All UConn classrooms have microphones and document cameras integrated with the classroom PC. Rooms with videoconferencing systems send their camera feeds to the classroom PC. These devices can connect to personal laptops using HDMI and USB cables (provided at the teaching station).
The classroom microphones and cameras appear, to the computer, as regular USB devices and can be used with any program.
Setting Up
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Tap the Touch Panel to wake the system if needed.
Select PC or Laptop as the source to be displayed.
If you are using your laptop, plug in both the HDMI cable and the USB-A cable from the cable cubby.
The HDMI or USB-C cable shares your screen with the class, while the USB-A (rectangle) cable carries the microphone and camera signal to your laptop.
Sign in to the computer and open your web conferencing platform of choice (i.e., Webex, Teams, Blackboard Collaborate, Zoom).
The room's peripherals (microphones and cameras) will be detected as regular USB devices.
Choose the room's peripherals as your input devices.
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Once your screen is showing on the projector/monitor, be sure to Share your screen into the web conference so those participants can see it as well.
Sharing your screen will hide the main Webex window so that both your in-person and remote participants can see your presentation.
You may see System Setting listed twice. The System Setting shows your computer's default device. You may have your conferencing program use a different device than your operating system (i.e., You want your computer system to play music out of your speakers, but you want your video conference program to play the conference out of your headphones, instead).
If available: Remove the wireless microphone from its charging dock and clip the element onto your lapel or mid-way on the upper half of your shirt.
Use the small toggle switch at the top of the belt pack to turn on the microphone.
Be sure to return the microphone to its charging base when you are finished. The unit will audibly "click" into the base.
If available: If your room has a camera, simply choose the camera device that is not your built-in webcam.
It will take around 10 seconds for the camera to appear properly after turning on the classroom. You may see your own screen shown in the webcam window before this 10-second period ends.
Document Camera
If available: The document camera will appear on your computer as a webcam. To use this camera, manually turn it on and control it using the on-device buttons (shown below).
While the document camera appears as a regular webcam to your computer, ITS recommends that it still be used as a document camera and not as a camera viewing the room. The lens sits at the end of an articulating arm with joints designed to have the camera facing down at the desk in order to observe papers/objects; manipulating the arm in order to view the room may damage the unit.
The document camera automatically turns off with the AV system, but it does not turn on automatically. To turn on the unit, press the large white button at the left end of the unit.
To change the zoom level of the camera, use the two zoom buttons near the right end of the buttons.
After you have changed the zoom level, you may need to manually focus the lens. Press the large, gray button at the right end to focus the lens.
You may freeze the image in order to maintain the image on display after you remove the item from the desk. Press the Freeze button that sits above the Focus button to freeze and unfreeze the image.
You may turn on a light at the head of the arm to illuminate your workspace.
There is document camera-specific software that may be used with the camera, but it is not required for use. To learn more about the software, see Using Epson Document Camera with PC or Mac to Record.