Office of
Electronic Learning

Compressed Video

Compressed video, or video conferencing, is a two-way, fully interactive audiovisual delivery system by which the professor teaches the course from an on-campus classroom while students view, listen and speak to the instructor from a remote location. Unlike WWW courses, OV courses require that students attend class at a specified location at a scheduled class time. Nicholls currently sends/receives OV courses to/from the following locations:

• John Ehret High School
  (Marrero, La.)
• Booker T. Washington
  (New Orleans, La.)
• Young Memorial TC
  (Morgan City, La.)
• Louisiana State University
  (Baton Rouge, La.)

Compressed video courses can be offered to other universities and off-campus sites, which have video conferencing capabilities. In addition, some courses offered by other universities may be sent by compressed video to Nicholls students based on the availability of Nicholls video classrooms.

For more information on the location of compressed video sites around Louisiana, contact the Office of E-Learning.