UG launches Zoom Rooms to enhance virtual classes

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Moments after the Zoom Rooms were commissioned at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus. From left: Director of the University of Guyana’s Tactical Online Services Unit (TOS), Malcolm Williams; University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor, Paloma Mohamed; the President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Allistair Routledge; University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) President, Jafar Gibbons; and Senior Advisor of the Public and Government Affairs (P&GA), Mathew Scharf. (University of Guyana photo)
Moments after the Zoom Rooms were commissioned at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus. From left: Director of the University of Guyana’s Tactical Online Services Unit (TOS), Malcolm Williams; University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor, Paloma Mohamed; the President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Allistair Routledge; University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) President, Jafar Gibbons; and Senior Advisor of the Public and Government Affairs (P&GA), Mathew Scharf. (University of Guyana photo)

The University of Guyana (UG) has launched 18 Zoom Rooms to enhance virtual classroom experiences for its students and staff. 

A brief ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the UG Centre for Information Technology (CIT) building, at the Turkeyen Campus, for the Zoom Rooms or technology rooms, which were developed as part of the Greater Guyana Initiative of the Stabroek Block co-venturers, ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC Limited.

The 18 Zoom Rooms, which cost approximately US$85,000, is anchored at the CIT and linked to the Tain Campus and will connect persons attached to the university with access to lectures and laboratories whether they are on the campuses or elsewhere.