Instructor's Electronic Podium
Altschul Auditorium is a large lecture room with seating for 402 students and can handle most multimedia applications. The instructor's equipment is enclosed in a
stationary wood cabinet.
The equipment available to the instructor includes a ceiling-mounted BarcoGraphics Data projector,
which can accept RGB and video inputs. Video is displayed on a screen that descends automatically
when a source is selected on the Crestron touch panel. The podium contains the various electronic
resources available to the instructor. These include a Dell Optiplex PC, VCR, document camera, and DVD player. The Dell Optiplex has built-in CD-ROM and zip drives and an Ethernet network connection for digital
presentations. Slide projectors are available in the control room located in the rear of the auditorium.
A room customized Crestron touchpanel controls the multimedia experience including,
the audio visual equipment, slide projectors, and the
physical room environment (lights and
speech/program volume).
The system utilizes an audio mixer and A/V receiver that powers speakers located at the front,
middle and ceiling of the classroom. The mixer is used to provide two methods of voice amplification:
a wireless microphone system is housed within the electronic podium, and a wired microphone is
mounted on the standard classroom podium.
Equipment available to Instructor
- Computer: Dell Optiplex PC
- VCR: Sony Multistandard VCR
- DVD: Sony DVD player
- laptop connection: please use DHCP to configure your laptop for a network connection
- Projection: BarcoGraphics projector
- Document camera: Elmo document camera/overhead projector
- Slide Projection: 2 Navitar slide projectors
- Audio cassette: Tascam Audio Cassette Player
- Microphones:
Podium
Wireless lavalier
Wireless handheld
Four to be plugged into the stage
- Recording:
Video, using cameras and record VCR located in control room
Audio, using microphones and cassette recorder located in control room
- Wireless:
With a wireless ethernet card, a cable is not needed to access the network
Technical Summary
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Last update:
Thursday, 17-Mar-2005 16:44:11 EST
