Mandhu College created a virtual campus based on TrueConf Server to digitalize the educational process. With the video collaboration platform, the college conducts lectures, online classes, webinars, and workshops, unifying students from all over the Maldives.
Established in 1998, Mandhu College is renowned for its efforts in providing educational opportunities to students who are unable to attend classes in person, thereby expanding its role in the Maldives’ private higher education sector. Over the past decade, the founder of Mandhu College recognized the need for a reliable online learning platform due to accelerated digitalization and the growing demand for flexible degree options. However, cloud solutions were incapable of delivering high-quality video content, since not all students and teachers had a durable internet connection to engage in online classes and meetings.
Due to geographical features and the necessity to control traffic, the college opted to build an on-premises e-learning platform. After testing various video conferencing solutions, the IT specialists at the college made their choice on TrueConf Server that ensured complete autonomy and independence from external service providers, as well as eliminated the possibility of blocks or cyber attacks.
During the remote learning, both teachers and students use personal devices, namely PCs and smartphones, with the installed TrueConf client apps for all popular OS. Additionally, video conferences can be joined via a browser, which is convenient for meetings, webinars, and workshops organized in collaboration with other universities.
Students often have to attend lectures and classes while being at home. Thanks to TrueConf AI features for background replacing, enhancing privacy, and eliminating external sounds and noise in just two clicks, participating in the learning process from improvised workspaces became much more user-friendly. Moreover, the platform includes AI technology for face tracking that automatically places the user at the center of the frame to create a flawless layout. In the event of technical or common issues during online classes, the intelligent assistant swiftly offers guidance, allowing students to continue their learning experience without any interruptions.
For comprehensive remote interaction, TrueConf Server includes collaboration features like slideshow, remote desktop control, as well as annotations over the shared content. The platform offers an address book where students are organised into groups, making it easier to schedule video conferences for specific users. Besides, any online class can be recorded for reviewing the lesson content later.
To facilitate coordination and communication in both group and individual chats, an integrated messenger is used to share announcements, documents, and other files. Furthermore, any chat can be easily escalated into a video conference, which is convenient for educational purposes.
Along with the traditional video conferencing modes like All on screen and Moderated role-based, TrueConf provides a Video lecture mode perfect for sessions where the teacher delivers new material without needing active student participation. There is also a Smart meeting mode that facilitates discussions without manual control, automatically highlighting speakers as they take the podium.
With waiting rooms, teachers are able to manage virtual classes making all conferences private by controlling when students can join the meeting, or by using them as a staging area where participants can wait until it’s their turn to present or join the discussion.
“One of the key objectives of the college was to digitalize the learning process, and we finally managed to launch a virtual campus of Mandhu College with the help of TrueConf. Implemented in the local network, it meets all of our requirements and offers reliable video conferencing and team messaging capabilities for our online classes, since the students are located all over the Maldives and can now seamlessly be a part of the distant learning process,” says Muhamed Mufaris, Head of IT Department.
With TrueConf Server, Mandhu College formed a virtual studying platform for hundreds of students across 200 islands. TrueConf platform facilitates remote and hybrid learning for students, online events, and webinars, and enables asynchronous communication among teachers through a built-in messenger.
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TrueConf equips desktops, mobiles, and meeting rooms with award-winning video collaboration capabilities and provides businesses worldwide with exceptional meeting experiences. TrueConf apps and solutions are easy to use and are fully compatible with legacy SIP/H.323 equipment, enabling customers to save money on infrastructure while still utilizing state-of-the art technologies such as scalable video coding (SVC) and intelligent stream manipulation.
