Digital Signage/Electronic Boards

The Weizmann Institute’s digital signage system is an advanced platform for delivery of announcements, as well as cultural and scientific activity-related information, in the form of digital media (posters and videos). The platform is designed to encourage end-to-end collaboration among all Weizmann Institute communities, including scientific departments, education, administration and management, employees, students, visiting scientists, and other guests and visitors.

The system comprises electronic board infrastructure (namely large television screens) deployed throughout the campus, and online interfaces for control, management and updating of all platform components and published content.

Weizmann digital signage operates in a distributed manner, providing faculty and administrative departments with content publishing and e-board management autonomy.

Electronic boards are grouped as per faculty and departmental association and location, and may be updated by authorized department representatives.

Key Features

The digital signage platform offers the following features and capabilities:

  • Publishing of Weizmann Institute activities, including:
    • Scientific and education events.
    • Culture, campus and student happenings.
    • Administration announcements and other institute activities.
  • Departmental content publication and management autonomy:
    • Electronic boards are grouped as per faculty and departmental association. Both mass broadcasting of content to all Weizmann Institute groups and departments, and single-channel e-board delivery of content to specific target audiences are supported.
  • High information security via system authentication, and content submission and management by authorized departmental representatives only.
  • Online interfaces for system control, and for content publishing and management.

Campus-wide E-board Publishing

Content supported for publishing on electronic boards throughout the Institute campus includes:

  • Announcements of public scientific events, such as popular lectures, conferences, colloquia, etc.
  • Announcements of Weizmann Institute ceremonial events.
  • Videos and images of scientific visual material; to be published with captions comprising very brief scientific descriptions.

For content publishing on all WIS screens, please contact Keren Katzav of the Design, Photography and Printing branch.

Faculty/Departmental E-board Publishing

The digital signage/electronic board system is capable of allocating dedicated channels, enabling submission of departmental content for publishing over select faculty or departmental screens only.

To publish content on local departmental e-board channels, contact your faculty or departmental content manager.

Content/Media Publishing Specifications

General

  • Landscape resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, 72 dpi.

Posters

  • Supported image formats: Jpeg, PNG.
  • Display start: up to ten days prior to event.
  • Display screen time: up to 18 seconds.
  • Sequential poster display: as many as 3 posters, with a total display time of 18 seconds.

Video Clips

  • Supported formats: MP4, AVI, WMV.
  • Clip length: up to 30 seconds.
  • Size limits: not applicable.

Product Requests

Please contact Adriana Zeldov for any of the following:

  • New orders to establish digital signage screen area allocations.
  • Product usage extensions.
  • Departmental representative content update authorization requests.