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What is voice lift?
Voice lift, or sound reinforcement, is an AV technique in which the sound of your voice is subtly amplified throughout the room to ensure that everyone has a similar hearing experience, whether right next to you or 10 rows back. Pros Voice lift ensures everyo...
What is assistive listening?
Assistive listening provides a live audio feed from the room to people with additional needs, such as hearing aids or implants. In our classrooms we use a system called Auracast, which is the next generation of assistive listening. Eventually this technology w...
What is lecture capture?
Lecture capture is a live stream and recording to Panopto, our Lecture Capture system, which allows students to re-watch their classes after they've ended and watch from home in real-time if they're unable to make it to class. This has proven highly effective ...
How do I get started using the classroom AV?
When you come into the room, you need to: 1. Power on You will find a 7-inch touch screen panel in every classroom, either on the lectern or on the wall near the lectern. The screen ill usually be blank to save power when the room hasn't been used for a while,...
How can I show the whiteboard in the classroom?
In classrooms with fixed wall mounted whiteboards we've setup the system so that you can press 1 button to configure the room to record and magnifiy the whiteboard(s). Switching to the whiteboard All you need to do is select the approriate whiteboard from the ...
How can I adjust the microphone levels in the classroom?
From the sound tab on the touch screen you can mute and un-mute the microphones and adjust the volume level in the classroom. Caution: The mute feature on this tab will mute all output of the microphone, in the classroom, recordings, and the assistive listenin...
How can I get help if something isn't working?
If you are having a problem with the AV system, please contact our AV technician. Low priority issues Please post in #staff-technical on Slack with a description of the issue and photos or a video. High priority issues Call the number displayed on the Help tab...
How do I connect an external audio source?
In some classrooms we have a pair of XLR audio inputs which can be used to provide pre-mixed audio into the system that is played in the classroom and available in the lecture capture recording. To use these you can borrow a cable from the Kit Room by booking ...
How can I display documents or small components in the classroom?
Every building has an Epson document visualiser with LED light and 20x optical zoom. This can be booked on ORB, and collected from the Kit Room at each building from 09:00-18:30 Monday to Friday. The visualiser comes with HDMI and power cables, and is very ea...
How do I display an oscilliscope in the classroom?
The Rigol MSO5000 oscilliscope has an HDMI output on the back which can be connected into HDMI 1 for display in the classroom and recorded to Panopto. The oscilliscope will likely need an HDMI scaler, so please let us know if you want to explore this option. E...
How do I display a thermal image in the classroom?
We have a Metrel MD9930 thermal camera which has a mini HDMI output, that can display be used to show thermal properties of a circuit. The camera will likely need an HDMI scaler, so please let us know if you want to explore this option. Example output: