The two video projectors are set up to project from the following sources: the local computer (dual display is possible), DVD/VHS player, TV tuner, document camera, and from the auxiliary jacks on the tie plate. The Dell 755 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz computer is equipped with an 80GB SATA 10000rpm hard drive, 4GB RAM, a CD-RW/DVD+/-RW, and a graphics card. These devices, as well as the auxiliary audio ports located on the podium are connected to the amplifier and speakers. Devices are selected and controlled from the LCD AMX touch screen display panel, located at the top right of the instructor’s station. The AMX touch panel is used to select inputs, route these inputs to the projectors and the preview monitors on the podium and control the audio levels. The local computer is connected to the backbone network.
The instructor station is equipped with a Smart Technologies Sympodium interactive tablet which also acts as a display monitor for the main output of the built-in computer. The Sympodium functions as a fully interactive SMARTBoard, enabling users to use a stylus to interact with computer programs, annotate display screens and use the writing surface as a white board. A separate guide for operation of the Sympodium is provided below. The attached stylus must be used at all times to interact with the Sympodium.
The document camera is located in a drawer on the right side of the instructor station.
Auxiliary jacks provided include a 15-pin male VGA connector with associated network jack and stereo ¼” mini jack (for portable computers) and an auxiliary video connector with associated RCA audio jack. AC power is also available at the podium. The auxiliary jacks are for clients who wish to use their own special equipment and associated cables. Connection of Macintosh or PC laptops to the auxiliary inputs requires an interface cable which is attached to the podium.
A wireless mouse is available for this room. Contact the Media Center for information.
These classrooms are equipped with two electric roll down screens which respond automatically as inputs are selected at the touch pad. There are also manual controls on the wall behind the instructor station. Zoned lighting controls are located behind the instructor station.
See below for very important information about the use of PowerPoint in dual projector classrooms.
Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) may be contacted at x83059 if you wish to arrange for training on this room's features prior to using the room. Trouble reports may be reported to the Help Desk at x8HELP (84357).
“PC Display 1” selects the podium computer and routes the primary graphics board to the Sympodium display on the instructor’s station and to projector 1.
“Laptop” activates the auxiliary computer jacks (15pin male VGA and stereo mini audio jack) for client-supplied laptop
“PC Display 2” activates a second computer display (extended desktop). This display is routed to the preview window on the touch screen control, and projector 2. This second display enables simultaneous use of two applications. Note that any display in the touch screen preview window can be enlarged to full screen by touching the display as indicated.
“Doc. Cam” activates the document camera and projector 2 and displays the document camera preview on the touch screen control. Detailed instructions for the document camera are attached.
“TV TUNER” selects the Maginnes Hall TV system. Press “KEYPAD” select the desired channel and press “ENTER”. For additional information about satellite downlinks and available channels contact Johanna Brams in the IRMC (room 470).
“VHS” sends the picture from the VHS VCR to projector 2 and displays the play, pause and other controls on the touch screen control. The picture is also displayed on the touch screen control preview window.
“DVD” sends the picture from the DVD player to projector 2 and displays the DVD controls on the touch screen control preview window
“AUX Video” activates projector 2, auxiliary video jack (BNC connector) and associated RCA audio jacks for user-supplied video device.
Please take note of this very serous problem with the display of PowerPoint slide shows in our dual projector classrooms: In an effort to improve the product, PowerPoint programmers have added support for dual display systems. This has an impact on users of PowerPoint in our dual projector rooms. The default settings have the “edit screen” showing on the primary monitor (display 1) and the show playing to the secondary monitor/projector (display 2). This means that you must turn the second projector on by selecting PC display 2 which will route the show to the second projector. Unfortunately this also means that your ‘edit’ screen from PowerPoint will display on the first projector. To take care of this problem you will need to go to the “Projectors” menu on the bottom right of the touch screen control and “mute” projector 1. Also note that to advance slides in the show on the secondary display the mouse MUST be on the second monitor!
To avoid potential confusion the best approach is to change the display settings in PowerPoint: After you start PowerPoint but BEFORE you start to display the show, in the “Slide Show” menu select “Set up Show” and then in the “Multiple Monitors” box, select the primary projector as the slide show display.
An interactive tablet has been provided in this room as part of the Sympodium system. It uses special stylus and a series of push buttons to display pen colors to facilitate interaction with computer programs, to display writing on the projection screen, and to save notes written on the tablet to a computer file. These notes can be converted to text, edited, printed, e-mailed, included in course web pages, etc. Software drivers must be loaded to use this system. Please contact Elia Schoomer in ITSS (83058) for assistance in getting started with the interactive SMART Board system. A separate guide for operation of the SMART Board is provided below.
See http://www.lehigh.edu/classrooms/publicsiteguide/siteguide.html for additional information on computer usage.
The instructor’s station in this room has been equipped with a digital document camera. This high quality instrument will enable you to project material from paper, transparencies or even three-dimensional objects to the projector. To operate this camera:
- Focus defaults to automatic (green light on). The picture should self-focus and remain in focus as you operate the zoom. There may be a slight delay. The automatic focus can be switched off.
