Multimedia Quick Guide: Eager Lecture Hall

This quick guide is designed to be used as an easy how-to reference for this multimedia room at Worcester State College.  The guide includes instructions for reserving and accessing a multimedia room and quick how-to instructions for using the equipment available.

Reserving a Multimedia Room

  • All room reservations are made through Facilities (x8078).
  • Access to multimedia rooms is granted through Campus Police (x8886).
  • Podium keys are assigned through the Instructional Media Center (x8501).

Available Output Devices

  • Computer: located in the podium.
  • Document Camera: located in the podium.
  • Cassette Tape/CD Player: located in the podium.
  • Microphone: stationary microphone at podium.
  • Laptop: connection cable is located in the media compartment of the podium to the right of the media rack.
  • VCR: located in the podium.

Podium Configuration

  1. PC monitor

  2. Microphone

  3. Crestron touch screen

  4. Keyboard/Mouse tray

  5. Storage drawers

  6. Document camera

  7. CPU/phone

  8. Media compartment

   [The podium key will open all compartments.]

  

Crestron Touch Screen

Press the Crestron touch screen to bring up the Welcome screen.  Press the area that says “Press here to begin.”  The screen to the right will appear.  The left buttons allow you to choose which media device to display or use.  The top center buttons control the power for the projector.  The Lights and Screen buttons in the lower center control the light level and screen position.  The Program and Speech buttons control the media device and microphone volume, respectively.  The AV System Off button will turn off the multimedia network, and Crestron Touch Screen.  

Device Specific Instructions

A.  General Directions:
     1.  For all devices, turn on the Crestron touch screen.
     2.  If a visual device is chosen:
          a.  Lower the projector screen.
          b.  Be sure the projector is unlocked.  (See the media compartment image
               below.)
     3.  All directions assume you are standing behind the podium.
 

B.   Cassette Tape/CD Player:
1.  Open the media compartment in the
     podium.  (See the podium configuration
     above.)
2.  Turn on the player by pressing the
     power button in the upper left corner.
3.  To play a cassette tape:
     a.  Place the cassette tape in the
          cassette player.
     b.  On the left side of the Crestron touch
          screen, press the Cassette Player. 
          Player controls will appear on the
          screen.

  

(1-VHS Player, 2-CD Player, 3-Cassette Tape Player, 4-Projector Lock)

4.  To play a CD:
a.  Place the CD in the cassette player.

b.  On the left side of the Crestron touch screen, press the CD Player. Player

     controls will appear on the screen.
 

C.  Computer:
     1.  Open the CPU and keyboard/mouse compartments on the podium.  (See the
          podium configuration above.)
     2.  Turn on the CPU. 
     3.  When the computer has booted, enter your WSC network logon to access the
          computer.
     4.  On the left side of the Crestron touch screen, press the Computer button.  The
          Computer menu will appear. 
     5.  Press the Podium Computer button.
 

D.      Document Camera:

1.   Open the document camera compartment and pull out the tray the device sits on.  (See the podium configuration above.) 

2.   Raise the side lights and camera arm.  Note: To raise/lower the camera arm, push the gray Unlock button at the base of the arm.

3.   The power button for the document camera is on the top left side.

4.   On the left side of the Crestron touch screen, press the Video Presenter button.

5.   Use the buttons on the document camera to control the camera settings.

  

E.  Laptop:
1.  The connection cable is located in the media compartment of the podium
     between the media rack and the outside wall of the podium.
2.  There are two plugs on the cable.  Connect the smaller plug to the back of the
     laptop.
3.  On the left side of the Crestron touch screen, press the Computer button.  The
     computer menu will appear.
4.  Press the VGA Laptop button.

F.  VCR
1.  On the left side of the Crestron touch screen, press the VCR button.  Player
     controls will appear on the screen.
2.  Open the media compartment in the podium.  (See the podium configuration
     above.)
3.  Turn on the VCR by pressing the power button on the left.
4.  Place the video cassette in the VCR. 

When leaving the room, please be sure to shut down the multimedia devices and turn off the lights.

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