{"id":36178,"date":"2010-07-12T22:44:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T02:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=36178"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:42:42","slug":"digital-signage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/av\/digital-signage\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Signage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong>\u00a0Departments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>See\u00a0<a href=\"#Cost\">cost<\/a> details, below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See\u00a0<a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/appspace' class='btn btn-green btn-more'><span class=\"icon icon-lock\"><\/span>Login<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Digital Signage provides a modern, manageable way to deliver news, information, emergency alerts, and media to displays in common areas, entryways, lobbies, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Digital signage allows departments to display rich, engaging content to various audiences. By displaying content digitally, departments can reduce the time, cost, and environmental impact associated with traditional print media.<\/p>\n<p>Student organizations can submit content to be displayed in certain locations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/marcom\/warren\/\">using this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Publish content to a single display or group of displays quickly<\/li>\n<li>Display important or emergency announcements instantly<\/li>\n<li>Present multiple forms of content, including images, videos, and web pages<\/li>\n<li>Broadcast live events or streams<\/li>\n<li>Build dynamic content using information from weather providers, stocks, RSS, and more<\/li>\n<li>Interact with content using touch-enabled displays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>Digital Signage is a cloud hosted solution, for which Appspace promises 99.5% uptime. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.appspace.com\/\">Appspace Status<\/a> portal for current service status and past incidents.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Digital signage implementations can vary in scale. However, at minimum, the following is required:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A digital flat-panel display, or similar<\/li>\n<li>A digital signage player<\/li>\n<li>Power and wired networking connectivity<\/li>\n<li>A BU Login authorized to manage content<\/li>\n<li>Content to display<\/li>\n<li>A computer with a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.appspace.com\/appspace\/7.1\/getting-started\/supported-browsers\/\">browser supported by Appspace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"Cost\"><\/a>Cost<\/h2>\n<p>When implementing digital signage, costs will vary depending on the equipment required, installation, and implementation. Please submit a request for a consultation to discuss your department\u2019s digital signage needs.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\">Submit a request<\/a> for a consultation<\/li>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/av\/digital-signage\/training\/\">Appspace training materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/appspace\">Log in<\/a> to start managing your content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Signage provides a modern, manageable way to deliver news, information, emergency alerts, and media to displays in common areas, entryways, lobbies, and more&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1356,"featured_media":0,"parent":374,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36178"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148560,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36178\/revisions\/148560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}