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Periodic Tables (One)
Cheat Sheets for JANUS software:
Annotating PowerPoint with the ShareWizard
Pen
Using the Multimedia Notepad
Summary of Technology in the Lecture Halls
See software.pitt.edu to download your own copy of
| Hitachi Software | StarBoard Suite | Sharewizard 2.03 | StarBoard EM Panel Software |
All 3-D project material is in the "box" below!
TimeLine (updated 7 April 01):
12A - Released for Renovations from 1 May 01 thru 16 August 01.
12 - Released for Renovations from 10 May 01 thru 16 August 01.
12B - Released for Renovations from 10 May 01 thru 16 August 01.
Computers for the Lecturer's Desk: click
here to send e-mail with suggestions/requests. The following software
is already slated to be installed:
Operating System = Windows-2000
Browsers = Netscape 4.7 (with Chime plugin), Internet
Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Office 2000
IR tutor
Sci Finder Scholar
Gaussview
Gaussian
MOE
MathCad
Chem Office (ChemDraw, Chem3D)
WebLabViewerLite
QuickTime player
Windows Media Player
4 June 02:
22 Feb 02: Updated "Chem Depts Renovation Committee Punch
List (In MS-Word format.)
Includes the latest info on the chalkboard "fix".
12 Feb 02: To be installed in each Chevron Lecture Hall, underneath the sink: Eraser Cleaner
23 Jan 02: To be installed in Chevron: Janus: System Uses Traditional Tools To Create New Classroom Technology
3 Jan 02: Updated "Chem Depts Renovation Committee Punch
List ((In pdf
or MS-Word formats.)
Update e-mail, from
the registrar, regarding chalkboards, etc. for the
Lecture Halls.
"Official Prepunch List", from 8-9 Nov 2001 Meeting; rec'd by
Chemistry on 19 Dec 01.
Page 1, in pdf format. Page
2, in pdf format.
26 Nov 01: Update e-mail, from CIDDE Engineering, on A/V in the Lecture Halls.
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Subject: RE: Demo video camera |
21 Nov 01: Punch list of outstanding tasks that remain to be
completed as part of the Lecture Hall Renovation Project. (In pdf
or MS-Word formats.)
This list was sent to several people, here is the Registrar's
response (pdf format).
14 Nov 01: Can you believe it! There is already one broken chair in each of CSC-12 and 12B! Click here for the proof!
12 Nov 01: Click here for a picture of the (mostly) renovated CSC-12.
1 Nov 01: It would be nice to have a way to clean erasers before each lecture, and perhaps even during lecture. So we went looking, and found this:
28 Sep 01: Update on blackboards!
Subject: Rumors
I have no official news about the blackboards. I do know that many of us
are anxiously awaiting them. I have heard through the rumor mill that
there are severe problems with the motors and that no solution is in sight at the
moment. The rumors go so far as to say everything might be
shipped back! As ever, I'll post more official news if/when I hear
anything..
14 Sep 01: Update on blackboards!
Subject: unforseen
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:41:08 -0500
From: Patty <PATTY@chemlan.chem.pitt.edu>
I hate to have to give you this news, but an unforseen problem has come up in regard to the blackboards.
The problem can be solved, but the contractor will not be able to start installing the blackboards
until next Monday, 9/17. They should be finished with the installation by the end of next week.
13 Sep 01: Update on blackboards!
Subject: arrived
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 14:28:56 -0500
From: Patty <PATTY@chemlan.chem.pitt.edu>
FYI: The blackboards have arrived. They are presently sitting outside the lecture halls in the Ashe lobby.
The contractor will be installing them tonight and tomorrow night. Provided the contractor does not run
into any unforseen problems, the boards will be ready for classes on Monday, 9/17.
Patty
12 Sep 01: There is still no official word about the blackboards. Rumors going around that they had arrived were in fact only rumors - as of yesterday, the chalkboards have still not arrived.
5 Sep 01: Email message exchange with Media Services re: image location for data projector in CSC-12.
5 Sep 01: Email message
exchange with Media Services re: microphone/sound system.
31 Aug 01: Email response
from Media Services re: microphone/sound system.
30 Aug 01: Email request
to Media Services for immediate, additional AV support in CSC-12
(microphone/sound system).
30 Aug 01: Email request to Media Services for immediate, additional AV support in CSC-12 (data copy stand).
27 Aug 01: Click here for pictures.
22 Aug 01: E-mail, from Michael Arenth, Media Services, regarding AV for classes beginning Monday...
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We will install overhead projectors in all three rooms by the end of the day Friday. The screens are installed but the controls did not work as of this morning. The contactor promised that they will be fully functional by Friday. I'll check to be sure on Friday. If they are not, we will install portable screens. We are entering the orders for the MWF 10 - 11am class. I don't see any reason why we won't be able to deliver a data projector and cables for all of such classes. If you hear from any of your colleagues who need data display,please have them contact me ASAP as our schedule is filling up quickly. |
22 Aug 01: Note, the minutes from the 8/21/01 meeting are updated periodically as additional info is acquired!
22 Aug 01: E-mail query sent regarding the "missing row of chairs":
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Can you check with the contractors/architects: It looks like they have left out the front most "row" of seats in each hall. Did they modify our design on purpose? In other words, CSC-12, for example, needs three more sets of 5 chairs, one in each column.Could you just see if they are going to install those or if not, might we be able to change their mind? The MS-Word version of our Recommendations report, lower down on this web site, shows what we requested. |
22 Aug 01: Some news, via e-mail, regarding AV equipment for the start of the semester in the three lecture halls.
This
is the "box" that contains all 3D Project info!
21 Aug 01: Agenda
(in pdf format) and (oft-updated) Minutes
(in MS-Word format) from the Meeting
discussing the Computers (all 3 lecture halls) and Stereo Projection System
(12B). Note - the Minutes have been frequently updated as new information
is obtained.
