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Smart Classroom

Equipment

Instructions For Use

 Which classrooms are Smart Classrooms?

 What Equipment does a Smart Classroom Have?

 Getting ready to use the equipment

 Logging onto Thiel network drives

 Starting the projector

 Selecting the players

 When you’ve finished

 Plugging in other devices (details)

 FAQs and Troubleshooting

Contents

The following 13 rooms are Smart

Classrooms

 AC-04, AC-13, AC-34

 AC-108, AC-129, AC-137

The Equipment is Basically the

Same in All Rooms

 A Podium with computer,

monitor, DVD player, VCR,

amplifier, extra jacks and

cables to attach other

equipment

 A multimedia projector

S-100 & S-200 have Additional

PC-100 has additional equipment

 wireless microphone

 a SmartBoard

Getting Ready to Use the

Equipment ….

Before Starting the Projector

If you have media (a CD, videotape or DVD)

to play or want to connect a camcorder:

Unlock the Cabinet

The KeysInsert with the cut side of the key facing DOWN

Connect Any Additional Equipment

The Power Jacks, Computer and Audio Cables

Are Here

You can connect a VCR or camcorder here

You can plug in a USB jump drive or other

device here

The Computer Should Be on;

 if you see the

Windows logo, the

computer is on…

It could be on

Even though the screen may look like this

Jiggle the Mouse, or Press the Caps Lock Keys

to Check

If the computer is turned on, the monitor should

light up…

or a green light will appear on the keyboard if

the Caps lock or Num lock is turned on…

If it has been turned off, turn it on here.

If You Want to Log on to Access your

Log on here as usual

Starting the Projector….

When the Desktop Screen Appears,

Double Click on the Projection Icon

In This Window,

Enter the Projection Log-in

User name:

 BLDG code in caps (no space) room #

 Academic Center: AC AC233

 Greenville Hall: GV GV109

 Science Wing: SC SC200

 Phillips Center: PC PC100

 Small letters

 No spaces

 xxxxxxxx

When This Screen Appears,

While the Projection Lamp Comes on

You will see PLEASE WAIT in the message area below the Start button

S-100 and S-200 Have Mechanical Screens

 The screen should

begin to descend

when you log onto the

projection system

Selecting Players….

When the Projector Is Ready, This Selection

Box Will Appear

Click on Your Choice

(the computer was chosen here)

When Using the Computer,

Click the Box to Minimize the

Projection Window

-Do not close it!

To Show a Video

Insert the Media Into the Drive

Select the Player

DVD Controls VCR Controls

And Use the Controls

DVD controls VCR Controls

To Adjust the Volume, Click Return

DVD controls VCR Controls

Adjust the Volume Here

Then Return to the Player Control Screen

You Can Alternate Between Any or All Players

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When you have finished….

If You Have Minimized the Projection Window,

Click on the Titles in the Bottom Toolbar to

Maximize Them

Click the Shut Down Button

Or If You Are in the Projection Control

Screen,

Click on the Projector Off Button

Wait

While the Message box says

COOL DOWN PERIOD

PLEASE NOTE …

Do not close the window or log off until the cool down period has ended! If you do, the projector will not shut down.

In S-100 and S-200

 As the projector turns

off, the mechanical

screen should retract

Once SYSTEM OFF Appears,

You May Close the Projection Window…

Message indicating that the SYSTEM is OFF

Close This Projection Window

Note:

Do not close the window or log off before the projection shut down phase has ended !

If you do:

system, and shut it down!

Remove all your media

Do NOT turn off any podium equipment

Lock the Cabinet

Insert the keys with the cut side UP

to lock the cabinet.

You May Now Leave the Smart Classroom

Adding other equipment….

 Make sure one end of

the computer cable is

plugged into the

laptop jack on the

podium

 Plug the other end

into the laptop

 Connect one end of

the mini audio cable to

the (green) laptop

jack

 Plug the other end

into the AUDIO jack

on the podium

 Connect the laptop’s

power adapter to the

laptop and then to the

power strip

Document Cameras

 Thiel does not currently own the kind that uses the XGA

computer port on top

of the podium

We Have One Portable Document Camera to

loan

 An older model, it does

not have an XGA port

 You connect this document camera using RCA cables via the front audio &

video input jacks

 Change the VCR channel to line 2 if the image does not appear

 You plug them in via

the Audio and Video

RCA jacks on the front

of the VCR

 Change the VCR

channel to Line 2 if the

image does not appear

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FAQ’S & TROUBLESHOOTING

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 Audio: volume on a DVD or videotape is not good

 Audio: no sound

 Audio: volume will not adjust

 Audio: playing an audio CD

 DVD’s: Can I play a DVD in the computer?

