Current News
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periodically to stay informed of classroom support news and changes affecting
the multimedia-equipped lecture halls.
01-08-02:
All OIR classroom computers have been upgraded to Microsoft Windows 2000
and Microsoft Office XP. The multimedia consoles in Williamson 100 and
Weil 270 have been replaced by new, smaller technology podiums.
The Equipment web page has been updated to
reflect the fact that all Florida Gym classrooms are now on the Classroom
Network.
Leigh 148 and Turlington 1321 are no longer being scheduled by the
Registrar. Turlington B304 is a newly created Level-1 classroom on the
basement level of Turlington Hall.
New classrooms in Keene-Flint Hall and Frazier Rogers Hall are now listed
in the equipment page. Keene-Flint has 5 new
level-3 classrooms and 7 new level-4 classrooms. Frazier Rogers Hall has
2 new level-4 classrooms.
The old consoles in Little 101, 109, and McCarty C 100 have been replaced
with the new technology podiums. A padlock combination is now required
to access the equipment. Call 392-6683 to obtain that combination.
The old consoles in NRN 137 and Carleton Auditorium have been replaced
with the new technology podiums. A padlock combination is now required
to access the equipment. Call 392-6683 to obtain that combination.
Classroom Network connections are now available in Weil 210, 212, 273, and
279.
The software on all machines has been updated for the Summer semester.
The old consoles in FAB 103 and 105 have been replaced with the new
technology podiums. A padlock combination is now required to access the
equipment. Call 392-6683 to obtain that combination. Tablet armchairs
have been replaced in AER 303, BLK 415, NRN 331, NSC 225 & 227, WEIL
210, 212, 273, 279, and WEIM 1070, 1076, & 1084. All padlock/door
combinations have been changed for the Summer semester. Call
392-6683 to obtain the updated combination.
The following rooms have been upgraded from Level-3 to Level-4, with the
installation of a tech podium (computer, document camera, etc.): MEB 229,
MCCA 1142, MCCB G108, MCCB 3108, NSC 227, AER 327, BLK 315, BLK 415, CHE
316, FAC 118, LEI 242.
Little Hall 117 and 119 are now level-3 classrooms with installed data
projectors and VCRs. Little Hall 117 and 119, and Williamson 101 now have
Classroom Network connections installed.
New Engineering 100 has been retrofitted with a smaller technology
podium, replacing the large multimedia bunker. Contact OIR Classroom
Support for more information.
Network connections in Carleton Auditorium, FAB 103, and FAB 105 have been
switched over to the new Classroom Network feed. Classroom Network has
been installed in FAD 329.
New student seating has been installed in Black 315, McCarty A 2186 and
2196, and Mechanical Engineering 229, 234, and 238.
Classroom network connections are now available in New Engineering 100,
101, and 202, Chemical Engineering 237 and 316, and Nuclear Science 225
and 227.
The McCartyB G086 network outage has been repaired.
McCarty B G086 network is down. The problem is major and may take several
days to correct.
Classroom network connections are now available in Turlington Hall
classrooms 1101, 1105, 1315, 1321, 2303, 2305, 2306, 2318, 2319, 2322,
2328, 2333, 2334, 2336, 2341, 2342, 2346, 2349, 2350, 2353, 2354,
Williamson Hall rooms 100 and 202, Rolfs Hall 205, and Fine Arts C rooms
102, 116, 118, 120, 127, 201, and 213.
Classroom network connections are now available in Matherly Hall
classrooms 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 51, 103,
105, 107, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 251, and in New
Physics rooms 1011, 1101, 1200, 1216, and 1220.
Classroom network connections are now available in Weimer Hall classrooms
G030, 1070, 1074, 1076, 1078, 1084, 1090, 1092, 1094, and 1098.
Please fill out the Fall 2000 Classrooms
Survey!
Instructors may now submit classroom equipment reservation requests to OIR Classroom Support staff using the web form found on our reserve page. Telephoned reservations are still welcome at 392-6683.
The multimedia lecture hall cabinets will be opened by appointment only
during final exam week, and break. Please call 392-6683 at least one
business day in advance to have a cabinet opened for your exam or any
review sessions after December 7th.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect
completion of a new technology podium (computer) installation in NRN 331,
and Classroom Network connections in Little Hall 101, 109, 113, 121, 125,
127, 201, 203, 205, 207, 217, 219, 221, 223, 233, 235, 237, 239, and
Newins-Ziegler 112 and 222.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of a new technology podium (computer) installation in MCCB
2102.
