Blinn College: Case Study Delivering an Inclusive Learning Experience with MXA710 Linear Array Microphone By Shure
Challenge: Like many learning institutions, Blinn College had to quickly adjust how its students studied during the Covid-19 pandemic. A hybrid learning model was the only way to ensure all students had the opportunity to access classes either from home or in the classroom. This required adding video conferencing systems to more than 250 classrooms across the college’s five campuses. Solution: Blinn College chose Shure’s MXA710 Linear Array Microphones as the standard across all 250+ rooms. These can be placed almost anywhere, and the college opted for ceiling-mounted systems 34
suspended along the ceiling tile grids, offering unobtrusive audio coverage across entire rooms. Benefit: With Shure’s solution implemented across all five campuses, the college can deliver an inclusive learning experience, whether students are joining from home via a collaboration platform or attending in-person.
The Story Challenge: like many learning institutions, Blinn College had to quickly adjust how its students studied during the Covid-19 pandemic. A hybrid learning model was the only way to ensure all students had the opportunity to access classes either from home or in the classroom. This required adding video conferencing systems to more than 250 classrooms across the college’s five campuses. Further, this hybrid learning model had to offer students at home the same audio experience as those in the classroom. As if enabling 250+ classrooms to reach any student at home wasn’t a big enough challenge, the new AV capabilities had to be up and running in just five weeks to be ready for the new fall semester. This challenging timeframe and project scope could only be met with a truly collaborative partnership between the college, the local AV system integrator Visionality, and Shure as the manufacturer of the AV solution. Solution: Blinn College chose Shure’s MXA710 Linear Array Microphones as the standard across all 250+ rooms. These can be placed almost anywhere, and the college opted for ceiling-mounted systems suspended along the ceiling tile grids, offering unobtrusive audio coverage across entire rooms. MXA710 includes proprietary
