Biomedical Science Building

Seminar Room

The Biomedical Science Seminar Room is located in the The BRB Building and has a capacity of ** seats. This room has two Aver tracking cameras and two ceiling suspended echo-cancelling boundary microphones for the purpose of facilitating Hybrid Meetings / Seminars. This can be achieved using the provided PC and some of the preinstalled University of Galway ISS supported video conferencing applications. e.g. Zoom or MS Teams.

Available Equipment:
Display
Data Projector YES
Lecturn YES
Audio
Lecturn Microphone YES
1 x Lapel Microphone
(located in School office)		 YES
1 x Handheld Microphone
(located in School office)		 NO
2 x Sennheiser Ceiling Microphones for Hybrid Events connected to PC for use with
MSTeams, Zoom, Canvas etc		 YES
Laptop Connections
HDMI Laptop connection YES
Camera
2 x AVER DL30 (Presenter Tracking Cameras, one positioned on the lecturn, and one on the audience)  YES
Web Conferencing 
Compatible with Zoom, MS Teams, Canvas YES
Additional Technical Features
Height Adjustable Lecturn NO
Control Panel - Extron Touchpanel TLP Pro YES
Networked Windows Computer (PC) YES
Document Camera NO
Wireless Apple TV NO
Overhead projector NO
Speakers YES
Instructions on how to use the system
  • Press "PRESS HERE TO START" Button on Controller to turn on projector.
  • Select "COMPUTER INPUT" when using the Hybrid equipment.  (Camera, microphones are connected to PC only). When you move the mouse the PC should wake up, if not please press the Power button on the PC to turn on.
  • Login to the provided PC using your University of Galway campus account:
  •                 Staff:  login using staffid  (e.g 0123456s ) and associated password
  • From the PC desktop, please double click to the application you wish to use. i.e. MS Teams or Zoom.  When signing in to Teams or Zoom please use login [email protected] and associated password.
  • Ensure that you select the correct, camera, microphone and the speaker within the application’s  Audio & Video settings.
  • How to select the correct Camera, Microphone, and Speaker while using this PC for Hybrid Meetings:
  • Select "AVER MT300N " as your camera. You can then select the correct Camera Setting from the Touchpanel.
  • Select “Echo Cancelling Speakerphone (3 - DMP Plus USB#1)”as your microphone.  
  • Select  "Echo Cancelling Speakerphone (3 - DMP Plus USB#1)” as your speaker.  
Camera Settings

There are 5 different profiles you can select for camera settings.  You can change the camera settings and turn on camera tracking in the Lecturer Camera using the below settings;

  • Select "Presenter (Fixed)" for Fixed Camera shot on Presenter only.
  • Select "Presenter (Tracking)" for Presenter Tracking.  This will track to one presenter only.
  • Select "Speaker (Tracking)" for Presenter  / Audience Tracking for Presenter / Audience tracking.  This will change between Presenter tracking and audience questions automatically.
  • Select "Audience (Fixed)" for Fixed Audience.  This is a wide fixed shot of audience.  
  • Select "Audience (Tracking)" for Audience only.  This is a tracking preset for audience camera only.
Mute Microphones

To mute the microphones please press "Mute Microphones" in the PC selection

Press "SHUTDOWN" and log off the PC to shut down.
Hybrid Teaching Equipment Settings
Speaker/room camera Microphone Speaker
AVER Echo Cancelling Speakerphone

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