McEwen 209

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Room Summary

Photo of the space taken from the back of the room showing the instructor's station, a lowered projection screen, the exit door, and tables in the center of the room with moveable chairs tucked under the table Photo of the space taken from the front of the classroom showing tables with moveable chairs in the center of the room, a print station, and iMacs along the wall of the room

 

 

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Located on the second floor of McEwen, this room serves as a computer classroom with seating available for 25 people. This classroom includes an overhead projector, a printer, a Xerox machine, and a touch panel controlling the entire room.

How to Use Room: Base Level Operations

  1. Touch the screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 30 seconds to warm up.
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input (Desktop, DVD, VCR, CD, and AUX).
    Laptop/Device inputs are built into the top of the work station.
  3. Turn on the computer by pressing the power button on the top right of the CPU (located on the top of the equipment rack).
    The desktop computer in the room is the default computer.
  4. Turn on the computer monitor by pressing the power button on the bottom right side of the computer monitor.
  5. Login with your Elon username and password.
  6. Turn the system off by pressing the System Off button located on the top right side of the touch screen control.
  7. To power the desktop computer off, click the Shut Down button (click the Windows button on the bottom left side of the desktop, the Shut Down button is located to the right of the display window). 

Available Technology

Below is a list of all the technology available in McEwen 209.

Equipment Manufacturer  Model/Type 
1.) Touch Screen Control  Crestron  TPMC-9-B-T 
2.) Desktop Computer  MAC  MCE209-00 
3.) Projector  Canon WUX6000 
4.) Color Laser Printer  Canon ImageRUNNER 

1.) Touch Screen Control (Crestron)

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Touch the screen to turn on the system. The system will take 30 seconds to warm up.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the initial screen displaying instructions to touch the screen to begin
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input (Desktop, DVD, VCR, CD, and AUX).
  3. Press IMAGE MUTE, located on the top left to mute the screen image and adjust the height of the projector screen.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the image mute/unmute screen active
  4. To turn the system off, press the System Off button located on the top right of the touch screen control.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with shutdown screen active

Desktop Instructions

  1. Tap on the Desktop tab on the touch panel.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with computer tab active
  2. Turn on the Desktop computer and login with your Elon username and password.

VGA Instructions

  1. Tap on the VGA tab on the touch panel.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with computer tab active
  2. Plug in your device using the VGA cord (5) and the audio connection for VGA (3).
    Photo of the cable cubby with power outlets, inputs, audio cable, VGA cable, and network cable identified by number
  3. Ensure that your device is on.

DVD Instructions

  1. The DVD player is located in the cabinet beneath the computer.
  2. Insert your DVD into the player.
  3. Tap on the DVD tab on the touch panel.
  4. The touch panel will display DVD controller buttons.
  5. Use the buttons displayed to control the DVD player.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the dvd tab active

VCR Instructions

  1. The VCR player is located in the cabinet beneath the computer.
  2. Insert your VCR into the player.
  3. Tap on the VCR tab on the touch panel.
  4. The touch panel will display VCR controller buttons.
  5. Use the buttons displayed to control the VCR player.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the vcr tab active

CD Instructions

  1. The CDs can be played from the Dell CPU.
  2. Insert your CD into the player.
  3. Tap on the CD tab on the touch panel.
  4. The touch panel will display CD controller buttons.
  5. Use the buttons displayed to control the CD player.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the CD tab active

AUX Instructions

  1. Other devices can be connected via the composite input (4).
    Photo of the cable cubby with power outlets, inputs, audio cable, VGA cable, and network cable identified by number
  2. Tap on AUX tab on the control panel.
    Photo of crestron control touch panel with the aux tab active
  3. The touch panel will display the AUX device options.
    You need to bring your own connection for the alternative device that is going to be used.

2.) Desktop Computer (MAC)

Photo of the iMac computer available at the instructor's station

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Turn on computer by pressing the power button on the top left of the CPU (located at the top of the equipment rack).
  2. Turn on the computer monitor by pressing the power button on the bottom right side of both computer monitors.
  3. Login with your Elon username and password.
  4. Touch the touch screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 30 seconds to warm up.
  5. Select Desktop from CMPTR to display the desktop on the projector screen.
  6. To power the system off, press the System Off button located on the top right of the touch screen control.
  7. To power the desktop computer off, click the Shut Down button (click the Windows button on the bottom leftside of the desktop, the Shut Down button is located to the right of the display window).

3.) Projector (Canon)

Photo of the ceiling mounted projector

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Touch the touch screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 30 seconds to warm up.
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input (Desktop, DVD, VCR, CD, and AUX).
    Computer inputs are built into the table top of the instructor station.
  3. Turn the system off by pressing the System Off button located on the top right side of the touch screen control.

3.) Student Print Station (Color)

Basic Operating Instructions

Instructions for printing can be found here.

Web Camera

This room is equipped with an Avaya HC020 web camera to use with web conferencing. Please review the articles below for additional information.

Connect Classroom Technology to Zoom
Connect Classroom Technology to Microsoft Teams

Additional Room Features

Photo of the printer available in the space

  • Located in McEwen 209 is a printing station.

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Select HP_Printer_on_Pharos01.
  2. Send document to print.
  3. Enter Elon username.
  4. Swipe Phoenix card at the print station to print document.

Photo of the cable cubby with power outlets, inputs, audio cable, VGA cable, and network cable identified by number

  • Installed in the top of the instructor work station is a cable cubby which provides inputs for Electrical (1), Ethernet (2), Audio for VGA (3), Composite for external devices (4), and VGA (5).
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