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This room is automatically scheduled based off the classroom schedule to record the classroom camera and shared content (what is being presented on the projector). The recording will start at the start time of your class and will end automatically at the end of your class time.

You can confirm your classroom is successfully recording by ensuring the Recording (A) symbol is displayed on the Crestron Control Unit. Click and hold this button to manually stop the recording if you finish earlier than your scheduled time.

This classroom does not have a camera installed. The lecture capture video being recorded only contains content you are sharing on the classroom projector and audio picked up from the classroom microphones (gooseneck, wireless lavalier, and ceiling microphone).

There are two different microphones in this room. Make sure you are close to one of these microphones to make sure the recording can be heard.

• Gooseneck microphone: This microphone is on top of the lectern and can be adjusted to point your direction. It can pick up audio of an instructor standing or sitting at the lectern station.
• Ceiling microphone: This is a set of microphones handing at the front of the classroom. These microphones are designed to pick up the instructor as he/she is walking about or standing at the front of the classroom.

Since this room is not equipped with a Classroom camera, instructors may bring their own camera to plug into the lectern computer. Instructors can then choose that camera in the Zoom settings and record their Zoom meeting to the cloud. This recording will display in the user’s My Media account once it is processed and can be published/embedded into Canvas courses.

Lecture Capture videos are automatically uploaded to the instructors My Media (Kaltura) account just like Zoom meetings that are recorded to the cloud. The video is private to that instructor until action is taken to embed/publish to a Canvas course.

When an instructor starts class, the projector defaults to showing the Lectern Computer. To change the content being shared on the projector and lecture capture recording click the desired content to share on the Crestron control unit.

• Lectern Computer (A): Anything showing on the computer monitor displays on the projector
• AirMedia (B): allows you to connect a device wirelessly by downloading an app and typing in code
• HDMI (C) input: shows the screen of the connected device
• VGA (D) input: shows the screen of the connected device

To show the document camera on the projector and recording, make sure you are showing the Lectern Computer on the projector, then double click the Document Camera icon on the computer desktop screen. This will open the document camera software on the computer screen which is being projected to students in the class and being captured by the automatic recording.

Though there may be a whiteboard in the classroom, instructors may want to consider using an alternative method so that both remote and in-person students can see it live and/or in the recording.

• Document Camera: Instructors can double click the ‘Document camera’ icon on the desktop to use the document camera feed on the computer screen. Instructors can display documents, sketch/write notes, or use their own small whiteboard under the document camera. This software comes with digital annotation features as well. See Document Camera Instructional Guide (pdf).
• Zoom Whiteboard: Instructors can click ‘share’ and choose ‘whiteboard’ in Zoom. This brings up a white window and Zoom’s annotation toolbar which allows drawing, highlighting, inserting shapes, typing text, using stamps, and more. Zoom also allows remote students to annotate on your whiteboard. See Zoom Guide on using Whiteboard.
• Microsoft Ink: Instructors can Select ‘Windows Ink Workspace’ from the lectern taskbar to open it. From here, you can select ‘Whiteboard’ or ‘Fullscreen Snip’. Microsoft Ink allows you to share a link with students so they can also write on your whiteboard. See Microsoft guide on Ink.
• Microsoft OneNote: Instructors can navigate to their OneDrive at office.com or open OneNote on that computer and use its drawing features. With this method, instructors can pre-write problems, figures, etc. and finish it during class. All work is synced to their OneDrive. See more information on Microsoft OneNote.

Zoom is the recommended option to allow students that are remote to see and interact with your class. Running a Zoom meeting allows students that are remote to see you and your shared content, hear you, and engage with you. See the questions below and visit the eLearning Zoom webpage for more information on using Zoom.

It is recommended that instructors schedule their Zoom meetings in Canvas so that students can easily access the join information needed and see the event on their Canvas calendar.

See the Zoom guide for instructors for step by step instructions on scheduling a meeting in Canvas.

1. Double click the Zoom (A) icon on the Lectern Computer desktop.
   
2. Click Sign in with SSO (B) and type UAB (C) as the domain.
   
   
3. Provide your BlazerID and Strong Password and complete the DUO requirement.
4. Click Open Zoom (D) in the dialog box that appears.
   
5. Click ‘Meetings’ to find desired scheduled meeting and click ‘Start’ or start your personal meeting room by clicking the ‘New Meeting’ icon

Click Join Audio (A) on the bottom left of the Zoom toolbar and choose to Join With Computer Audio (B).

Click the Arrow (C)beside the Mute button to choose the microphone and speaker.

Microphone

Choose Microphone Array (Realtek Audio) (D) so that participants in the Zoom meeting will hear the microphone that is integrated into the Computer Monitor.

Speaker

• Choose Crestron (Intel®) Display Audio (E) so that you can hear the Zoom participants across the classroom speakers.
• Click Unmute (F) when ready.

Click the Arrow (I) beside the Start Video button to choose the camera.

Choose AV Bridge Mini (J) to choose the Classroom Camera. Click Start Video when ready.

• Click the Share (A) button on the Zoom toolbar and double click Desktop/Screen 1 (B) to share the same thing you are showing on the projector in class.
• Click the Share Computer Audio (C) button if you will be playing any videos that have sound.