Overview:
To facilitate distance education, video conferencing capability has been installed in Engineering and Physics rooms 202 and 204 and Niccolls room 208. Technologies in these classrooms include a touch panel, two displays at the front of the room, a display at the back of the room, cameras at the front and back of the room, a computer, and a doc cam.
Main Page Controls:
To wake the classroom video conferencing equipment from standby, press anywhere on the touch panel on the lectern top. Once the equipment “wakes up” from standby, you will see Main Page. From the main page, you can begin your video conference, or use the in-room AV equipment.
When the equipment comes out of standby, all three displays in the room will turn on automatically. If this does not occur, please contact ITS immediately.
The display screen when turned on.
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To Use Room AV Without a Video Call:
Step 1:
To teach in a video conference room without being on a video call, press the Share button on the touch panel.
From this page, select the source you want to display on the monitors in the classroom.
Select the source you want to display on the monitors
Step 2:
If the Doc cam button is dark grey with a line through it, press the power button located on the document camera.
Step 3:
Select the source you wish to display on the monitors. For the classroom PC, or your own computer, tablet or smartphone connected via HDMI, press the PC button. When your device is plugged into the HDMI on the lectern top, you will not be able to see the classroom PC unless you disconnect your HDMI cable. Press the icon of the device you wish to “share” or show on the displays in the room. Press the share button to show the device on screen.
Volume is controlled by the speaker buttons located on the face of the touch panel.
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To Place a Zoom Call (enter your meeting ID using the keypad):
Step 1:
Press the Call button on the home screen. Once the Call button is pressed, you will see the favorites list.
The favorites list will appear on the screen.
Step 2:
Press Zoom on the touch panel.
Press the green Call button on the touch panel to connect to Zoom.
Enter your Meeting ID followed by the # (pound) key to connect to your Zoom meeting.
Enter the Meeting ID for your course, followed by the pound key.
Step 3:
Once you are connected, you can use the Share button on the bottom of the touch panel to share your computer screen or document camera with the video participants as well as the participants in the room.
This screen is similar to what you will see once connected to the Zoom meeting.
You can share your computer screen or document camera.
Step 4:
To end a Zoom call, press the red "End" button.
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To Place a Direct-Dial Zoom Call (meetingID@zoomcrc.com):
Step 1:
Press the Call button on the home screen. Once the Call button is pressed, you will see the favorites list.
The favorites list will appear on the screen.
Step 2:
To type in a Zoom address, press the search () button at the top of the screen. This will open a full keyboard so you can type in your zoom info.
Use the “SIP Address” from your Zoom meeting invitation. Example: 123456789@zoomcrc.com.
Press the green Call button on the touch panel to connect to Zoom.
Enter in the "SIP Address" from your Zoom meeting invite.
Step 3:
Once you are connected, you can use the Share button on the bottom of the touch panel to share your computer screen or document camera with the video participants as well as the participants in room.
This screen is similar to what you will see once connected to the Zoom meeting.
You can share your computer screen or document camera.
Step 4:
To end a Zoom call, press the red "End" button.
Step 5 (optional):
Once you have dialed your meeting using the direct dial method, you can find your meeting in the "Recents" tab of the call menu.
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To Place a Call Without Zoom:
Step 1:
Press the Call button on the home screen. Once the Call button is pressed, you will see the Favorites menu. To type in an IP address, press the search () button at the top of the screen. Enter the IP address, or URL of the codec you wish to call using the keyboard. Example IP: 129.101.250.000. Example URL: CTS-ExampleCodec.video.uidaho.edu
A keyboard will appear when the Search button is pressed.
Step 3
To end a call, press the red "End" button.
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Controlling Your Cameras:
Step 1:
To control your cameras, press the Camera button in the top right corner of the touch panel, next to the clock. The arrow keys in the middle of the window control the camera position. The + and - keys zoom in and out. On the left of the window, there are presets for your convenience. A picture-in-picture window will pop up on the displays in the room to allow you to see your camera shot while you are moving the camera. This will disappear after a few seconds.
The camera controls panel can be accessed via the Camera button.
Step 2:
NIC 208, EP 202 and EP 204 are equipped with two cameras in the room – one facing the students, one facing the instructor. To choose the camera you wish to send, press the Camera icon () on the top right of the touch panel. Next, press the grey box just below the camera controls and select the camera you wish to send to the video participants.
Make sure to choose the camera you want to send using the camera icon on the top right of the touch panel.
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Controlling the “Far End” Camera:
Step 1:
On a direct call (not using Zoom and if allowed by the participant's video codec) you can control the camera on the “far end”. The far end is the other participant. To control the far end camera, on the main page – press the person shaped icon next to the clock in the top right corner of the touch panel. Press the participant to control their camera.
Sometimes there is an option to control the camera on the remote end.
Step 2:
Press the camera button on the new pop-up window. You can control the remote camera in the exact same way you control the in-room cameras.
Remote control, if available, will appear once the camera button is pressed in the pop-up window.
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Selecting Speaker, Gallery, or Immersive View
While dialed into Zoom Meeting to change current video layout option:
Step 1:
Bring up the Keypad menu on the Touch Panel.
Step 2:
Once open press any Key on Keypad Menu to bring up On Screen Menu on the large main display.
Step 3:
Press 1 on touch panel keypad page to select option (1) Change Video layout & Repeat 3rd step to cycle through 3 available options.
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Speaker View: 
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Gallery View: 
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Immersive View: 
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Contacting Support:
Contact your TSP with any issues in NIC 208, EP 202, or EP 204 at 208-885-0570 or email. For your convenience, our contact information is available on the touch panel. Press the button on the codec touch panel. Our phone number and support email will be displayed. You will need to send us an email manually from your smartphone, laptop or the classroom computer. Please include the room number and the nature of the problem and one of our tech staff will troubleshoot the issue.
Classroom support information is displayed on the touch panel under the ? icon.
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