Process

First:

Contact your department's IT area, Technology Leadership Counsel (TLC) member or Distributed Staff Person (DSP). The signage infrastructure may already be set up and available for you.

Second: Location, Location, Location

A digital sign can range from a 12 inch display on a receptionists desk to a 12 foot multi-touch interactive video wall in a building lobby. In the first instance all you need is some agreed upon space on the counter and a power outlet. In the second you may need architectural design and a building permit. Please coordinate with your building manager and/or Campus Planning Design & Construction (CPDC) for an evaluation of your project. Learning Environments and Media Production (LEMP) will be willing to work with you to determine proper LCD screen sizes for your intended audience, recommend models and mounts and may even assist with installations.

Consulting Services are also available from our application vendor, FOUR WINDS INTERACTIVE. Please contact Roger Merrill email digisign@ot.syr.edu , he can put you in touch with our Academic Account Representative.

Third:

Working with your TLC or DSP representative:

Each department or area wishing to deploy digital signage must follow these guidelines:

User Management - Identify a person to be the Digital Signage Network Administrator (DSNA) this is the administrator role for the unit. This person will have access to the Content Manager application to create signs, templates and map and schedule content. This person does not need to be the Content Administrator (CA) or Content Producer (CP). The CA is typically the communications person for the group/area/department and authorizes what may be displayed on the associated digital signs. The CP could be the CA, or other staff, faculty or students requesting to have their content displayed on an unit's sign(s).

DSNA Responsibilities - Typically the DSNA is a DSP or other IT staff assigned to an unit has responsibilities as a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) administrator or works closely with one.

1. The AD Administrators may edit the "ADMIN" group membership using SUper. Membership provides access to the make changes within your unit's area of the Content Manager Desktop application.
  - "SU-<OU>-Digital Signage Admins" group members have full permission using Content Manager at the OU-Network Level, OU-Content Folder and OU-Templates, to create, delete, and schedule everything associated with a particular sign in their respective OU or Location.
2. Users may be added/removed to/from appropriate groups per request of the units DSNA/AD administrator supporting their particular area. Check with your units DSP or TLC member for any additional authorizations that may be necessary before permissions are granted. Training/overview is recommended prior to a new user being added to a group.
3. Membership in the "SU-<OU>-Digital Signage Admins" group also grants remote desktop access to the terminal server that runs the Content Manager Desktop application: IST-SMGMT-FWI.ad.syr.edu