Since its launch in May 2004, the DV Academy has gone from strength to strength, filling 6 full days of training for videoconferencing users from some of the UK's biggest organisations.

The Academy was launched as a service to existing videoconferencing users, allowing them to learn how to handle faults and problems with the systems that have been installed within their site.

Prior to a session the schedule is planned and worked on by both the Academy co-ordinators and the trainees and therefore a timetable of sessions is drawn up that provides the necessary training, at the right level of difficulty.

Sessions run so far have varied from VC Best Practice to H.323 to Advanced Fault Finding. The training can cover not only videoconferencing, but also Projection systems, AMX and Interactive Whiteboards.

So far there has been a massive amount of interest in the Academy and previous graduates have been full of praise, not only for the training, but for the trainers too:

Attendee's comments
"I now have much more confidence when handling support issues, and feel more assured in my own judgment of faults." Said one of the graduates.

"The trainers were excellent, the rapport they had with each other really made the session much more enjoyable than training sessions tend to be.".

"I'd definitely recommend the Academy to others!"