EClassroom Instructional Guide

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E-Classroom Instructional Guide
Seneca College, Audio-Visual Services
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Crestron Touch Panel E-Classrooms
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STEP 1 Logging into the system

• Activate the panel by pressing anywhere on the
  screen.
• Enter the access code using the keypad to open
  the cabinet. (when you hear a click push the door
  in and then pull open to release the magnetic
  lock)
• Access codes are given to faculty only by
  Audio-Visual Services, and are found on the
  Electronic Classroom Status module on
  MySeneca.

Note In the Markham campus lecture hall the
cabinet is located on the back wall, behind the
podium.
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STEP 2 Selecting a source

• Select a source (choose between DVD, Computer
  etc.) by pressing one of the tab options on the
  touch panel screen. The projector, screen and
  lights will automatically switch to the
  pre-assigned settings.

• Volume, Lighting and Screen controls are
  available on the left and right hand sides of the
  touch panel screen.

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STEP 3 Showing a DVD/VHS

• When selecting the DVD tab the DVD menu will
  appear on the screen. This has all of the
  play/stop/fast forward and rewind options on it.

• By pressing the More button (above), a new menu
  will appear. This menu (right) has the
  traditional arrow buttons that help navigate
  through the DVD menus.

• The menu under the VHS tab works the same way

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STEP 4 Using the Document Camera
Markham/S_at_Y Campus

• Once you have selected Document Camera press
  the power switch to turn the unit on.
• Press the Lamp button to change from the top
  light (for showing opaque items) to the base
  light (for showing transparencies)

Power Switch
Lamp Button
Newnham/King/S_at_Y Campus

• Pull up on the lens head until the supporting arm
  is fully extended and
• locked into place
• Point lens head down to the white base of the
  document camera
• Place item you want to display onto the white
  base and adjust the
• zoom control
• When finished, fold document camera back down and
  close
• drawer. Collapse camera by grasping ring and
  pull toward you

Note in e-Classrooms the document cameras are
kept in the drawer on the side of the podium.
Power Switch
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STEP 5 Using external devices

• Classroom computers support floppy
  disks, CDs and DVDs. There are two USB ports
  located on the front of the computer for use with
  USB flash memory keys.

• There is another panel on the podium for
  connecting external devices such as video
  cameras, laptop internet, microphones etc.

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STEP 6 Plugging in your Laptop

• A VGA cable is available on top of the podium for
  connecting laptop computers. Once plugged in, the
  image from the laptop will automatically display.
  If you do not see a picture you will have to
  trigger the laptop. This is done by pressing a
  combination of the Fn (Function) button on the
  laptop with the appropriate F key. An example is
  above.
• F keys are marked with a symbol of a monitor or
  the words LCD/CRT
• For Laptop audio, plug the audio cable attached
  to the VGA cable into the headphone jack on your
  laptop computer.

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STEP7 Turning off the system

• Once the PWR OFF button has been selected, the
  shutdown menu appears. If you want to shut down
  press on YES. Pressing NO will return to the
  main menu.

• When shutting down the system make sure you
  manually shut down the computer. This is done by
  clicking on Start, and selecting Shut Down.
  You must also press the PWR OFF button on the
  bottom right hand corner of the touch screen
  panel.

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Troubleshooting Computer Audio
All the equipment is on but there is still no
Audio.

• Make sure that the volume on the computer is
  turned up and not muted.

• To do this double click on the speaker icon
  located on the bottom right hand corner of your
  screen. A fader bar will appear. Make sure the
  Mute option is not marked and turn the level to
  the highest point.

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Troubleshooting (cont.) Computer Audio
All the equipment is on, and the computer volume
is up, yet there is still no audio when I play my
computer movie files.

• Each Media player has its own volume and mute
  control. Please make sure that your levels are up

• The Mute button is indicated with a icon of a
  speaker
• The Volume is indicated by a fader that moves
  from left to right.

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Contact Us!
Pressing the ? will open a new page with A/Vs
information.
If you have any further problems, do not hesitate
to contact Audio-Visual Services at your campus
Library. An Audio-Visual technician will be more
than happy to help.
Markham Campus Telephone [phone] ext. 7523
Email avrequest_MK_at_senecac.on.ca
King Campus Telephone [phone] ext. 5110
Email avrequest_KG_at_senecac.on.ca
Newnham Campus Telephone [phone] ext. 2598
Email avrequest_at_senecac.on.ca
York Campus Telephone [phone] ext. 3054
Email avrequest_SY_at_senecac.on.ca