- Zoom in with the button marked with a single figure and a + sign. Note that there is a digital zoom feature that doubles the range of the mechanical zoom. The camera can resolve an object of about one inch square.
- Zoom out with the button marked with three figures and a – sign.
- Turn off the power
- Lower the camera by rotating the camera head down and then pulling the blue lined ring towards you.
- Close the drawer
This classroom has been equipped with an interactive SMART Board system built into the Sympodium touch screen. The SMART Board allows you to:
To use this feature, PC Display 1 must be sent to the projector so the preview window on the Sympodium shows the desktop.
There are two components to the SMART Board system: The SMART Board driver and SMART Notebook. Both must be active for the SMART Board to function in the classroom. The SMART Board driver runs the board while SMART Notebook facilitates display to a projection system and can be used as a stand-alone program that allows you to save your notes for later editing or distribution. SMART Notebook is available for download on your office computer through the Picture Taker software program.
1) Route PC Display 1 to the projector display. You should see the desktop in the Sympodium preview window.
2) Using the stylus, make the preview window full size. Double click the icons for “SMART Board Tools” and “SMART Notebook” on the left side of the desktop. You must use the stylus.
3) The row of buttons on the top of the Sympodium changes the stylus from “mouse” function (far left button), to “pen” function in any of 4 colors, and to “erase” function. A keyboard can also be activated (far right). Do not use the stylus to activate these buttons.
4) If you wish, select “Full Screen” on the bottom right of the window using the mouse to maximize the projected writing area. The escape key returns to normal view. Select a pen color with a button at the top of the Sympodium. Do not use the stylus to press these buttons. Write as you would on a regular white board. The writing will appear on the computer monitor in the main window of SMART Notebook and on the projection surface. Select erase to erase part of your screen, or pointer to return to mouse mode. Note the mouse will act like a pen when a pen color is selected.
5) The keyboard button opens a soft keyboard that you may ‘type’ with using the stylus.
6) If you wish to save this page press the “Blank Page” button on the left hand side of the screen or click the blank page icon on the floating tool bar which should appear if you are in full screen mode. A blank page appears while the old page remains saved in SMART Notebook on the computer. You can page back and forth using the tool bar or the page index. You may save this work to a file before you leave the computer for the day (see below). You can use the various tools in SMART Notebook, including text recognition, to make changes at a later time.
7) If you don’t have any need to save your work, you may select a new page or simply use the round eraser tool to erase your text and start again.
Send PC1 to the projector display and the Sympodium tablet. Use the stylus to make the screen full size. After the SMART Board drivers and SMART Notebook software have been activated (see above), open the program you wish to use. You may now use the Sympodium stylus, soft keyboard or the computer’s mouse and keyboard to write on or interact with the program being displayed. These pages can be saved, reviewed, emailed, etc. The ‘camera’ button from the floating tool bar will capture your pages as you annotate the program display. There is a tutorial provided with the SMART Notebook that may give you a good idea of how this works. See below for information about saving files.
The SMART Notebook program does two things: It allows display of your writing “live” as described above, and it allows you to save, annotate, edit and distribute these pages later. You can also use the “pen” tool with a mouse on our computer, but this is not at all comfortable. If you wish to distribute your classroom notes you can save the material to your home space on the LAN or to a floppy before you leave class. Save the pages as a SMART Notebook file. At your desktop computer, you can use the program’s tools to:
The SMART Notebook tutorial (under “Help” will teach you some of these features and the help contents menu can help with the other features. Please call Elia Schoomer at 83058 for assistance with any of these features.
Saving SMART Notebook files: Select “Save” or “Save As” from the File Menu. Select a name and directory as usual. This file can be opened later on a computer using the SMART Notebook software. You may also save the file in HTML by using the “Save as HTML” button in the File Menu.
Sending SMART Notebook files as email attachments: From the File Menu, select “Send Mail” and address your mail in the usual fashion. You must save the file first. The file will be send as an attachment. SMART Notebook must be loaded on the receiving computer to open the file.
SMART Notebook files can be saved as Image files: From the File Menu, select “Save as Image Files” and select .tif or .jpg or .bmp, etc.
Saving SMART Notebook files for Blackboard:
1. Save the notebook file as an html file (actually several html files!). Note that you will end up with a folder containing many html files and also one html file that is created outside of the folder. Save the file and the accompanying folder into another folder.
2. Use a compression package (like WinZip or PK Zip) to package all HTML files necessary for your presentation to create a zip archive of the files (WinZip is available at the public sites)
3. In the Control Panel of Course Info, go to the Content Area where you want your presentation to be and click on "Add Item".
4. Scroll down the page to the "Content Attachments" section. In the "File to Attach" entry box, Browse for your "zipped" file.
5. Enter a name for the link to the file.
6. In the "Special Action" drop-down list, select "Unpack this file."
7. Click on Submit. You will then be asked for the entry point for the package you just uploaded. Make sure that you select the "lone" html file as the entry point. The name of the html file will be the name of the folder that you created when you saved the presentation as html and click on Submit.