Smart Systems

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Smart Systems

• on the Kenosha campus

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Switch it on

• Turn on the computer associated with the system
• Might be hidden in a cabinet
• Works as a regular computer independent of the
  Smart System

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Switch it on

1. Activate the Smart System

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Wall panel

• (A112, A113, A115,
• A116, A138)
• Press the on button
• and wait until it stops
• flashing.

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Unibar

• (A130, A203, A221, A226, A228)
• Use the mouse to roll the cursor off the right
  edge of the computer screen. A bar will appear.
  Click SYS-ON.

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Desk panel

• (A114, A219, S137, T130)
• Touch the blank screen of the small panel
• built into the desk. A message will appear
• with instructions to
• touch the screen again
• to turn the system on.

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X-Panel

• (A104, A201, S125) Locate the icon on the
  desktop that says Xpanel or Shortcut to
  Control System. Click on it.

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Selecting presentation tools

• Document camera
• TV/DVD
• PC
• Laptop
• Whiteboard

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Unibar

• Roll cursor to the right side of the computer
  screen. Menu options will appear.

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Wall panel

• Select option
• from panel.

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Desk panel

• Options appear on screen.

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X-panel

• Use the mouse to choose from the options on
  the computer screen.

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Lowering the screen

• Most screens will lower when the system is
  activated, but there is a control switch on the
  wall to raise and lower the screen manually.

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Document camera

• Replaces overhead
• Shows transparencies,
• Objects, sheets of paper

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DVD/VCR

• Movie clips/movies
• Demonstration videos
• Textbook ancillaries

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Controlling volume

• Amp on some systems

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Controlling volume

• Amp on some systems
• Wall panel on
• others

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Controlling volume

• Amp on some systems
• Wall panel
• Onscreen controls

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Laptop

• You can connect your own laptop to the system

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PC

• Web sites
• YouTube
• Powerpoints
• Word documents

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Whiteboard tools

• Select a marker color from the round buttons at
  the top of the computer monitor.

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Whiteboard tools

• Select a marker color from the round buttons at
  the top of the computer monitor.
• To eliminate markings, choose eraser and erase
  using cursor. Or right click

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Other tools

• Systems have different software to create
  projects with Smart tools (screen captures,
  etc.)

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Shutting it down

• All the systems have clearly labeled OFF or
  SHUT DOWN commands on the command screens.

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Troubleshooting

• Im playing a video, but theres no sound.
• If playing from the computer, computer sound
  might be muted.
• Amp volume might be turned down.

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Troubleshooting

• The Smart System is on and the projector is on
  but only showing a blue screen even though I
  selected a tool.

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Troubleshooting

• Possibly the switcher has been turned off
  accidentally.
• If not, its a job for the computer techs.

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Troubleshooting

• I shut the system down, but the projector stayed
  on.
• Turn back on and power down
• Reboot computer

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Questions and demonstrations