Room Technology Updated: Summer 2023
Max Capacity: 200
Furniture:
- Instructor Podium includes 22″ touchscreen monitor
- Theater-style seating for students
- Aisles are stairs
Buehler 300
Your Room Contains
Classroom Resources:Instructor Resources:
- Control Panel: Style 2
- 1 Document Camera(s) with Manual Button Controls
- Cynap
- Blu-ray
- Cables:
- 1 HDMI cable(s)
- 1 VGA Cable(s)
- 2 Ceiling Projector(s)
- 1 Lapel Microphone(s)
- 1 Handheld Microphone(s)
How To...
Display on Screens:
- Tap Turn System On.
- Tap the button for how you wish to display the screens.
- Both Screens Same Image - will put the same image on both screens.
- Choosing Screen 1 or Screen 2 individually will allow you to put a different image on each screen.
- In some classrooms, you can choose to have one screen off; tap the Screen Controls button to choose which screen to turn off, if available in your classroom.
- Under the screen choice you picked, choose the device you wish to display on the screen such as a laptop connected to an HDMI 1, HDMI 2, or VGA 1 cable, the Blu-ray player, Doc Cam, or Cynap.
- If choosing different images on each screen, ensure you choose Room Audio to choose which screen's audio will be heard in the room.
- The Blank Screen option will stop the currently selected image from projecting on that screen.
When Finished
- Tap Home.
- Choose Turn System Off.
The document camera located in your classroom allows you to easily display documents, objects, and simple demonstrations to an entire classroom and/or lecture hall.
Key Features:
- Zoom wheel, which allows for closer details of the images or objects being projected
- Continuous auto-focus that adjusts as you zoom in and out to keep your image in clear focus
- LCD preview
- A brightly lit working surface
- Loop-pull up for easy setup
- Freeze frame, which freezes the image displayed through the projector system
How to Use the Document Camera:
- Lift up the document camera with the loop-pull and the camera will automatically turn on. If your doc camera does not turn on, tap the button located either at the top of the working surface or to the right of the working surface.
- Place your document or demonstration on the working surface
- Ensure auto-focus is enabled to have a continuous clear presentation
Other Resources:
Watch a video on the basic steps to using the Document Camera.
These instructions will help you to connect a device to the Cynap.
Go to our Cynap page in the Technology Training section for more advanced features of using Cynap.
Connecting Your Laptop Wirelessly:
- Connect your laptop.
- On Windows:
- Use the Windows Key + K Key to bring up the Project menu.
- Choose Connect to a wireless display.
- Choose the Cynap for your room.
- On MacBook:
- Select the Airplay icon in your menu bar to see available devices.
- Select the Cynap for your room.
- On Windows:
- Enter the 4-digit code that appears at the top of the Cynap screen on your laptop. Your laptop will appear on the Cynap screen.
Connecting a Wired Device:
Use these steps to display a device that is hooked up using an HDMI cable; this includes the document camera or a laptop.
| 1. On the Control Panel under the Cynap Input menu, select the device you want to display from the Cynap onto the projector. You can select from your document camera, laptop connected with HDMI or VGA, or Blu-ray player. Note: Your control panel may look different than the image on the right. |  |
| 2. On the Cynap screen, tap the screen and select the [ + ] button. |  |
| 3. Then, select Cynap Input to add the device previously selected on the Control panel. |  |
| 4. Your selected device will appear on the Cynap screen. If you are not in mirror mode, where the instructor screen is mirrored on the main screen, you can send the image over to the main projector screen by tapping the bottom menu of the window on the Cynap and choosing the Send to Projector button. Note: OIT recommends using Mirror mode to make things simpler. If you use Mirror mode, make sure you go to your home screen on the control panel and turn the system off, then turn the system back on at the beginning of class. This will reset your PIN code for Cynap so that previous users will not have the PIN code. |  |
The Blu-ray player is located inside the instructor podium and the basic controls area available on the control panel.
The Blu-ray player can play Blu-rays, standard DVDs and Music CDs coded for Region 1 - Canada, the United States and U.S. territories.
Getting Started
- Begin by using the control panel to turn the projection system on. If your classroom has multiple projectors, there will be more than one projection option at the top of the control panel.
- To enable the Blu-ray player, select which projector you wish to display the Blu-ray/DVD through and select DVD Player option.
- Load your Blu-ray/DVD into the player.
- Use the control panel to access the menu controls and select Enter to play a Blu-ray or DVD.
See this example for how the DVD controls will look on your control panel. Notice you can play, stop, pause, rewind, fast-forward and step ahead. You also have a subtitles on/off option. Use the circular menu for moving through the on-screen menu on your DVD.
Lapel-style microphones are called Lavalier mics. Lavalier microphones are clipped to your shirt about 3-6 inches below your chin and come with a battery pack you can clip to a belt or slide in a pocket.
Tip: Adjust sound levels by going to the tab for in-room mics or microphones on the control panel. You can adjust the sound level for when you use Zoom or Panopto by going to the tab for Zoom/Panopto mic.
Each mic has been programmed to work with the audio system in your classroom. These mics will not work in other rooms because they have not been set to work with another room system and may also be incompatible with some of the equipment in that room. Please contact OIT if you need additional mics in your classroom.
Tip: when you switch the battery pack on, if the light is green, the battery charge is good. If the light is red, the battery is getting low.
To change the battery on this microphone, look for the small tab either on the side or bottom of the battery pack. Mics will take either D or AA batteries. These batteries should be available in the cable drawer of your podium. If you do not have batteries and need some immediately, contact the emergency line of the OIT HelpDesk at 865-974-9110. If you wish to just report that the room needs batteries for next time, please contact the main number of the OIT HelpDesk at 865-974-9900.
Handheld mics can be used by audience members as a to be heard better in the classroom or during a Zoom meeting or Panopto recording. Depending on the set up of your particular room, the mic may only be used either in the room or on Zoom or Panopto. Check your control panel to see what mics are available in Zoom or Panopto by choosing the Zoom/Panopto option. To check what mics are available over your classroom speakers, check the Room Audio button on the control panel.
If your mic needs batteries, unscrew the microphone from the base to add batteries. Mics will take either D or AA batteries. These batteries should be available in the cable drawer of your podium. If you do not have batteries and need some immediately, contact the emergency line of the OIT HelpDesk at 865-974-9110. If you wish to just report that the room needs batteries for next time, please contact the main number of the OIT HelpDesk at 865-974-9900.
Room 300 is its own room sitting in the middle of the building next to a courtyard. If entering the room from the courtyard, you will enter at the top of the lecture hall. To gain access to the lower level of the room, enter the room from near the stairs on the outside of the building and you will enter next to the instructor podium at the lower level. To enter the building from the elevator, go to the 2nd floor and head towards the side of the building nearest the street. This will lead to the area near the instructor podium. There are doors on either side of the instructor podium area and you can enter the room from either side.
