After six years, I am leaving the Provost’s Office and returning to the Faculty of Resource Economics. Thanks to everyone as it has been a great six years. To see an overview of the main projects we were involved in during that time you can view the slides of a presentation I gave to the Dean’s Council.
Category: Classrooms
Information regarding our teaching spaces at UMass Amherst
see summary for a table of our IT rooms by room size categories
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We had another good summer with IT classroom improvements, 
many using the CIP IT Lite installation package given the smaller room sizes. Click on the slide, or here, to open a text file [pdf] on how to use these rooms. Or watch the video.
The Lite package incudes:
Projector, Sanyo XU-78, 3000 lumens Dalite Model B 70” by 70” matte screen Extron Medialink wallmounted switcher Extron projector amplifier Two ceiling JBL speakersOur electrical team has now completed the needed work on these rooms and hence they are now ready to go!
Dickinson 110, 114, Tobin 307, and Draper 124
During Spring Break we were able to install full CIP IT packages into Dickinson 112, 214, and Holdsworth 202. In addition, we almost completed the installs in Dickinson 110, 114, Tobin 307, and Draper 124 as they “only” need the electrical wiring to be connected.
We also installed the CIP IT Lite package into these four rooms: Bartlett 3, 35, 314 and Dickinson 210.
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CIP IT “Lite”
Over winter break we began a project to equip our smallest classrooms with a smaller AV package to meet the needs of more classes. We completed Dickinson 206 and LGRT 1234 with this simplified package that requires the instructor to bring her or his laptop to the room or to ask AIMS to deliver a DVD/VCR to the room. We are calling these new, smaller installations CIP IT Lite. During spring break, we will continue installing these “Lite” packages. We call this CIP IT Lite because we do not install a locked AV cabinet in the room and it also lacks a dedicated DVD/VCR. All the equipment is accessed in these rooms from a wall plate. The instructor attaches her/his computer to the wall plate with the provided cable. If a DVD is needed and the instructor cannot use her/his computer to play it, AIMS can bring over a DVD, or VCR, to connect to the wall plate as well. The amplifier and the speakers are installed in the ceiling along with the projector.
These rooms work best for instructors who only need their computer for their presentation since the ceiling installed amplifier, speakers and projector make this a great presentation experience without the cost, and loss of floor space, of the other equipment. Thus if you use only a laptop for your teaching, you can use a full CIP IT or CIP IT Lite room with equivalent success. We are using the savings to do more rooms.
Equipment in a CIP IT Lite room:
Sanyo XU-78 Projector XGA 3000 lumen
Dalite Model B 70” by 70” screen
Extron Medialink Projector Switcher
Extron MPA-122 Amplifier
JBL Ceiling Speakers
Wall connection plate and connecting cable(s) for connecting your own computer or an AIMS DVD or VCR.
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New Classroom IT Key Procedure
We changed our key procedure and now use a “submit and pickup” method using the Web-based Key Request Form www.umass.edu/provost/key-request
You will be sent an email when your key is ready for pickup at the reception desk in the Office of the Provost, 362 Whitmore. Be sure to bring your campus ID (or driver’s license) when you stop by to pick it up.
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Winter 2008 Installs and Plans
Over the winter break we were able to upgrade Fernald 11, Goessmann 20, and Isenberg SOM 133. We also began a project to equip our smallest classrooms with a smaller AV package to meet the needs of more classes. We completed Dickinson 206 and LGRT 1234 with this simplified package that requires the instructor to bring her or his laptop to the room or to ask AIMS to deliver a DVD/VCR to the room. We are calling these new, smaller installations CIP IT Lite. During spring break, we will continue installing these “Lite” packages [see CIP IT Lite post]. In addition, we will install the full CIP IT package in these eight rooms over spring and summer breaks:
Dickinson 110, 112, 114, 214, Draper 124, Holdsworth 202, Tobin 307, and Totman 156 |
Satisfaction with your Instructional Technology needs and the Classroom you were assigned
Source: IT and Classroom Survey, Spring 2007
