JC 314 Conferencing

Conferencing in JC 314 has some unique features that are described here.

While this room does not have a Meetup camera, the Echo 360 camera can be used, as well as the wireless microphone(s).


Guide

  1. Turn the room using the iPad controller by selecting the HDMI computer input.
  2. Locate and connect the HDMI Cable on the podium to your computer, or to your adapter.
  3. Locate and connect the USB cable on the podium to your computer

  4. Open Microsoft Teams on your laptop

  5. Start a call via the following steps:

    1. Click the Calendar button on the left side button menu. 
      1. If you don't already have a meeting setup, you will need to create a meeting via the New meeting button located at the top right of the window.
    2. If a meeting is already scheduled, click on the meeting, and then in the window that opens, click the Join button located at the top right of the window.
    3. A new window will pop up that will contain the video, chat, and all other functions for the meeting
    4. In the meeting window that pops up, you will be presented with a video preview window that contains a video on/off toggle, a mic on/off toggle, a settings button, and a Join Now button.
      1. For the video toggle, make sure it is in the on position, otherwise participants will not see your video
      2. For the audio toggle, make sure it is also in the on position, otherwise remote participants will not be able to hear you
      3. If the video preview shows you the video angle that you would like to start with, click the Join Now button to enter the meeting.
      4. If you would like to change the video angle to a different available camera, click the settings gear button to open the Device Settings tab.
      5. In the Device Settings tab you will be able to change what speaker the audio routes to, what microphone Teams will get audio from, and what Camera you are using.
        1. For speaker, select: Displayport

        2. For microphone, select: Audiobox USB 96

        3. For video, select: Vaddio PTZ Camera

    5. Click Join Meeting, you will then enter the meeting, and you should be able to see and hear remote participants via the meetup speaker, and they should be able to see and hear the classroom as well.

  6. Once you are in a meeting, should you need to change your camera, or audio in/out settings, hover over the three dots at the top right of the video screen.

    1. In the drop down menu that appears, click show device settings, this will open a tab on the right side of the screen that will allow you to change your microphone, speaker, and camera settings.

  7. If during the meeting you need to mute your audio or video, click on the appropriate icon in the toolbar at the top right of the screen.


Digital Whiteboard

The instructions are at the following page: Teams Whiteboard with Sharp and Smart Touchscreens


Note

The steps for PC and Mac are very similar, with the exception that some external devices may show up under longer or different names.

Note

You may get a warning from Teams that your speaker volume is low, you can ignore this warning and set the volume with the room control iPad.

Note

A quick way to change just your camera angle is by clicking the Camera icon with your video preview in the bottom right corner of the video feed. This will cycle through all available cameras.