Multimedia Classrooms: Tier 2 Classroom Technology Instructions


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Some classrooms have been upgraded to include Audio/Visual (A/V) equipment to assist with onsite and remote instruction. A classroom with these upgrades is known as a “Tier 2 classroom.” A list of the classrooms can be found at the following link: Multimedia Classrooms: Classroom Technology Upgrade Project.

Most of the equipment operates without user intervention and cannot be adjusted.

Referenced below are some quick links to using common A/V equipment in Tier 2 Multimedia Classrooms:

 

Tier 2 Classroom Technology Instructions Quick Start Guide

Each Tier 2 room is equipped with:

  • Podium PC with 1 or 2 monitors

Podium PC with monitor and touchscreen

  • Touchscreen
  • Document Camera
  • Projector or big screen display

Big screen display pulled down in front of board

  • Auto-tracking camera

Auto-tracking camera above multimedia classroom

  • Ceiling Tile Microphone

Ceiling tile microphone in classroom

  • Speakers
  • Wireless Display (screen share)

 

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Displaying Content from the Podium PC

1. Logon to the PC with your LSU credentials. (Note: You may have to wiggle the mouse to have the PC monitor display.)

2. Touch the Power On icon on the touchscreen.

Power On button on podium touchscreen

 

3. Press PC on the touchscreen (may already be selected).

PC selection on multimedia touchscreen

 

4. The PC contents will be displayed on the projection screen.

 

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Muting the projection screen/display

1. If you want to temporarily mute what the students see, press the Display icon on the touchscreen.

2. The Display icon turns red with an X.

Red display icon with an X to mute projection display

 

3. The projector image will be muted.

Muted projector image

 

4. Press the Display icon again to unmute.

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Muting the auto-tracking camera

1. If you want to stop the camera from auto-tracking your movement, press the Camera icon on the touchscreen.

Red camera icon with X to mute auto-tracking camera

 

2. The Camera icon will turn red, and the camera will point up.

Camera tracking deactivated pointing up at the ceiling

 

3. To restart auto-tracking, press the Camera icon again and it will turn green. The camera will begin tracking you.

Restarted auto-tracking camera

 

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Muting the Microphone

1. If you want to mute the ceiling microphone, press the microphone icon on the touchscreen.

Muted mic image for multimedia projector screen

 

2. The microphone icon will turn red, and the ceiling microphone LEDs will turn red.

Red ceiling microphone LEDs to indicate muted multimedia classroom mic

 

3. Press the icon again to unmute.

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Ceiling Speakers Volume Control

1. Touch the Ceiling Speakers icons to:

  • Mute the ceiling speakers
  • Increase/decrease speaker volume

Ceiling speakers buttons to adjust volume

 

2. Test the ceiling speaker volume and adjust to the needs of the classroom.

Ceiling tile speaker in classroom

 

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Using a Thumb Drive with the PC

1. After logging in to the classroom PC, connect a thumb drive to the USB extension cable on top of the lectern.

USB extension cable on top of lectern to put thumb drive into

 

2. Open File Explorer and select the thumb drive.

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Using Zoom (or Teams) with the PC

1. Press the PC icon on the touchscreen.

PC selection on multimedia touchscreen for Zoom meeting

 

2. Start your Zoom session.

3. Within Zoom, click the caret (^) next to Stop Video.

4. Ensure SimplTrack is selected for the Camera.

SimplTrack selection for Zoom camera options

 

5. Within Zoom, click the caret next to Mute.

6. Ensure "Echo Cancelling Speakerphone (bldg-room-dsp)" is selected for both Microphone and Speaker.

  • Note: Bldg and room will depend on your location.

Echo Cancelling Speakerphone selection for Zoom microphone and speaker

 

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Using a laptop to display content

1. Connect both the USB cable and the HDMI cable to your laptop or Macbook.

USB and HDMI cables to connect to laptop or Macbook

  • Caution: Only use one adapter per cable - do not use multi-hub adapters for the 2 cables.

Crossed out multi-hub adapter for invalid cable combinations

 

2. Press the Laptop icon on the touchscreen.

Laptop icon selection for multimedia room view

 

3. You can mute the display, camera, and microphone by pressing the appropriate icons.

4. You can control the ceiling speaker volume by pressing the Ceiling Speakers icons.

  • Note: You may have to adjust your device's sound settings to select the room camera/microphone/speaker.

 

 

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Using Zoom (or Teams) with a laptop

1. Connect both the USB cable and the HDMI cable to your laptop or Macbook.

USB and HDMI cables to connect to laptop or Macbook

  • Caution: Only use one adapter per cable - do not use multi-hub adapters for the 2 cables.

Crossed out multi-hub adapter for invalid cable combinations

 

2. Press the Laptop icon on the touchscreen.

Laptop icon selection for multimedia room view

 

3. Start your Zoom session.

4. Within Zoom, click the caret (^) next to Stop Video.

5. Ensure SimplTrack is selected for the Camera.

SimplTrack selection for Zoom camera options

 

6. Within Zoom, click the caret next to Mute.

7. Ensure "Echo Cancelling Speakerphone (bldg-room-dsp)" is selected for both Microphone and Speaker.

  • Note: Bldg and room will depend on your location.

Echo Cancelling Speakerphone selection for Zoom microphone and speaker

 

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Using Wireless Display Connect

If you want a student to share content to the projection screen:

1. Press the Wireless Display Connect icon on the touchscreen.

Wireless Display Connect icon selected on touchscreen panel

 

2. Student opens a web browser.

3. Student is prompted to download a Crestron app.

4. Student opens app and enters the information shown in the bottom left corner of the screen.

  • Note: Student must be connected to eduroam.

Classroom wireless present info to be entered into Crestron app

 

 

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Using the Document Camera

To display using the document camera:

Document camera in multimedia classroom

 

1. Press the power on button on the document camera.

Power on button selected on the document camera

 

2. Open a camera application on the PC or laptop (e.g., Ladibug).

3. Select the Lumens camera option within the application.

  • Note: You do not need to press the Document Camera icon on the touchscreen.


For a detailed PDF version guide of the new Tier 2 Classroom Technology, please see the following: Tier 2 Room Quick Start Instructions PDF.

 

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