What is an AMX CONTROL PANEL and why should I care CLICK HERE TO BEGIN

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What is anAMX CONTROL PANEL(and why should I
care?)CLICK HERE TO BEGIN
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Pop Quiz

• To test your incoming knowledge, answer the
  question posed on the opening slide
• What is an AMX Panel?
• An awesome new skateboard design
• A small, lightweight racecar
• An electronic control device

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You are right!!

• Youre movin on up!
• Click to continue

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Incorrect!

• Go back and try again!
• Return to question

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NOT!!!

• You get one more try!
• Return to question

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A Brief Explanation

• An AMX Control Panel is the official name for the
  flat screen that sits on the instructor desk in
  each of the videoconferencing rooms in Millennium
  Hall at UW-Stout.
• The panel, as well call it, is an electronic
  touch pad that controls most of the functions of
  not only the event, but also the equipment in the
  room. This panel responds when you touch the
  visual buttons with your finger. In this
  presentation, well use the mouse.
• Isnt this fun? (That isnt a test question)
• CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE

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Heres what youll see
This is a sleeping panel. It goes to sleep
like a computer screen after a set amount of
time. The screen lettering (a bit blurry in this
picture) says Press touch panel to begin.
Click your mouse on the panel above
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to wake up the panel!
Now youre ready to begin! Looking at the panel
above, which button would you touch to move
into the teaching mode, if you were teaching a
distance education class PRESENTATION, DISTANCE
EDUCATION, OR RETURN? Click on the one you
choose
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Nope. Wrong.

• Go back and try again
• Click to return

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Thats correct. Youre here
This is what youll see when the Distance
Education Menu opens on the panel. The center of
the panel above shows a preview of the instructor
camera view (Note the INSTR button highlighted at
lower right.) CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
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Some tips for using the panel

• Each button you touch on the control panel gives
  you different choices for control, depending on
  the device you choose. Those controls show up in
  the preview panel

The image at left shows the preview in the center
of the control panel, when the instructor camera
is chosen. Notice the control buttons on this
preview? Notice the different controls as you
move to different devices in this presentation.
The controls for the instructor camera include
ZOOM, FOCUS, PAN/TILT, AUTO FOLLOW, etc.
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
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A different view
Notice that there are no device controls in the
preview screen above? This is the view youll
see if you choose the COMPUTER (notice that
button highlighted above?) There are no panel
controls for the computer in the panelthe
computer is controlled by the mouse and keyboard.
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
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DVD Player Operation
Notice the highlighted DVD button on the photo
above. Also notice the difference in the view on
the preview screen There is no picture until
you actually play the DVD. The control buttons
are different as well they closely mimic the
actual control buttons on the DVD player
itself. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
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There are a lot of options

• There are many pieces of equipment you may use
• Most are controllable from the panel
• Instructor camera
• 2 Student cameras
• Document camera
• Computer
• VHS and DVD video

• Each piece of equipment has its own control
  screen on the panel, and the buttons look much
  like the controls on the actual pieces of
  equipment.
• CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE

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Youre well on your way!

• Weve touched on just a few of the possibilities
• In order to learn more, and get a real feel for
  the technology..
• CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE

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• You can go back to the beginning and review the
  information or
• Contact me for more information and a real-life,
  hands-on introduction to the rooms and their
  equipment! Theres a lot more that you can do
  with this equipment. Come to Millennium Hall and
  let me show you how!
• Sali Mounce, Coordinator of Interactive Distance
  Learning212 Millennium Hall, 121 10th Avenue
  EastMenomonie WI 54751VOICE 7152325239EMAIL
  mounces_at_uwstout.eduWEB http//www.uwstout.e
  du/solutions/lts/idl