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. They in turn may reference our technical documentation located on the university's Github site.

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 Poppulo, formerly Four Winds Interactive. Please contact Roger Merrill by emailing digisign@ot.syr.edu or use the form link below, 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 one or more individuals to be a Digital Signage Network Administrator (DSNA). These individuals 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 the unit's sign(s).

DSNA Responsibilities - Typically the DSNA is a DSP or other IT staff assigned in a unit and typically has additional technology services responsibilities.

• The AD Administrators can edit the "digital signage admins" group membership using SUper. Membership provides access to the make changes within your unit's area of the Content Manager Desktop application.
  • "SU--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.
• 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.
• Membership in the "SU--Digital Signage Admins" group also grants remote desktop access to the terminal server that runs the Content Manager Desktop application (see Accessing the Content Manager Desktop Application below).

Ready to Start?

Your SU technologist may access our technical documentation located on the university's Github site.

Getting Content on the SU Digital Signage Network

Learn more about Advertising Standards and make requests to have your content displayed on the ~200 Digital Signs around campus.

Sources and Relevant Links

Technology Leadership Counsel (TLC)

Distributed Staff Person (DSP)

Campus Planning Design & Construction CPDC