• Reservations for the Hecker Center Training room are made using Outlook.   This can be accomplished  either scheduling Hecker as a "resource". If you prefer, you can  also contact LibTech@brown.edu, (x 39898) to request the room. 
• If there is a conflicting appointment for the room, please feel free to negotiate with the staff  member who has the room booked already.
• If you are unable to keep the appointment, please remember to cancel the activity or meeting with  Hecker Center's Outlook calendar .
• All sessions held in the Hecker Training Room are to be library-related, such as library instruction, staff training, electronic product demos, reference meetings, WIG meetings or discipline group meetings. The room   is not available for classes by non-librarians, or for use by staff or students for individual projects.
• There is no food allowed in the Hecker Training Room. Beverages in covered containers are allowed. You have not used the Hecker Training Room before, please contact LibTech (x 39898),  Libtech@brown.edu, for an orientation session. (TOP)

Equipment in the Training Room:

• One (1) networked instructor PC with CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, ZIP drive ·   
• Ten (10) networked user PCs with CD-ROM drive and floppy drive .    
• Seating for 20 · VCR · Document camera for projection from books, 3-D objects, paper, and overhead  transparencies (use 18 point type or higher for paper and transparencies) ·
• Projector for displaying from the computers, the VCR, and the document camera ·
• Two (2) white boards ·    
• Two (2) projection screens ·  
• Phone line ·   
• Netsupport School (software) .   
• Capability to connect up Mac or PC laptops for PowerPoint presentations and/or vendor demonstrations. (TOP)

Using the Training Room:

• Obtain the key to the room from Reference Desk staff. Sign it out in the Hecker log binder that is on the same shelf under the Reference Desk as the Hecker appointment book. Unlock the door. This means that the door will remain unlocked until you use the key to lock it again before you leave.
• Turn on lights by pressing "A" on the light keypad to the left of the door.
• Turn on instructor podium computer by pressing the power button on the CPU under the instructor desk.  You DO NOT need to turn on the monitor.
• If you plan to have users do any hands-on work, or to display using Netsupport School, turn on each user workstation by pressing the power button on the CPU.
• Using the touch screen, select the "PROJECTOR ON/OFF" button and turn the projector on. This will bring  down the screen as well.
• If you plan to display from the podium computer, press the "COMPUTER INPUT SELECT" button on the  touch screen and choose "PODIUM COMPUTER".
• If you plan to use the VCR, press the "VIDEO INPUT SELECT" button, and choose "VCR".
• If you plan to use the document camera, press the "VIDEO INPUT SELECT" button on the touch screen and choose "DOCUMENT CAMERA". You will also need to turn on the document camera manually; the switch is on the top left of the machine. Then press the lighting button; it is on the top right of the machine.    Press the lighting button once for displaying from paper, books or 3-D objects. Press twice for using overheads.
• Adjust room lighting as needed. Press the "LIGHTS" button on the touch screen. Press the buttons for  the lighting scene desired. Scene 1 is good for displaying to the screen while allowing users to take notes.
• If you need to use a laptop and to display it for the users, the appropriate cables are kept in the closet behind  the instructor podium. The light switch is to the left as you enter the closet. Both PC and Macintosh  laptops  may be used.
• If you need to use the microphone, it is housed in the closet behind the instructor podium. The light  switch is to the left  as you enter the closet. Be sure that the volume is lowered on the touch screen  before you turn the microphone on.  Additional batteries are in the microphone pouch. Please lock the closet when you are finished with the microphone.
•  Additional markers for the white boards are also kept in the closet behind the instructor podium. The  light switch is to the left as you enter the closet. Please lock the closet when you are finished with  the markers.
• If you have used the computer workstations for hands-on training, manually shutdown all computer workstations by using the "SHUTDOWN" command under the "START" button. DO NOT manually turn off the   monitors.
• Manually turn off the document camera (if used).
• Press the "SHUTDOWN" button on the main page.
• Be sure to check that BOTH doors to the Hecker Training Room are locked.
• Return the key to the Reference Desk and note its return in the signout log at the desk.(TOP)

Using JOSIAH in Staff Mode:

• To access Josiah in staff mode, click on the "START" button on the individual workstations.
• Click on "PROGRAMS", and then click on "TCP3270 FOR WINDOWS".
•  Select "TELNET", and then click on "LIBRARY" from the list of telnet sessions.
• 4Type "B" for VT220 terminal emulation. Type "Y" to confirm it.
• At the Josiah menu, type 99 to switch to staff mode. (TOP)

NetSupport School (formely Classnet)

	Basic Manual
	Advanced Manual
	Enhanced Instruction
		Manual
		Check List

Assistance in Using the Hecker Training Room Please call LibTech at (x39898).  

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