InfoComm 2026: How Utah State Cut AV Costs with Zoom Rooms

How can universities deliver consistent learning experiences when students, faculty, and classrooms are spread across an entire state? At InfoComm 2026, UC Today’s Marcus Law speaks with Kevin Reeve, Academic Technology Officer at Utah State University, about how the institution uses Zoom Rooms to support distance education across 30 locations. Kevin explains why faculty demand helped drive the move to Zoom, how Canvas LTI improved adoption, and why access to tools like whiteboarding, chat, and AI Companion has created more interactive learning experiences for students. He also shares how Utah State University has reduced room deployment costs by 30 percent to 50 percent, why institutions should avoid overcomplicating AV design, and what comes next as the university explores self-healing classrooms. The conversation also looks at the wider InfoComm 2026 trend toward network-based AV, software-led infrastructure, and more proactive classroom support.