McMichael 008

Summary

Located on the basement floor of McMichael, this room serves as a laboratory classroom with seating available for 18 students.

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Room Summary

Photo of the lab space showing cabinets, counter top, desks, workstation, table, chairs, and ceiling to floor conduit Photo of the space taken from the back of the room showing the instructor work area, white board, desks and chairs, and ceiling to floor mounted conduit photo of instructor station with desktop computer and crestron touch screen Photo of technology under instructor station

 

 

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Located on the basement floor of McMichael, this room serves as a laboratory classroom with seating available for 18 students. This classroom includes a projector system, touch panel, and 6 computers for student use.

How to Use Room: Base Level Operations

  1. Touch the screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 45 seconds to warm up.
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input (CMPTR, 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 bottom-left of the back side of the monitor.
  4. Login with your Elon username and password.
  5. Turn the system off by pressing the System Off button located on the top-right side of the touch screen control.
  6. To power the desktop computer off, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner and select "Shut Down" from the drop-down menu.

Available Technology

Below is a list of all the technology available in McMichael 008.

Equipment:

  1. Touch Screen Control 
    • Manufacturer - Crestron 
    • Model/Type - TPMC-9-B-T 
  2. Desktop Computer 
    • Manufacturer - Mac
    • Model/Type - iMac 
  3. Projector 
    • Manufacturer - NEC 
    • Model/Type - PA550W 
  4. Document Camera 
    • Manufacturer - WolfVision 
    • Model/Type - VZ-8Plus3

1.) Touch Screen Control (Crestron)

Photo of crestron control touch panel with computer tab active

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Touch the screen to turn on the system. The system will take 45 seconds to warm up.
  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
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    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
    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. To mute the screen image, press "Image Mute," located on the top-left of the touch screen.
  3. To turn the system off, press the System Off button located on the top-right of the touch screen control.

2.) Desktop Computer 

Photo of the iMac available for the students and the instructor.

Basic Operating Instructions

  1. Turn on computer by pressing the power button on bottom-right of the desktop monitor.
  2. Login with your Elon username and password.
  3. Touch the touch screen control to turn on the system. The system will take 45 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-left side 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 45 seconds to warm up.
  2. Use the touch screen control to select the desired input (CMPTR, DVD/VCR, TV, CD, DocCam, 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 installed at the instructor's station with power outlets, inputs, vga cable, network cable and hdmi cable identified by number

  • Installed in the top of the instructor work station is a cable cubby which provides inputs for 1.) Electrical, 2.) Composite for external devices, 3.) VGA, 4.) HDMI, 5.) Ethernet, and 6.) Audio for VGA.

Details

Details

Article ID: 77741
Created
Tue 5/7/19 12:09 PM
Modified
Wed 1/31/24 4:05 PM
Internal or External
External