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Classroom Technology

Classroom Equipment

Walkthrough Video

All Classrooms

Every classroom on campus has been equipped with:

• A classroom desktop computer
• A USB Webcam
• An HDMI input to display your own device
• A projector
• Speakers
• An Extron control panel to start and control the projector and speakers
• A document camera attached to the computer

We recommend using the classroom desktop computer if you're going to stream or record your class. It has a microphone that CIT has tested as able to clearly capture audio from the room. If you'd like to use an additional device, consider joining the Google Meet on those devices as well and simply muting yourself on the secondary device. For medium- to large-sized classrooms, there may also be additional microphone systems that will better pick up sounds around a larger room. Sound from the computer (including audio from the Google Meet) will come out of the classroom speakers. The desktop computer is usually on a cart to enable repositioning to point towards the speaker, whiteboard or classroom participants.

Classrooms with In-Room Voice Amplification

About 10 rooms on campus currently have an in-room microphone amplification system. You can simultaneously send your voice to a Google Meet as well as in-room amplification systems. We provide a wearable microphone and receiver. If you think that would be useful to you or you plan on teaching in one of those spaces, reach out to get started.

This microphone is worn around the head and is very comfortable over long periods of time. It is connected to a belt pack which wirelessly transmits to a USB receiver. This receiver acts as the microphone for your Google Meet. Additionally, the USB receiver has a 3.5mm output jack that you can connect to the room's Extron system to send your audio out to the room speakers.

Contact CIT if you believe this solution may work for you 

Video Call Software

To livestream your class or conference with a remote person, you will want to schedule a Google Meet using Google Calendar. Contact CIT if you'd like more assistance getting started with that.

For a recurring livestreamed class, create a recurring event with Google Calendar which uses a single URL for all events. Once you've made a scheduled event, you can then distribute that link to your students via Moodle or other means. We recommend posting the link to your scheduled event as a Resource in your Moodle class. You can also use the Moodle Announcements forum to email information your students.

Recording Class

You can record a class using Google Meet. With Google Meet, right to the event organizer's Google Drive.

With both options, you don't necessarily have to have another participant in the call in order to begin recording. The easiest way to create a recording of your class is to create a new call in the tool of your choice, then simply begin recording, even if nobody else is in the call with you. If you're the only person in the call, you do have to change a setting when you start it so it doesn't end the call. In the Google Meet settings > General > turn off "Leave empty calls"

See more options for recording your screen 

Closed Captioning

Captions enhance comprehension of material for all participants in class. We highly recommend you enable them for your call.

With Google Meet, real-time captions are automatically available to every participant in the call.

No matter which method you use to create your video, when it's uploaded to Google Drive, you have the option to also .

Learn more about faculty and staff resources for captioning from Disability and Accessibility Resources