Immersion Lectern
The Immersion Lectern is found in the Immersive Synchronous Lecture Halls. These lecterns can be used for synchronous teaching to a classroom on a different campus (immersion mode) or non-synchronous teaching (local mode). The lectern includes the technology faculty can use to present course materials as well as the touchscreen interface that is used to operate the equipment. The Immersion Lectern includes a lectern and a sidecar. The lectern is a slim, moveable station which can be positioned in the center of the room or moved next to the sidecar. It is height-adjustable and instructors can teach from behind it or move it to the side. The side car contains additional equipment and can also be moved around the front of the room.
For more detailed information about the technology available in the Immersion Lectern, view the sections below. Visit the Synchronous Lecture Hall page for further reading about the Rutgers-New Brunswick classrooms virtually connected through these lecterns.
Features
Available in All Immersion Lectern Rooms
- Mac computer, including:
- a dedicated Internet connection
- two USB ports
- keyboard and mouse
- Whiteboard-Annotation software
- Additional software (see "Lectern Computer Apps" below for full list of software)
- Document camera capable of projecting:
- books, documents, and other objects
- transparencies
- Connections and cables for projecting laptops, phones, or tablets:
- HDMI port and cable
- VGA port and cable
- Solstice wireless display sharing for both instructor and student laptops, phones, and tablets
- Multiple projection, allowing projection of one source on up to six screens located in the front and rear of the room or two different sources on any combination of screens (available only in local mode)
- Wireless lavaliere microphone
- Ethernet port and cable, for connecting laptops to the Internet
Additional Equipment Available By Request
- 35mm slide projector
- Air Mouse
- iClicker base
- Hand-held microphone
- Hand-held trackball mouse
- Microphone stand
- USB hub, allowing users to connect more than two USB devices to the podium
- VCR or international VCR
- Wacom Bamboo Pad
- Webcam and tripod
- Wired lavaliere microphone
- Wireless pen mouse
- Wireless presenter, used to advance slides or control the mouse
Visit the Equipment Request Page for more information and to reserve this equipment.
Other Useful Info
- Workshops
- For hand-on training, consider attending a DCS Technology Training session.
- To learn more about using the podium's Mac computer, look for our Intro to Macs session.
- Apple Adapter Cheat Sheet
Videos, Tutorials, and Instructions
Instructions
Other Useful Info
- Workshops
- For hand-on training, consider attending a DCS Technology Training session.
- To learn more about using the podium's Mac computer, look for our Intro to Macs session.
- Teaching in a Synchronous Lecture Hall
- Apple Adapter Cheat Sheet
Classrooms
List of Classrooms Equipped with Immersion Lecterns
Software
List of Apps Available on the Podium Computer
The DCP computer is equipped with over forty applications. Apps may be opened by selecting them in the dock or by clicking on the blue applications folder and choosing the app from the list. If the DCP does not have software you would like to use in your class, contact us.
| Helps molecular biologists visualize and edit DNA sequence files | |
| Adium | An instant messenger application that allows users to chat via a variety of different instant messaging services including AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more |
| Adobe Acrobat X Pro | A PDF creator and viewer designed for use with video, audio, and other interactive content |
| Adobe Creative Suite 6 | A collection of software designed for creating content. Includes: Bridge, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Media Encoder, and Photoshop. |
| AIM | AOL’s instant messenger |
| Android SDK | Tool for building, testing, and debugging apps for Android |
| Audacity 1.2.5* | For editing and recording sounds |
| BaiBoard | A virtual whiteboard app that can be used to draw and annotate. |
| Camino | Web browser |
| CN3D 4.3 | Helper application that allows users to view 3-dimensional structures from NCBI's Entrez Structure database |
| Comic Life Magiq | For creating photo based comics |
| Cyberduck | Cloud storage browser |
| Dreamweaver | For making and editing HTML web sites and mobile apps |
| Eclipse | Web-development tools |
| Excel 2011 | A spreadsheet program used to manage, analyze, and organize data |
| FaceTime* | For video chat |
| Firefox | Web browser |
| Fireworks | Helps you create designs for web sites and mobile apps, without coding |
| Flash Professional CS6 | Used to create animation and multimedia content |
| GarageBand | A recording studio tailored to making music |
| GeoGebra | GeoGebra is an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus application, intended for learning and teaching mathematics and science. |
