Networked video services

Kan-ed facilitates a variety of video activities:

Classroom instruction - Kan-ed currently serves as part of a platform for classroom video instruction. As of late 2004, well over 100 connected Kan-ed members have used Kan-ed to teach several hundred classes.

Point-to-point videoconferencing - Point-to-point video conferences can be conducted using dedicated and/or desktop-based hardware and software.

Multipoint video conferencing and video-enhanced collaboration - Kan-ed is a superb platform for Internet-based, multipoint video conferencing no matter which IP technology is chosen by connected Kan-ed sites.

Kan-ed explicitly supports H.323 and operates a Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) for H.323 users who wish to include multiple participants in video conferences.

Point-to-multipoint broadcasting - Kan-ed is also an excellent platform over which to deliver multipoint video broadcasts emanating from any Kan-ed site.