The equipment page has also been updated to
reflect the installation of classroom network connections in the following
rooms:
AER 327, ARCH 213, ARCH 215, ARCH 411, ARCH 423, BLK 315, BLK 415, BRT
407, DAU 342, FLO 100, LEI 104, LEI 142, LEI 148, LEI 207, LEI 242, MEB
211, MEB 229, MEB 234, MEB 238
New software has
been installed on all installed computers. Minor version updates have
been applied where available.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of new projector installations in LEI 242, MCCA 1142, MCCA
2196, NRNA 1331, NRNA G506, PSY 129, ROL 205.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of new projector installations in MCCB 2102, MCCB 3108, MCCB
G108, NSC 225, WM 202, and technology podium (computer and document
camera) installations in Weil 320 and 328.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of technology podium (computer and document camera)
installations in AER 303, CSE 119, CSE 121, CSE 222, LIT 113, LIT 121, NEB
101, NRNA 2309S, NRNA 2309N, WAL 201E.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of technology podium (computer and document camera)
installations in LIT 113 and LIT 121.
All student seating in Turlington Hall classrooms (rooms 1101, 1105, 1315,
1321, 2303, 2305, 2306, 2318, 2319, 2322, 2328, 2333, 2334, 2336, 2341,
2342, 2346, 2349, 2350, 2353, 2354) and Dauer 342 has been replaced. In
addition, good chairs from those locations were used to replace chairs in
poor condition in Architecture 213, 215, 411, 423, NSC 227, ROL 205, WM
202, as well as a few chairs in Matherly, Little, and Norman Halls.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect the
completion of new projector installations in Turlington 2305 and Matherly
103, 105, 107, 113, 115, 117, and 119.
The equipment page has been updated to reflect new
projector and VCR installations.
All PCs received
minor updates to Netscape, media players, and other minor programs.
All classroom
PCs were updated to Windows 98 SE and Office 2000 Professional for the
Fall semester. Netscape, RealPlayer, and certain minor programs were
updated to their most current version. Minor updates were also made
to the software on classroom Macintoshes, to such programs as Acrobat,
Quicktime, and Fetch.
We now have data
projectors in 84 classrooms and permanently installed computers in about
1/3 of those. If there is no installed equipment in your classroom,
we will deliver mobile equipment to your classroom for you, in most locations.
See the equipment
page for specific information about your classroom.
All classroom
PCs will be updated to Windows 98 SE and Office 2000 Professional for the
Fall semester. Netscape, RealPlayer, and certain minor programs will
be updated to their most current version.
This website
now contains a resources section for additional information on classroom
technology issues. Follow the link on the menu on the left side of the
browser window. We will add more information to this page over time.
The Office of
Instructional Resources announces the delivery of audiovisual and portable
multimedia equipment for classroom instructional use. Please call 392-6683
to reserve equipment for delivery. Instructors should call one business
day in advance in order for equipment to be delivered. A course number
and classroom location is needed to reserve equipment for classroom delivery.
For more information about available equipment, please browse our equipment
page.
The lecture hall
multimedia cabinets will be locked during reading days and final exam week.
Please call 392-6683 if you need access to this equipment during these
times.
The Office of
Instructional Resources announces the delivery of audiovisual and multimedia
equipment to classrooms in Little Hall, Architecture, Fine Arts C, and
Walker Hall. 24 hours advance notice is required to have equipment delivered.
Please call 392-6683 to reserve equipment or for additional information.
This laptop connection
change only applies to the classrooms that are equipped with the new projectors
described below in the New Projectors Installed news item. The older projector
connections remain the same. The new projectors allow for a laptop to be
connected via a standard VGA extension cable. If you would like to hook
up a laptop in any of our classrooms, we encourage you to contact us at
least one day in advance to make sure that your laptop can be successfully
connected.
The computers
in the multimedia lecture halls received a minor software upgrade from
their previous configurations. The general capabilities of these machines
remain the same.
Over the winter
break, the data projectors in several of the multimedia-equipped classrooms
have been replaced with new projectors. These new projectors are brighter
and offer a better picture. The recommended display resolutions for these
projectors is 1024 X 768 or 800 X 600. The computers are preset to 800
X 600. The following rooms were replaced with the new LCD projectors: Carleton
100, Norman 137, Turl L005, L007, L011, Fab 103, Fab 105, McCarty C100
and Weil 270.
