Audio/Visual Solutions, a team within the Office of Information Technology, provides support and maintenance, consultation, design, installation, and training for a variety of audio/visual resources. AVS supports technology in classrooms and conference rooms. AVS also supports digital signage across campus as well as the indoor and outdoor Emergency PA system. AVS serves as technical support for live events.
AVS Services
Along with supporting classroom technology, AVS offers a wide array of services.
- Consultation, design, maintenance and support of multimedia classrooms and conference rooms
- When requesting consultation and please allow 2 weeks for AVS to thoroughly research the best possible AV solution for your department’s needs. Some designs and consultations result in a quick turn- around, but due to the volume of requests we ask for the time to help serve your AV needs.
- Computer support for multimedia classrooms
- Individual or group workshops on use of multimedia systems
- Development of operation manuals for multimedia systems
- Development of systems for special display mediums with A/V controls
- Digital signage site surveys and installations
- Set-up and operation of PA and/or video projection systems for University-related events
- Short-term rental of some portable equipment
- To submit a request or a quote for a University related event or rental of portable equipment, please email avsolutions@ua.edu. Please do not email an individual staff member in Audio/Visual Solutions.
- For University related events and short-term rental of portable equipment, please request at least 7 weekdays before the date of event.
- Certain events may require additional work orders from other campus partners such as Logistics.
Report an Issue
To report an issue with a classroom, a digital sign, or part of the Indoor Emergency PA system:
- Use the classroom help phone (Dial 2) to reach the AVS help desk.
- Dial 205-348-3453 from any other phone.
- Email avsolutions@ua.edu
Standard Classroom Computers
Computers at instructor stations are equipped with software to help UA faculty succeed. Below is a list of some of the software installed in AVS-supported classrooms.
*To inquire about specific versions or to request software for your classroom, email avsolutions@ua.edu.
- Adobe Acrobat DC
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Premier Pro
- Adobe Audition
- ArcGIS Desktop
- Audacity
- AutoCAD
- Blackboard Collaborate
- Blue Jeans
- CHEMCAD Suite
- ChemDoodle
- ChemOffice Suite
- CodeBlocks
- Google Chrome
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- MATLAB
- Mercury
- MestReNova Lite
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Onenote
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Teams
- Minitab
- Mozilla Firefox
- NVivo
- Panopto
- R for Windows
- Revit
- RStudio
- Skype
- SOLIDWORKS
- Echo360 (Formerly TurningPoint)
- VLC media player
- Wacom Tablet
- Wolfram Mathematica
- Zoom