501 Schermerhorn
Located on the fifth floor of the
Schermerhorn building, this room contains a wide array of
audio/video and remote control components. This large
lecture hall contains 210 seats arranged in a semi-circular
coliseum style layout. Bench seating accomadates 25 more
students in the rear of the room. The room is furnished in a
modern fashion with gray cushioned seats. The instructor's
equipment is enclosed in a stationary wooden media cabinet,
providing permanent housing of the audio/video equipment.
Instructor's Media Cabinet
The equipment available to the instructor includes an
Eiki LCD Projector housed in a cabinet in the rear
of the room. There are four projection screens in the room.
Video is displayed on a 7'-3" X 9'-4" electric screen. Dual
slide projectors utilize a 13'-6" X 18' electric screen. Two
8' X 8' manual auxilary screens are also available. The
media cabinet contains the various electronic resources
available to the instructor. These include a Power Macintosh
G3, Sony VCR, Sony DVD player, and Elmo EV
500 Document Reader. The Power Macintosh is connected to the
campus Ethernet and the world wide web.
A room customized touchpanel controls the multimedia experience, including the audio/visual equipment and the physical room environment (lighting, program volume, speech volume).
Equipment Available to Instructor
- ePodium: Online Tutorial
- Computer: Powermac G4 with OS 10, CD-ROM and ZIP drives
- VCR: Sony Multistandard Mono VCR
- DVD: Sony DVD player
- Document Camera: Elmo Document Camera
- Projection: Eiki LC-X1
Technical Summary
- Powermac G4 512MB/40GB/CD-ROM/Zip Drive
- Apple 15" Studio Display
- Network: TCP/IP 10BaseT Ethernet Network
- IP Address: 128.59.231.123
scherm501podmac.cc.columbia.edu
- Video: Sony SLV-ED40 Multistandard VCR
Sony DVPS560D DVD/CD player
Elmo EV 500 Document Camera
- Projection: Eiki LC-X1 LCD Projector
Two Kodak Ektagraphic III Slide Projectors
- Audio
Two Crown COM-TECH 200 amplifiers
3-EAW JF- 80 Program Speakers (Left, Right, Center)
2-EAW JF- 60 Program Speakers (Rear Surround)
3-EAW JF- 60 Speech Speakers (Center Ceiling Cluster)
