The UMATS classrooms permit students at distant locations to engage in interactive courses with the capacity for full motion, real time two-way audio and video communication. Any number of distant sites may be linked in a broadcast mode, although interaction is limited to four sites at any time. All sites in the link see and hear the interaction, and the instructor can "engage" other sites during the session by prior arrangement. The peripheral equipment allows instructors to display graphics, computer files, and multimedia software, and playback or record video or audio materials.

For more information, contact Judy Groen at 410-777-2533 or e-mail jrgroen@aacc.edu.