Buchanan Hall D23

Instructions

1. Touch the panel screen on the console to start the system. In most classrooms, the screen(s) will automatically lower.
2. Tap to select the appropriate source button for viewing. Console PC is the default source.
3. See panel screen for volume control and screen-blanking options.

Instructions

1. If the PC is not already on, check that the console screen is powered on, press the computer power button, or call support: 3-3456.
2. Log in with MESA: Enter your Mason username and password if you need to access your MESA drive. Remember to log out when you are finished.
3. To use Ink2Go to annotate electronic documents, to capture snapshots or video of your screen, or to work on live whiteboards and save that work, see additional information here.

Supporting Active and Engaged Learning

1. Model thinking and problem solving: Use the touch screen like a doc cam and paper to solve problems, annotate texts, or draw a diagram in real time, while sharing your thought process: Turn the screen flat, open a whiteboard in Ink2Go, and use your stylus to write or draw. Or ask a student to come up and model the work for the class. You can also then save the document and post for your students to review later.
2. Put students in the driver’s seat: When you have students lead class presentations or discussions, ask students to pre-load their slides from USB, OneDrive, or other cloud sites before class to save time. Remind any students who use Mac OS that some slides may display differently on this computer. Make sure they blank the screen to keep any login information private.
3. For more teaching tips and examples, visit the Stearns Center’s Active Learning page.

Supporting Active and Engaged Learning

Alternate between lecture and discussion: Allow students to maintain focus on your key information while also keeping eye contact with their group members.

Support group interaction: Switch to Group mode so that clusters of students can work on their own parts of a project on a nearby screen. Groups could project a shared document or Blackboard wiki as they all type; a single student’s draft they are reviewing together; a problem or selection of text they are working on together.

Broadcast directions or updates: Modify the slide you’ve broadcast to provide updates — or answers to questions that come up — to the instructions for group work that all students can check from their group.

Technology Instructions

1. This display may be either Projector(s) or LED Screen(s).
2. Touch the panel screen on the console to start the system. In most classrooms, the screen(s) will automatically lower.
3. Tap to select the appropriate source button for viewing.
4. See panel screen for volume control and screen-blanking options.
5. Other source options may include document camera, laptop, and/or wireless depending on the room options.
6. See panel screen for volume control and screen-blanking options.

Instructions

1. Press the “DOC CAM” button on the touch panel controller to select the document camera as the source.
2. Place the item on the white square or clear surface–document should be placed face-up.
3. For capturing photos and recording videos of your item, insert a USB device into the USB port on the document camera. Press the capture/delete button on the document camera’s control panel to capture a picture of the displayed image.
4. Note: Some document cameras such as the Wolfvision XXX will not include the capture/recording feature.

Supporting Active and Engaged Learning

1. Share your students’ finds: Remember that the doc cam can project a view from a student’s phone or tablet (though with varying image quality) and three-dimensional items as well as papers; your students’ backpacks and devices may have examples they can quickly share with the class using the doc cam. Using student examples can help strengthen connections between abstract concepts and their lived experience.
2. Modified “gallery walk”: In a classroom with extended whiteboards, a team member can be selected to guide other students through the solution the team posted on the board as they move around the room. Here, using the doc cam, one or two students can bring a written record up to explain to the whole class; if the instructor selects these students at random, then all team members are always accountable for being ready to explain their team’s progress. Explaining and watching others explain the steps that led to a solution is a crucial element in retaining and transferring new knowledge.
3. For more teaching tips and examples, visit the Stearns Center’s Active Learning page.

Use this Feature to Support Active and Engaged Learning

1. Engage with a guest speaker: Remember that your presenter is not just a talking head. Of course, they can join your class from anywhere: an office or field site, using a desktop or mobile device. But also, students can post questions and additional responses while they are talking, and you can use those both to help foster live discussion and to help students reflect on the presentation (even re-watching parts of the recording if necessary) after your presenter logs off.
2. Include all students: Students in your classroom who have accessibility needs or who are reporting from a field site can join a class meeting; students from the class of a colleague down the road or around the world can join for a day or work collaboratively for several weeks on a project; students from a local middle school could share ideas online and then give mini-presentations to receive feedback from your class.
3. For more teaching tips and examples, visit the Stearns Center’s Active Learning page.

Technology Instructions

1. Touch the panel screen on the console to start the system
2. Select the application of your choice i.e. Zoom, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, or Microsoft Teams on the PC, Laptop, or tablet.
3. See the touch panel controller for volume, cameras,  microphones, and muting options