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Contents:

  1. Overview
  2. Services by Location

Overview

Several computer and audiovisual services are available for instructors:

Video and projection equipment

Some classrooms have video screens or pre-installed projectors. To find out if your classroom has pre-installed video equipment, check services by location. If not, you can rent a projector from audiovisual services.

Computer equipment

Big Beckman (Beckman B126) has a podium computer available, capable of displaying to the big screen. The labs also have instructor machines, which are hooked up to the projectors. If your classroom has no instructor computer, you can bring in a personal computer or rent a computer from audiovisual services.

Classroom Networking

In order to reach the network, either to use the campus file servers or to access the Internet, you need to use one of two networking options available in the classrooms.

Wireless ethernet

Wireless access is available in all classrooms. Because it is universal and easy to set up, it is the preferred method of connecting to the network from a laptop. If your computer is wireless-equipped and is already configured for use on the campus wireless network, you can connect to the Internet and file servers in any classroom without changing any settings.

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Wall ethernet ports

Many classrooms have live ethernet ports in the walls. A computer-on-a-cart or a laptop that is not equipped for wireless can connect to the network using these ports. You can check services by location to see if your building or lecture hall has live ports.
Connecting a computer-on-a-cart to a wall port:
  1. Please begin well in advance so that if there are any problems you will have time to contact CIS and resolve them.
  2. Plug the computer's power cable into a power outlet in the room.
  3. Make sure that one end of the cable is connected securely to the computer.
  4. Connect the other end of the cable to the port. (Click here for a video of plugging in a PC-on-a-cart)
  5. Turn the computer on. If the computer will not turn on, try a different power outlet.
  6. If the computer is a mac, this is all the setup that is necessary. If the computer is a PC, the computer will ask which classroom you are in. If the menu does not include the room you would like to use the PC in please contact Computing and Information Services.
The first time you want to connect a personal computer to a wall port in a given lecture hall, please bring your computer to CIS at least a half hour in advance for setup.

File server access: Microsoft or Appletalk

The Microsoft and AppleTalk protocols provide access to the file servers on campus for PC and Macintosh computers respectively. With the protocol appropriate to your computer you will have full access to your files. (N.B. most network activities beyond simple file access require the TCP/IP protocol.) Microsoft and AppleTalk software is pretty much self-configuring. You do not need to configure, or even know, a network address for your computer. If all you need to do is access your files on the campus file servers, you will not need to reconfigure your computer for classroom use.

Internet access: TCP/IP

If you need Internet access - for example, to display Web pages - there are still several options that require little or no reconfiguration. If your computer is already configured for wireless, you do not need to reconfigure it for classroom use.

Services by Location

Galileo Lecture Halls (Pryne, McAlister, Edwards)

Beckman Auditorium (Beckman B126)

Labs ( Parsons 144 (Mac lab), Parsons 146 (PC lab), and LAC lab)

Libra Complex (Underground Parsons, Beckman, etc.)

Thomas-Garrett

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