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Science Center Lecture Wing

The Science Center Lecture Wing, consisting of rooms 160, 162, 360, and 362 were renovated during the Summer of 2025.  The renovations including major Audio-Visual (AV) systems upgrades in these spaces.

Overview

Displays

All four rooms have one instructor facing display and 3 three student facings displays.

Instructor Displays

 

We use Wacom 24" Interactive Pen Touch displays at the podiums.  These units allow the instructor to "write" on the screen using the included pen/stylus.

This is mounted on an articulate arm, which allows the instructor to move the display into a position that works best for them.

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1 - Status LED: The Status LED lights blue when the pen tip comes close to the surface or when you press the pen button.

Power LED

  • The Power LED is blue when the pen display is on and a video signal is present.
  • The Power LED is orange when the power is on, but no video signal is present (Either the PC is turned off or cables are disconnected).
  • The Power LED is off when the pen display is off.

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2 - Power button: This is located on the back edge of the device.

3 - Input Ports:

  • DVI IN
  • USB-B
  • Power cable

Student Facing Displays

Science Center 360 uses three projectors that are mounted in the control room at the back of the classroom

 

Science Center 160, 162, & 362 uses a ceiling mounted projector for the center display and then Samsung 85" TVs for the side displays.

  

Microphones

All four rooms have instructor microphones on the podium.  Additionally, each room has a wireless lapel/lavaliere microphone receiver mounted din the podium.  Instructors wishing to use a wireless lapel/lavaliere microphone can contact the helpdesk to request one to be issued to them.  Here are some tips on using a lapel/lavaliere microphone (link).

Science 360 has additional ceiling microphone arrays (a cluster of 8 microphones contained in a single enclosure).  There is also an option for 4 additional wireless microphones for special event use - you can request any combination of up to four wireless handheld or lapel/lavaliere microphones for event use.

Computers

All four rooms have Windows 11 desktop PC mounted in the podiums.  A wired mouse and keyboard are connected to each computer.  We also provide HDMI and USB-C connections if you prefer to connect your own device such as a laptop, tablet, or smart phone.  It's worth noting that they USB-C connection is for display purposes only and cannot be used to charge devices.

Cameras

There are four (4) cameras in each room.  There is a controllable Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera mounted in the rear of the room facing the instructor, there is a front center 180° camera which is selectable for part classroom instruction purposes, and then there are two additional 180° cameras mounted above the front entrance door for security use.

Use

Touch Panel Controller

Extron 10" Touchpanel controller.

Each room has a touchpenl control that will "wake up" when it detects motion near it.  So as you approach the podium, the display will light.

If the system is currently off, a "Touch Screen To Begin" message will be on the screen.  

Doing so will turn on the projectors in the room and set all of the audio levels to their initial starting volumes.

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Simple Mode

Each room has two modes - Simple & Advance.

The default screen that you will see once the system starts-up is the Simple Mode screen.

From you, you can select your display Source - either PC, HDMI, or USB-C.  Once selected, the same image will appear on the three student facing displays.

You can also adjust the Source volume - this is the amount of room amplification for any audio coming from the source you selected to be displayed.

Podium & Lapel Microphone levels - from here you can adjust the amount of room amplification for the podium microphone using the slider, or you can use the Max & Mute buttons for quick adjustments.

NOTE: Muting a microphone is only muting the in-room amplification.  The microphones are always active for any Echo classroom capture sessions.  

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Advanced Mode

 

The Advance Mode allows you to send different sources to different displays, as well as change the Room Audio to something other than the classroom PC.

To change a display, you first tap on the source you want to use (PC, HDMI, USB-C, or Camera) and the tap on the display(s) that you want that to appear on.  

 

For instance, the classroom PC is always the default source being sent to all the student facing displays, but say I want to bring in a laptop and have that displayed on left and right display.

I would Tap the Advance Mode button (if I was not already there).  I would then connect my laptop using the appropriate provided cables - either HDMI or USB-C.  I would then tap on the corresponding Source type on Advance Mode screen and tap on the Left Screen and then the Right Screen to have my laptop displayed on those screens.

The Mute button can be used to "shut off" a display if you wish to do that.  Once use case could be that you need to access private/sensitive information on the classroom PC.  You can tap the MUTE button, then select the screens that is being sent to and then once you are finished, you can then select the PC and send it back to the screens as needed.

Please note, there is a slight delay before those changes will appear on the screens that you select.

Room Audio - by default, the classroom PC is sent to the room audio.  But if you want to use a device connected to either that the HDMI, or USB-C connections - you would tap on the corresponding button and then tap on the speaker icon under Room Audio.

You can then adjust the volume level using the slider on the right-hand side or use the Max & Mute buttons for quick adjustments.

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Camera

 

The default camera used for Echo classroom capture recording is the rear PTZ Camera.

 

Clicking on the CAMERA CONTROLS button from either the Simple Mode or Advanced Mode screens will bring up the rear camera controls.

There are presets for the Board (white board), Table, & Podium.  The default position is the podium.

You can manually adjust the camera position using the Pan, Tilt, and Zoom buttons.

The home button will return the camera to the Podium position.

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