Welcome to the OSUTulsa Interactive Television Classroom

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Welcome to the OSU-TulsaInteractive Television
Classroom

• Learning Technology Services
• North Hall 204 [phone]
• Master Control [phone]
• Cell [phone], [phone], (918)
  640-8445
• Fax [phone]
• Email tulsa.lts_at_okstate.edu

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How to Start
The image to the left is the LCD Touch Panel used
in our ITV Classrooms. If left untouched the
screens will turn off after fifteen minutes,
however, the systems are still on. To reactivate
the screen, simply touch anywhere on the screen
and the last active page will be presented.
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Where to begin
When teaching from the Tulsa classroom, the
system will need to be switched from Receive to
Originate for proper viewing of the
class. This is done from the screen shown to the
left. If this is not the screen you see, touch
the button in the lower right corner that says
Main Menu and this screen will be brought up.
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Origination - Equipment

• Instructor control options
• (Additional buttons may appear on screen based on
  selected option)
• Elmo
• Functions like an overhead or opaque projector
  allowing notes or objects to be shown in detail.
• VCR DVD/Laserdisk
• TV Satellite transmissions, DVD, VHS,
  Laserdisk media can all be used to aid in
  teaching presentations.
• PC / Laptop
• External connections are available should the
  Classroom PC not be desired.
• A USB cable for easy access to the Classroom PC
  is located next to the telephone.
• Instructor, Student Far Site
• These selections determine which camera feed is
  shown on the front television.

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Reception Settings

• When setting the Touch Panel to Receive
• The orange device selection buttons on the right
  side of the screen will not appear.
• The Tulsa classroom will be displayed on the
  Touch Panels screen.
• The Far Site will be presented on the front
  television screen.
• The gray Volume and Main Menu control
  buttons will still be available for use.

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Transmission - Notices

• The videoconferencing technology is sound
  activated. If there is more than one other site
  in a transmission, you will see whoever spoke
  last. When the instructor microphone is open,
  the class will see just the instructor unless a
  student speaks during that time. Please
  encourage all students, both here and at the
  other sites, to make sure the microphones are
  muted until a question arises.
• Please remind students to press and hold the
  activation buttons on the desk microphones when
  asking or answering questions so that the other
  sites can hear them. The microphones are only
  active while the red light is on.
• Please have students turn-off pagers and cell
  phones during class as these may cause
  distracting noises to be generated in the
  transmission equipment.
• The video stream is compressed over the Internet,
  some quality issues may arise because of this
  fact. Please use larger, more distinct fonts on
  PowerPoints or hand written notes.

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Other Services

• The LTS office handles any academic materials for
  the ITV classrooms. To this end, any homework
  submitted is promptly time stamped and couriered
  to the class outreach extension office in
  Stillwater, unless other dispensation has been
  requested by the instructor.
• As an aid to instruction, all ITV classes are
  recorded for later playback/review unless
  specifically requested by the instructor that a
  session or course not be recorded.
• Whenever requested, the LTS staff will proctor
  quizzes and exams for the ITV classes. Please
  send any materials to be proctored at least
  twenty-four hours in advance of the session they
  are to be taken in so that we can insure having
  enough staff to cover all requests.

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• More information is available on our departmental
  website at http//www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/lts.
• For any additional questions, please dont
  hesitate to call.
• LTS Helpdesk 918-594-8285
• LTS Master Control 918-594-8424