The rooms with
the new projectors have a minor menu change. In these rooms, the projector
display and monitor display can be turned off by pressing PROJ OFF and
MON OFF, respectively. Please be aware that when you turn off the new projectors,
you may have to wait as long as two minutes for the projector to cool before
it will display again. If the projector does not come back on within a
few seconds, wait two full minutes for it to cool down, and then press
the button again.
McAfee VirusScan
has been updated on the lecture hall and cart PCs to version 3.1.9 Licensed,
and virus data file 3108, dated 8/15/98.
08-24-98:
New Computer Hardware Changes
The PCs in all
the multimedia-equipped lecture halls have been replaced.
The Macintosh
computers will retain:
On the PCs, a
hard drive partition is now available which does not purge itself of user-added
files each day, like the standard partition. You are responsible for maintaining
legal license for installing any programs or data files you install on
this partition. The unpurged partition may be reformatted at any time if
it ceases to function correctly. Contact the Multimedia Support Staff (392-6683)
for more information on using this feature. All hard drives will be erased
between semesters.
On the Macs,
a 50MB "Faculty Work Space" volume is mounted on the desktop. This partition
is not purged daily like the Hard Drive partition. The Mac carts available
in TUR 1215 and Norman G521 do not purge their hard drives at all. Again,
you are responsible for maintaining legal license for any programs or files
you install. All hard drives will be erased between semesters.
New Computer
Software for Fall 1998
The new software
configuration for the PCs includes:
Network connections
(RJ-45 twisted-pair ethernet jacks) are now available on the panel on the
top of the multimedia podiums in all of our lecture halls. If you wish
to connect a laptop computer to the network in one of our rooms, please
contact us at least a week in advance for configuration information.
O.I.R. classroom support staff can be reached at 392-6683 or classrooms@ufl.edu.
In addition to
the lecture halls, 39 smaller classrooms in Little Hall and Turlington
Hall are networked. Configuration information for these rooms can
be found at http://www.clas.ufl.edu/clasnet/classrooms.
The mobile multimedia carts are pre-configured to use the network in these
rooms.
Other buildings
such as CSE and Norman have multiple classrooms with network connections
available for carts or laptops. Please see the appropriate authority
for configuration information, or contact us at 392- 6683 or classrooms@ufl.edu
for assistance.
Old News Items
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1-7-01:
Eight new classrooms are available in the newly renovated Anderson Hall.
Rooms 13, 17, and 19 are Level-3 rooms (LCD data projector and VCR), and
rooms 21, 32, 34, 101, and 134 are Level-4 rooms (Level-3 equipment plus
installed computer and document camera).
The following rooms have been promoted from Level-3 to Level-4, with new
tech podium installations (computer, document camera): B105 rooms 210 and
310, CSE 220 and 221, FAC 127, FLG 225, 235, 245, 265, and 285, LAR 239
and 330, N-Z 112, PSY 129 and 151, TUR 2305 and 2349, Weimer 1070 and
1076, and Williamson 202.
12-28-00:
12-21-00:
12-04-00:
12-01-00:
11-22-00:
The equipment page has been updated to reflect
Classroom Network connections in AER 303 and WAL 201E.
11-15-00:
11-03-00:
Please note that LaserDisc Players and Slide-To-Video players (Navitars)
will be removed from all lecture hall consoles for the Spring 2001
semester. This equipment will be available for delivery to any general
classroom by request, for one day, or an entire semester. Please contact us at least one business day in advance to
arrange delivery.
08-23-00:
The equipment page has been updated to reflect
the completion of new projector installations in DAU 342, LEI 207, and NRN
331, as well as new technology podium (computer and document camera)
installations in LEI 207, TUR 2319, LAR 310, and MEB 211.
The technology podium installations in MCCA G186 and MCCB G086 have been
renovated to comply with current standards.
Internet connections are now available in 3rd Floor Weil Hall classrooms.
08-09-00:
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07-12-00:
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02-22-00:
01-31-00:
01-10-00:
Updates for Spring 2000
08-23-99:
Updates for Fall 1999
07-30-99:
Software Updates for Fall 1999
07-07-99:
Resources Page Added
05-10-99:
Delivery Service Expanded
04-06-99:
Lecture Hall Cabinets Locked
03-25-99:
Delivery Service Announced
01-29-99:
Laptop Connection Change
01-05-99:
Minor Software Upgrade
01-03-99:
New Projectors Installed
01-01-99:
Control Menu Changed
09-10-98:
McAfee VirusScan Updated
The new configuration
includes:
New unpurged
Faculty Work Space
The new software
configuration for the Macs includes:
Network Connections
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