McEwen 214

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Room Summary

Photo of the classroom taken from the front of the space showing stationary student desks and a very red feature wall Photo of the classroom space taken from the back of the room showing the instructor station, exit, student desks, and a lowered projector screen

 

 

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Located on the second floor of McEwen, this room serves as a classroom with seating available for 34 people. This classroom includes a projector, a document camera, 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, TV, CD, DocCam, 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 214.

Equipment Manufacturer  Model/Type 
1.) Touch Screen Control  Crestron  TPMC-9-B-T 
2.) Desktop Computer  MAC Core 2 Duo 
3.) Projector  NEC  NP3250W 
4.) Document Camera  WolfVision  VZ-8Plus3

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 showing the initial screen with instructions to touch the screen to begin
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input.
    1. Computer inputs (VGA and HDMI) are built into the top of the work station.
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with computer tab active
    2. DVD/VCR can be played with the Toshiba player located in the middle of the equipment rack in the work station.
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with the DVD/VCR tab active
    3. TV can be played with the Toshiba player located in the middle of the equipment rack in the work station.
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with the TV tab active giving options to increase or decrease the channel
    4. CD can be played from the Dell CPU, insert into the CD tray (Dell CPU located on the top of the equipment rack in the work station).
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with the CD tab active
    5. Document camera can be viewed by selecting the "DocCam" tab on the touch screen control.
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with the Document Camera tab active
    6. Other devices can be connected via the AUX cord.
      Photo of crestron control touch panel with the AUX tab active
    7. 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 showing the image mute and unmute options as well as the ability to raise an lower the projector screen
  3. 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 showing the shutdown screen

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2.) Desktop Computer (MAC)

Photo of the iMac installed at the instructor's station

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Turn on the computer by pressing the power button on keyboard.
  2. Login with your Elon username and password.
  3. Touch the touch screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 30 seconds to warm up.
  4. Select Desktop from CMPTR to display the desktop on the projector screen.
  5. To power the system off, press the System Off button located on the top right of the touch screen control.
  6. 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 (NEC)

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 work station.
  3. Turn the system off by pressing the System Off button located on the top right of the touch screen control.

4.) Document Camera (WolfVision)

Photo of the document camera available at the instructor's station

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Select the document camera on the touch screen control.
  2. Document camera is ready for use.
  3. Adjustments to zoom or lamp use can be made on the touch screen control.
  4. To turn the system off, press the off button located on the top right of the touch screen control or select another input to use.

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 cable cubby with power outlets, inputs, audio cable, HDMI 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), Composite (2), VGA (3), HDMI (4), Ethernet (5), and Auxiliary (6).
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