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Podium guide

All learning spaces at City are equipped with a podium to facilitate the delivery of teaching and presentation content. The podium is known as the Pod.

About AV Pod controls

The AV in a learning space is controlled via a Crestron touch panel on the Pod

Screen control

  1. Firmly touch the screen on the touch control panel to wake up the Pod and projector. After a minute the home screen will display.
  2. The touch panel controls all the functions that you will need, allowing you to switch between different inputs (PC, visualiser, external laptop etc.) and show or hide the projector display.
  3. Input audio can be controlled by the Volume buttons located on the right-hand side of the control panel.

Legacy Pod crestron panel

Boundary microphone

The boundary microphone located on the lectern will automatically pick up audio located. Do not obstruct the boundary microphone as this will affect Lecture Capture audio.

Boundary microphone

 

Laptop connection

  1. You can use your own laptop for teaching and presentations.
  2. Connect your laptop using the appropriate cable, all rooms will have a VGA but some Legacy spaces may also have a HDMI.
  3. Once connected, ensure the laptop button has been selected from the Crestron panel.

Laptop connection cables highlighted on legacy Pod

Related guidance

Leaving the Pod

  1. When you are ready, Log off but do not shut down the PC.
  2. If no-one is coming into the room to teach after you, shut down the projector by pressing the System Off button on the touch-control panel. 
  3. Do not turn off any appliances (e.g. projector, DVD player) using the power switch buttons. They should be left on and controlled from the Crestron panel.
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