| Google Chrome | Web browser |
| Google Earth | A 3D, interactive map of the world |
| Google SketchUp 8 | 3D modeling program designed for architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions |
| iClicker Cloud | Used to conduct polls using iClicker's mobile system (requires that students purchase accounts) |
| iMovie | For making and sharing movies |
| iPhoto | For editing, organizing, sharing, and presenting photos |
| iTunes | For playing music |
| iWeb | For creating web sites |
| iWorks | An Apple productivy suite, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. |
| jEdit | A text editor for web programming |
| Illustrator | A vector graphics editor |
| Image Capture | Used to upload pictures from digital cameras or scanners which are connected directly to the podium or via the network |
| InDesign | Used to create design work such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books |
| Jing | A way to capture images and short vides of your screen |
| Keynote | Keynote is Mac's version of PowerPoint, used to create and give slide presentations. |
| Kurzweil 3000 | A literacy tool |
| MacSpice | Simulates and analyses electronic circuits that can range in complexity from a single resistor to an integrated circuit comprising tens-of-thousands of devices |
| Maple 17 | A tool for learning, teaching, and doing math |
| Mathematica | Computational program used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing |
| Matlab 2014 | Lets you explore and visualize ideas and collaborate across disciplines including signal and image processing, communications, control systems, and computational finance. |
| Messages | Used for text chatting and sharing photos and files |
| Microsoft Communicator* | A communication server designed for collaboration through instant messaging, presence, Web conferencing, and audio/video conferencing |
| Microsoft Office 2011 | A software bundle that includes Word (for word processing), PowerPoint (for slide presentations), Excel (for spreadsheets), and Outlook (for email) |
| Microsoft Silverlight | A development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web and mobile applications |
| NetBeans | For developing mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more |
| Open-Sankoré | A whiteboard and annotation app that allows users to annotate computer images. |
| Panopto | A lecture capture tool that can be used to record in-class videos. A Panopto account is required to access this software. |
| Photoshop | A graphics editing program |
| PollEv Presenter App | This app enables instructors with Poll Everywhere acounts to use Poll Everywhere with PowerPoint. |
| PowerPoint 2011 | Helps you build and present slide show presentations |
| Processing | An open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions |
| Preview | A view used to open PDFs and image files such as jpeg, tiff, and png |
| QuickTime Player | For playing videos |
| R & R Studio | R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. R Studio is a tool that makes it easier to use R. |
| REEF | REEF polling is iClicker's solution mobile-based polling solution. This can be used by instructor to administer polls. Please note, students must still have licenses to participate. |
| Remote Desktop Connection | Used to access computers running Windows connected to the same network |
| Safari | Web browser |
| Scratch 1.4 | For creating and sharing interactive stories, games, music, and art |
| ScreenFlow | Screencasting and video editing software that can capture audio and video from the computer |
| SeaMonkey | Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing portal |
| Second Life Viewer | Enables users to explore, communicate, and connect in Second Life - a 3D, virtual world where people can interact and build |
| Skype* | An application for video, voice, and text chatting |
| Soundslides Plus 898 | Allows you to share your slide-shows on the Web or convert them to video for YouTube and Vimeo |
| SPSS | A software package used for statistical analysis |
| Stata | Data analysis and statistical software |
| StatTransfer12 | Used to move data between worksheets, databases, and statistical packages |
| Stickies | Use stickies to jot notes, write reminders, create lists, or store frequently used text |
| TextEdit | Lets you create all types of text documents |
| Top Hat Monocle | Used to poll students from their mobile device. Instructors must already have a Top Hat account to use this application. |
| TurningPoint | TurningPoint is a hardware-based option for polling students. Use of TurningPoint requires that students purchase "clickers." |
| VLC | Multimedia player. View our article on YouTube for more info on using VLC. |
| Xcode | A development environment used to create apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad |
| Word 2011 | Word processor and document viewer |
| *use of many core features of this app requires additional hardware. Please contact DCS for more information. |