{"id":2466,"date":"2015-08-26T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2017-06-19T17:58:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:58:28","slug":"whats-new-in-classroom-av-fall-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2015\/08\/26\/whats-new-in-classroom-av-fall-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Classroom AV (Fall 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Media Services team in ITS has been busy making improvements to classrooms this summer. In addition to our usual upgrades to projectors and lectern computers, we\u2019re announcing a few major new services that will be of interest to many of you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>AirMedia wireless projection<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years, we\u2019ve dreamed of being able to project while moving around the classroom with a tablet or laptop. Finally, the technologies to make this possible are arriving. We\u2019ve installed AirMedia devices in 19 classrooms around campus. Not only can instructors project, they also can allow students to project from their laptops and devices too.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wireless projection is currently available in these locations:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Science Center 101, 104, 105, 113, 128, 145, 149, 161, 181, 183, 199, 246, 264, L26, L32; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCabe 306, 320;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beardsley 305;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matchbox Tarble Commons.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For information about getting started, please see our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.swarthmore.edu:8443\/display\/ITSDOCS\/AirMedia+Wireless+Projection\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AirMedia wireless projection help<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> page or contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:avbox@swarthmore.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">avbox@swarthmore.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to request a demonstration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Faster networking at the lecterns<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, a top priority for this year has been to improve the performance of the built-in computers in classroom lecterns. We know that changeover time in classrooms is in short supply, so we\u2019re tackling this from two directions. First, we\u2019re moving away from installing Mac Minis to faster iMacs. (This primarily affects rooms everywhere outside the Science Center.) Second, we\u2019ve eliminated a potential networking bottleneck inside our lecterns to make sure that any computer connected with a wired connection will have a full Gigabit connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please remember that it takes a while for a classroom computer to set up your profile the first time that you use it. You\u2019ll want to allow a little extra time before your first use of a classroom.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Where Did the DVD Drives Go?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apple isn\u2019t putting optical (DVD) drives in their computers anymore, so you\u2019ll increasingly be unable to count on them being in your classroom. For the time being, most lecterns still have video DVD\/Blu-ray players in them. If you need an optical drive to attach to the built-in computer, Media Services can loan you one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Dual Projection in Science 199<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We added a second projector and screen in Science 199. You can send the same image to both projectors; send different images to each projector; or turn on only one projector and still have room to roam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Tarble Commons in Matchbox (3rd Floor)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re putting the finishing touches on installations of video projection and audio systems in Tarble Commons. If you have a chance to attend an event in the space this semester, we encourage you to provide feedback on the AV systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>And Don\u2019t Forget Zoom!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In case you missed our previous announcements, videoconferencing is available on campus in a big way with a product called Zoom. All Swarthmore faculty, staff, and students have a basic Zoom account\u2014 just go to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/swarthmore.zoom.us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/swarthmore.zoom.us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Sign in with your Swarthmore College username and password. You can use Zoom to have an audio or video chat with anybody else, but you can invite up to two dozen people into a meeting. The only limit to a basic account is that you\u2019re limited to 40 minutes per call. (To hold a meeting longer than 40 minutes, you need a Pro account. Just contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:avbox@swarthmore.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">avbox@swarthmore.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so we can upgrade your account.) For more information, see our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.swarthmore.edu:8443\/display\/ITSDOCS\/Zoom+Videoconferencing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoom help page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Media Services team in ITS has been busy making improvements to classrooms this summer. In addition to our usual upgrades to projectors and lectern computers, we\u2019re announcing a few major new services that will be of interest to many of you. AirMedia wireless projection For years, we\u2019ve dreamed of being able to project while moving around the classroom with a tablet or laptop. Finally, the technologies to make this possible are arriving. We\u2019ve installed AirMedia devices in 19 classrooms around campus. Not only can instructors project, they also can allow students to project from their laptops and devices too.\u00a0Wireless &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2015\/08\/26\/whats-new-in-classroom-av-fall-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s New in Classroom AV (Fall 2015)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,40,99,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-technology","category-classroom-and-conferencing-technologies","category-computer-classrooms","category-facultystaff"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-DM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}