Implement a cost-effective safety measure

Network cameras are increasingly being used in schools and other educational establishments for security surveillance and the remote monitoring of playground areas, corridors, halls and classrooms. In the diagram, you’ll see some examples of where cameras can be put to use in a typical campus setting.

Computer centers
Anywhere where expensive capital equipment is stored, or where research needs to be carried out under secure conditions, network cameras can be used for security surveillance purposes.

Public spaces
Students afraid of sexual or violent assault, especially at night, are comforted by the presence of network cameras in the campus’ public spaces. This includes external areas such as walkways between buildings as well as internal ones such as restaurants and school corridors.

Broadcasting
In an educational context, cameras can be used to capture the images of students practicing presentation or sporting techniques. These can later be reviewed over the network and used as a tool for improving performance.
Similarly, images of art shows, scientific experiments and so forth can be broadcasted for the benefit of others who do not have the opportunity to view them at first hand.

Creating unity
In cases where the different faculties of a university are separated by several miles, the broadcasting of video over the network can help overcome this sensation of separateness. Showing images of each site at a central location helps keep students and teachers aware of the existence of their counterparts in other faculties and increases their sense of belonging to a wider community.

Building management
On a campus covering a large area, it is time saving for a janitor to be able to check remotely whether all students and teachers have left a building before, for example, calling the cleaners in.
Canton School District (USA) and Guernsey College (UK) are two examples of educational institutions currently using Axis network video products for educational surveillance.

Reasons to choose Axis network video:

	Remote access to video from any location — so you can remotely monitor school property, reduce vandalism and cut refurbishment costs
	Use existing network infrastructure for low start-up and operating costs
	Flexible and scalable solutions based on open standards — cameras can e.g. be used to survey student/teacher activities during the day and school buildings at night
	Proven future-proof technology — securing your investment

Read more: A new look at school surveillance (pdf)