1403 GITC ITV (Interactive Television Room) Unlike the Candid Classroom, the ITV room was designed with the purpose of conducting live two way classes with a remote site(s). The room is comprised of: 10 tables (seating 2 each for a total capacity of 20) laid out in two arcs; teacher’s podium and a ‘Media Wall’. Connectivity for this room is handled mainly from our interconnected Master Control Room.  The networks available to us are: ISDN (384 kbps), H.323, Partial T1 (dedicated to Mt Laurel Campus) Verizon IIDLS Fiber Network (Interactive Distance Learning Service). We can connect to 3 different locations simultaneously.   Due to its size and configuration, 1403 is also a great place for receiving satellite downlinks or for small presentations. Each student table has a microphone on it so the remote site can hear them ask questions.   The face to face students look forward to the instructors podium and Media Wall.The large monitors on the media wall are for Left) Viewing the remote sites.Right) to view the instructors visuals, be they PC based, hard copy or a VHS tape. The camera for viewing students is located near the top middle of the wall and is controlled by the instructor. The VCR on the lower left is used for playback and the one on the lower right for recording. A campus phone is on the extreme right of the wall.       The instructor controls the class activities from the podium area. A wireless mic is used to allow for more freedom of mobility. The items on the instructor’s podium are the Visualizer, Remote control keypad, PC and status monitors.   The visualizer serves two purposes: one it is mainly used for hard copy display (note that there is a small LCD monitor on the Visualizer, which can be used to center and focus your visual before selecting it for viewing. Second, it is used as a secondary switch for selecting what visuals are viewed by the class: Visualizer, Computer or VHS tape. Other controls are for the zoom, focus and light controls unit.   Most of the room’s activities are controlled by the wireless remote controller seen below. From it, you control the camera/input selections that are sent to the remote sites. These controls are in the lower right hand quadrant. The row that says ‘SEND” is to select your display: “You” (the instructors camera) , ‘ Students’ (student camera), ‘ELMO’ (for the Visualizer) and ‘Far Site” (displays the remote site).   Moving the cameras require you to first press the button on the ‘PREVIEW” row then you can use the ‘Zoom’ or the “Pan/Tilt’ button. To make life easier, there are some pre-set positions numbered 1-4. Pressing them will take you to a camera setup already in the memory. 1) Medium shot of the instructor at the podium 2) Students on the left hand side of the room 3) Students in the middle and 4) Students on the right. Depending on the method of connectivity and the equipment at the remote site, you may be able to control their cameras as well! These controls are in the upper right quadrant and the button functionality is similar to those mentioned above.   IN ORDER FOR THE KEYPAD TO WORK, IT NEEDS A CLEAR LINE OF SITE TO THE RECEIVER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CAMERA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE INSTRUCTOR. TAKE CARE NOT TO HAVE THE REMOTE TOO CLOSE TO THE PANEL IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.   Next to the instructor’s camera is a ‘remote’ monitor. This enables the instructor to view the remote site while looking toward the live, face to face class. By having the camera next to the monitor, it gives the illusion to the remote site that you are looking at them.   The PC is networked for on and off-campus access. One monitor shows your PC; the monitor to the far right is the ‘Send’ status monitor. It displays what is being sent out from the room to remote students.    All room controls are located behind the media wall, and are operated by the ITMS staff.