ITS and Instructional Media have been working together to try to resolve the issue of faculty, staff and students who want to connect a laptop to the classroom projection system.   Most of the time when a laptop is connected to the projection system the equipment is not restored to the original setup when the laptop is disconnected, thus causing the next person to use the system headaches because not much works.

 

In some rooms the problem was resolved by a wall plate where the laptop computer connects to the projector cable plugged into an outlet on the wall.  That solution would not work for all classrooms and hence a second method for connecting a laptop was needed.

 

We believe that we have resolved that problem by placing an automatic switching system where the laptop connects to a cable on the computer cart.  Please do not unplug ANY cable from the back of any classroom equipment or from the connection plate on the wall.

 

Tom has written documentation that explains how to use the new switching system with a laptop.  The link to those instructions is:  http://library.noctrl.edu/instructional_media/laptop.html  If you have any questions please feel to call Instructional Media or ITS.