 Laptop: image won’t show on the projector

 Laptop audio:

sound from my laptop isn’t going through the spe akers in the classroom

 “Please Clean Filter”

 Power: monitor does not light up

 Screen: has no cord

 Smart Board

 Emergency Response

 Unanswered questions or training Return to Contents

There Is No Sound! I Even Tried

Adjusting the Audio Controls

(Inside the Cabinet).

 Check the MUTE button

on the face of the amp If

you see a red light,

someone has muted the

audio Press the button

to remove the mute

command

Can I Play an Audio CD Without

Using the Projector ?

 No; you must log onto the

projector to play sound through

the speakers in the classroom

 insert the CD into the CD-ROM

drive of your computer

 Wait for the automatic window

to ask what you want to do or

Open Windows Media Player

 Or you can use the DVD

player: Insert the CD

into the DVD player

 Select DVD on the

projection control panel

How Do I Adjust the Volume on a

Videotape (or DVD) Once it is

Playing ?

 Click on the Return

button on the player’s

control

 Adjust the Volume

 Click the VCR (or DVD)

button to return to the

player control screen

Next Topic FAQs

The Volume Does Not Change

When I Adjust the Volume Control

 If someone has tried

to use the controls

that are on the face of

the amp, (inside the

How Do I Get Sound to Play From

My Laptop So the Class or Group

Can Hear It?

 Plug one end of the stereo mini cable

(provided) into the headphone jack

on your PC and the other end into

the Laptop Audio jack on the top of

the cabinet

 Adjust the volume on your PC (with

the manual control and/or the

multimedia panel)

 Adjust the volume on the Projection

Control Panel

Next Topic FAQs

The Monitor Does not Light up

(I’ve Jiggled the Mouse)

 Check the CPU, housed on the bottom shelf of the

left side of the podium cabinet

 If there is no sign of power (light around power

button), press the power button.

Can I Play a DVD in the Computer?

 These computers are

equipped with CD-ROM

drives

 They will not play DVD’s

 Use the DVD player

housed above the CPU in

the cabinet

Next Topic FAQs

How Do I Get My Laptop’s Image

Onto the Projection Screen ?

 Be sure the computer

cable is plugged in

correctly

 Be sure that Laptop is

selected on the Projector

Control Panel

Be sure you’ve selected the

 Most laptops use the Fn button plus one of the F keys

 Image on laptop only

 Image on projection screen only

 Image on neither screen

 Image on both screens

The Screen in This Classroom Does Not Have a Cord or Handle; How Do

Control Screen, Select

the Screen Down

button

Next Topic FAQs

You See a Message That Says

“Please Clean Filter”

 A dirty filter inhibits proper cooling of the

projection lamp The projector should be serviced.

 You may go ahead and use it for this class period, but PLEASE PHONE 2058 AND REPORT THAT IT

NEEDS TO BE SERVICED immediately after class.

What Is a Smart Board?

import and save

information that was

hand written on the

board

 You have created a story problem in Word, and

the formulas have to be added

 During class, students attempt to solve the

problem, writing their solutions onto the smart

board

 You import the solutions into your computer

document, using notebook software

Your Question Has Not Been

Answered…

Schedule an individual training session through

 the AV Help Desk (2058)

Next Topic FAQs

Recommendations

Where Should Students Save Their

Presentations?

 If several students

bring their own

laptops, time will be

wasted while each

student connects and

disconnects his laptop

 If they want to use the Smart Classroom

computer to reach their

“j” drives, time will be

wasted while each logs

on and off of the

computer

 If they’ve included many images, or some sound or video clips, their

presentations will not fit

on their “j” drives

Two Better Options

 They have CD burners

on their laptops, so

have them bring their

presentations on

CD-ROM disks

 If they have USB jump

drives, they may insert

them into the USB

port on top of the

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