Booking the Training Room:

• Reservations for the Hecker Center Training room are made using Outlook.   This can be accomplished by scheduling Hecker as a "resource".
• 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, 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 DVD/CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, ZIP drive ·   
• Ten (10) networked user PCs with DVD/CD-ROM drive and floppy drive.   
• Seating for 20 · DVD and a 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 DVD, and the document camera ·
• Two (2) white boards ·    
• Two (2) projection screens ·  
• Phone line ·   
• Netsupport School (software) .   
• Capability to connect up a Mac or PC laptop for PowerPoint presentations and/or vendor demonstrations. (TOP)

Using the Training Room:

• Obtain the key to the room at the Reference Desk. 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 may need to turn on the monitor by pressing that power button as well.
• 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 for each workstation.  Check to see if the monitor is powered on.
• Instructions on the new switcher, projector, screen up/down, lights dim. 
• LAPTOP CABLE CONNECTIONS: If you need to use a laptop and display the desktop for the users, the appropriate cables are kept in the closet behind the instructor podium.  The same key to the room opens the closet.  The light switch is to the left as you enter the closet. Either PC and Macintosh laptops may be used but there are different cables depending on the system.  Need to explain how to hook it up?          Note: If the laptop will not display on the screen, hold the FN and F8 keys down simultaneously.
• MICROPHONE: 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.  Additional batteries are in the microphone pouch. Please lock the closet when you are finished with the microphone.  Need to explain how to hook it up?
• WHITE BOARD MARKERS: 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.
• COMPUTER SHUTDOWN without NETSUPPORT: 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 on each machine. DO NOT manually turn off the monitors.
• COMPUTER SHUTDOWN with NETSUPPORT: You may automatically shutdown all the student computers with Netsupport School.  Click on the ???
• Please turn off the document camera by the power button (if used).
• LOCK HECKER CENTER: Be sure to check that BOTH doors to the Hecker Training Room are locked.
• KEY: Key opens doors to the room and the closet.  Please 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 Software

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

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