Summary
Searles 215 is a classroom that offers professors the flexibility of instructing students in a traditional setting, while at the same time allowing them to bring technology into their instruction. The classroom is designed to help professors and students give elaborate multimedia presentations.
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Please note: The images attached to this article reflect the Spring 2022 configuration. The chairs are being replaced for the Fall of 2022 with Node chairs.
Searles 215 is a classroom that offers professors the flexibility of instructing students in a traditional setting, while at the same time allowing them to bring technology into their instruction. The classroom is designed to help professors and students give elaborate multimedia presentations.
Location: Searles Science Center, Room 215.
Hours: Open by reservation.
Room Type: Classroom.
Seating Capacity: 49.
Reservations: Contact the Campus Scheduler.
Technology
Instructor/Podium Station:
- Mac Mini providing Mac OS and a virtual Windows operating system.
- 7" Crestron Touch Panel.
- Wacom Cintiq LCD Touch-panel/Instructor monitor with pen.
- Custom made instructor podium with pull-out drawer.
- Note: HDMI, USB, and Ethernet Laptop/iPad hook-up available on the front face of the station.
- Lumen's DC-260 Digital Document Camera.
- A list of software for either operating system can be found here.
A/V Technologies:
- Panasonic PT-FRZ570 DLP Laser Projector.
- Ceiling Mounted, native resolution of 1920 x 1200.
- Crestron Interactive Touch Panel Controls.
- Region Free Blu-ray/DVD/CD Player.
- Note: Located in the AV Rack next to instructor's station.
- Room Audio.
- PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) web camera (wall mounted on far side opposite the instructor station).
- Vocal reinforcement Instructor: Yes - Lavaliere microphone/body pack to room audio with rechargeable dock (Resides on top of the AV Rack next to the instructor station).
- Vocal reinforcement Audience: Yes - Hanging ceiling microphones dispersed throughout the room. Catch Box.
- NOTE: The PTZ web camera, lavaliere and hanging microphones are the primary Zoom/MS Teams devices!
- Overhead/transparency projector.
- Kodak slide projector.
- Sliding chalk boards.
- Wall-mounted chalk boards.
- Pull-down window shades.
Training and Support
Training:
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Support:
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