Archives for August 2021

August 31, 2021, Filed Under: Media & A/V, Teaching & Learning

Mac Laptops & Classroom Speakers – known issues

Is your Mac Laptop not connecting to the classroom audio?

Have you tried using your Mac laptop in one of our Nursing classrooms and discovered that when you play a video from your desktop, the audio doesn’t play on the classroom speakers?

Well, it turns out this doesn’t happen automatically on Mac laptops. Instead, we have to select the correct device for sound output manually.

But luckily, the steps are super simple (if not entirely intuitive):

August 24, 2021, Filed Under: Teaching & Learning

Fall 2021 Teaching Technology update

Zoom

Due to various technical issues, Zoom is no longer installed in all of your Nursing classrooms. It is however available in all classrooms that have an external webcam installed on top of the classroom monitor.
- The following rooms have Zoom installed and a webcam available: 1.106, 1.108, 1.112, 1.116, 1.118, 3.170, 4.176, 4.180, 5.134
- If you’re teaching in a room that is not equipped with a webcam as Zoom, please contact me so we can get it installed.
If you have any questions about teaching with Zoom, please contact me at your convenience.
And if you’d like to learn more about Zoom, here’s a great place to start.
More Zoom resources are available here