class start times and locations to an all-purpose student communication system which includes news, scores, exam schedules and has become part of the NAIT Security Alert campus system.

"Prior to the IDS installation, our department handled many student complaints, primarily "Where is my classroom?" Now with this digital sign system in place, this year to date we only handled about six complaints, which is incredible," said Enright.