GEN101 Quick Start to the AV Industry Online

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FREE! New to the AV industry? GEN101 Quick Start to the AV Industry Online gives you the basic understanding you need to get you started on the right foot! Download a copy of the student guide or manager's guide to keep as a reference. Three hours of content plus activities give you a great beginning! InfoComm wants you to have the basics...our gift to you!

Three hours of online content is supplemented by a student guide and manager's guide providing interactive exercises to reinforce learning. Download them and use them as references. Share them with your co-workers and new employees! Take a test drive – go to the InfoComm Academy Showroom...

Audience
GEN101 Quick Start to the AV Industry is for technicians, managers and support staff during their first six months of hire. This course provides an introduction to the AV industry to help personnel understand the context of their jobs and how the industry works. It is perfect for anyone wanting AV basics.

Course Content (see complete course outline PDF)

  • Chapter One: Industry Overview
    Examines industry segments, AV disciplines and professional relationships
  • Chapter Two: Visual Display in the Presentation Environment
    Identifies factors that affect a viewing environment and equipment historically associated with visual display
  • Chapter Three: Video in AV Applications
    Describes types of video signals and typical equipment
  • Chapter Four: Computer Data Display
    Explores fundamentals of a graphics adapter and typical display technologies   
  • Chapter Five: Audio in AV Applications
    Follows the path of an audio signal through a simple sound system
  • Chapter Six: Special Applications
    Illustrates the relationship of AV equipment in control systems, networked environments and videoconferencing

Suggested Study
None

Minimum Hardware, Software and Internet Connection Requirements
This course is composed of numerous Flash files. It will work best on a T-1 or T-3 line, DSL or cable modem. If you are using a 28.8 or 56.6k modem, loading some of the longer lessons could take as long at eight or nine minutes to download. Once the lesson is loaded, however, it will run without delay.

  • Windows 98 or higher with Pentium 200 MHz (or faster) processor
  • MAC PowerPC with OS 8 or greater
  • 32 MB (or more) RAM
  • video card set to display in thousands of colors at 800x600 (or greater) resolution
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater connection to the Internet through an Internet service provider (ISP) or any other means where you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser. It is also Netscape compatible.
  • Speakers, SVGA monitor, keyboard and mouse

Downloadable Guides
GEN101 Quick Start to the AV Industry comes with downloadable guides to help apply online learning to real-world contexts and build experience with audiovisual media. (Available as .ZIP archives)