The Jisc Vscene videoconferencing service will be evolving over the coming year with help from our new strategic partner, Ajenta. With this new partnership, there will be improved focus on enhancing the teaching and learning experience. In this workshop you can discover how, through VScene, students learn through virtual classrooms, e-learning and MOOCS as well as enhanced interoperability with desktop applications and mobile devices. Teaching and learning has been enhanced for a community of 1200 physicists, academics, research staff and postgraduate students, whilst significantly reducing their annual teaching and collaboration overheads. How? By effective use of VScene.

1. An evolution ofVscene
Tim Boundy, Jisc
JohnWilson, Ajenta
Dr Christian Killow, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)

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1. History of JanetVideoconferencing toVscene
2. Major features (and the new browser interface)
3. New aims forVscene
4. Divestment or partnership
5. Vscene and the Jisc subscription
6. The next 12 months
7. Introducing Ajenta
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JVCS /Vscene 1994 to 2017
> Janet / Jisc service
> Developed and managed by Janet
> Delivered and supported by Edinburgh University
> Used by HE, Schools, Local authorities, FE, Content providers
> The most heavily used NREN videoconferencing service
> No charge to Jisc subscribers or schools (DfE funding)
> Re-launched asVscene in July 2014
> 60,000 conferences per year
> 1 Million conferencing hours reached – October 2005
> 10 Million conferencing hours reached – January 2015
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Who is usingVscene…
RegisteredVC systems by Sector (December 2016 ,Total 3230)
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Higher education, 2013, 62%
Schools, 571, 18%
Content providers, 46, 1%
Public sector, 190, 6%
NHS, 11, 0%
Further education, 182, 6%
Research council, 209, 6%
Commercial, 43, 1%

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…and what are they doing with it?
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Lecture, 7%
Tutorial, 12%
Teaching, 14%
Research, 3%
Admin/Management meeting, 42%
Event participation, 2%
Training event/Demo, 2%
Interview, 2%
QA tests, 7%
System testing, 9%

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Content providers
> Cosford RAF Museum
> Killhope Lead Mine
> Beamish Open Air Museum
> Education Direct
> Wolverhampton Art Gallery
> National Museums of Liverpool
> V&A -Theatre Museum
> The Deep
> National Coal Mining Museum
> BovingtonTank Museum
> Chiltern Open Air Museum
> National Football Museum
> Holocaust Centre
> Chambers of Justice
> MB Learning Solutions
> National Space Centre
> HMTower of London & RoyalArmouries
> London Symphony Orchestra
> TheWordsworthTrust
> The Beacon Museum,Whitehaven
> HelmshoreTextiles Museum
> Lancashire Conservation
> Judge’s Lodgings
> Virtually University
> National Archives
> National Maritime Museum
> National Portrait Gallery
> Natural History Museum
> Global Leap
> BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
> Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
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Vscene features
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Vscene features
> Scheduled conferences (lecture series)
> Virtual rooms (ad hoc meetings)
> Recording and streaming
> Join by RoomVC system, browser or
phone
> Live control panel
> Invite guests
> Live operators inVscene support centre
> Management by local admins
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New Aims forVscene 2016
1. Reduce costs or generate income
2. Produce a product to compete commercially
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Divestment of a Jisc Service
> Jisc conducted a competitive dialogue “procurement” process
> Searching for a company willing to take on the costs, assets and opportunity of Vscene
> Looking for a longer term commercial partner
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> The service infrastructure
> Access to the existing base of users
> Rights to IP of theVscene website
> The option to charge for the service
> Endorsement (if it meets certain criteria)
Jisc provides
> Service support
> Responsibility for the infrastructure
> Ongoing development
> Route to market(s) and sales infrastructure
> Revenue share with Jisc
Commercial supplier to provide

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The next steps
March 2017 to March 2018
>Vscene is a Jisc service, include
for Jisc subscribed institutions
>Jisc funds the support service
(provided by Ajenta) for 12
months
>Ajenta develops betaVscene
2.0 and a commercial model
Phase 1 - Further development
March 2018 onwards
>Vscene no longer included
within the Jisc Subscription
>Fully Ajenta run service
charged to institutions
>Jisc endorsement
Phase 2 - Commercial product
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Take home messages
>For users, nothing changes this year (except the support number)
>All scheduled conferences will happen as planned
>Ajenta will invite institutions to joinVscene 2.0
>Charges will be introduced in March 2018
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Tim Boundy
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Evolution ofVscene
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jisc.ac.uk
Tim Boundy, Jisc
John Wilson, Ajenta
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Dr Christian Killow, Scottish Universities
PhysicsAlliance (SUPA)