Video & Collaboration Services

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Video & Collaboration Services is part of the Office of Academic Technology at the University of Florida.

Mission

The mission of Video & Collaboration Services is to provide video related systems, technical services, planning and consulting, in support of educational and research goals at the University of Florida. With a strong background in education and technology, we emphasize the appropriate application of new and existing technologies to the communication needs of faculty, staff, and students for use locally and at a distance.

Contact Video & Collaboration Services

To contact Video & Collaboration Services staff, please call (352) 392-2533 or e-mail video@ufl.edu. Our emergency cellphone number is (352) 246-3309. To request one of our services, please fill out our Service Request Form, at least two weeks prior to your event.

Services

Video & Collaboration Services provides technical consulting services in the area of video & collaboration systems at the rate of $50/hr. Please contact Video & Collaboration Services at (352) 392-2533 or e-mail video@ufl.edu for more information.

Transport of video over the UF campus network is provided by Network Services, which can be contacted at (352) 392-2061 or net-services@ufl.edu.

Staff

  • Dr. Fedro Zazueta, Director, Office of Academic Technology
  • Mark McCallister, Assistant Director, Office of Academic Technology
  • John Pankow, Coordinator & Senior Engineer
  • Don Loftus, Coordinator, Video Production
  • Gary Peck, Video Engineer
  • Brian Smith, Video Operations Supervisor
  • Patrick Pettus, IFAS Videoconferencing Coordinator
  • Suresh - Video Services Programmer
  • Jonathan - Video Services Technician
  • Mallory - Video Services Technician
  • Patrick - Video Services Technician
  • Christine - Video Services Technician
  • Ruwan - Video Services Technician