Hot-link
to spec sheet for video graphics card ordered (wildcat_II_5110_ds.pdf).
Hot-link
to the latest component list for this project. (updated, 9/5/01).
Hot-link
to the a 9/5/01 exchange regarding dlp data projectors needed for the 3D stereo
project.
Hot-link
to the pdf file of the Cyviz xpo2 User's Manual. (updated, 9/6/01).
Hot-link
to the a 9/6/01 email discussing Data Projector requirements and issues.
Several more useful (?)
links concering dlp projectors:
http://www.displaydevices.com/links.htm,
and http://www.dlp.com/dlp/business/business.asp.
Hot-link
to a Review of the In Focus projector
Hot-link
to the a 9/6/01 email from Cyviz discussing need or not of LCD projectors.
Hot-link
to the a 9/29/01 MS-Word document updating 3D project and more.
Hot-link
to a GIF image summarizing our 3D Stereo Projection Project
21 Aug 01: Some news, via e-mail, regarding the chalk boards (in pdf format).
20 Aug 01: Some news, via e-mail, regarding e-mail kiosks.
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4 email kiosks will be installed in the pay phone area on the first floor (one of the pay phones is to be removed). |
20 Aug 01: Click here for e-mail message from manufacturer of xpo.1 and xpo.2, 3-D Technology..
20 Aug 01: Click here for pictures comparing Tablet areas.
20 Aug 01: Some news, via e-mail, regarding the tablet writing area.
Re: tablet arm area |
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Svelte specimens [of humanity] may be able to fit behind larger tablet arms, but the average build has trouble with them. The registrars office has had MANY complaints from students not so svelte that have classes in the main lecture rooms in Thaw. The newest renovation in Thaw Hall uses a mix of both the larger and smaller tablets arms. Our tiers are smaller than the Thaw Hall tiers, thus leaving only 9, vs the 15 inches in Thaw, for a person to squeeze past a row of students already seated code supposedly requires12inches. (See Pictures posted on 20 Aug 01 for a comparison of tablet areas between Thaw Hall and the new seats in Chevron.) |
17 Aug 01: Some news, via e-mail regarding the height of the movable demo benches and the tablet writing area.
Re: Response to the two issues circulating about auditoriums: |
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There are "kits" for the moveable benches that still need to be attached to raise height to stationary height(36"). |
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I am searching for variances to code regulation about spacing between tiers of seating requiring smaller tablet arms. Will let you know if I can find anything. |
15 Aug 01: Some concerns, via e-mail, regarding the tablet writing area.
[We] cannot measure our old tablets, as they are gone, but Thaw 102 & 104 measure in at 11.5x16.5=189.75 sq in, while the new ones are 10x13.75=137.5 sq in, and much more rounded on the unattached side. This is a 38%+ difference in writing area; note also that the Thaw tablets are deep enough to support an 8.5x11 sheet. |
14 Aug 01: E-mail updating plans for AV completion (in pdf format).
11 Aug 01: Click here for pictures.
1 Aug 01: Click here for pictures.
20 July 01: Click here for pictures.
13 July 01: Click here for pictures.
15 June 01: Click here for (not very good or informative) pictures.
1 June 01: Click here for
pictures.
Screens in 12A and 12B will be "opposite" side from the lecturer's
bench; or in other words, the experimental bench will be between the screen and
the audience.
23 May 01: Progress, as of week 3. Click here for pictures. (Note - All old chairs have been removed from all three lecture halls.)
16 May 01: Renovations on all three lectures have been initiated. Click here for week 2 pictures.
10 May 01: Renovations on all three lectures have been initiated. Click here for early pictures.
9 May 01: Revised blueprint for lecturer's bench approved (change to touch sensitive display and change in angle of "doghouse").
8 May 01: Last pictures of unrenovated
lecture hall.
4 May 01: The Chemistry Department's request (thanks KDJ!) for e-mail
kiosks has been submitted to Jinx Walton. The exact location of these
(e.g., Chevron lobby or Ashe Auditorium lobby) is not known at this time.
1 May 01: We have been informed that a bid has been
accepted and the contractor hired; work should start on 9 May 01. We have
received no word on the availability of the chairs for summer time
installation. Mike Marsico, marsico@fm.pitt.edu,
4-9545 is the Pitt person from Facilities Management who will be overseeing the
project. His Chemistry contact is Patty.
30 April 01: 3D
in the Classroom at IUB
21 April 01: KJ found some web sites related to "stereo
projection issues"; the one in bold describes the method that we agreed was
likely the best and it also demonstrates that the "splitter" is
commercially available. http://www.ziplink.net/~3dman/,
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/centre/cmst/publicat/korea00.pdf,
http://www.stereo3d.com/news.htm,
http://www.vrex.com/, http://www.cyviz.com/produkt.html,
http://www.cyviz.com/, http://www.panoramtech.com/news_061500_psp.htm,
http://www.soe.ecu.edu/vr/vrits/1-4talkm.htm,
20 April 01: C.S., K.J. & J.J.G. met with Ed Gyurisin to discuss "stereo projection" issues. Several alternatives were discussed (red/blue glasses; passive polarization, and active glasses). The sense of the group was that much more information is needed (EG will attend a national conference in June; CS and KJ will forward EG info that they collect) but that passive polarization using two projectors might be the most feasible. Info sources that need to be checked include: Barco (maker of projectors); New York City Science Museum, Univ or Illinois (presenter at recent ACS San Diego meeting), etc. At least one of these techniques will require a "silvered screen" such that the polarization is not lost - can we paint the wall with an equivalent paint? The sense of the meeting also was to put a stereo projection system in 12B initially and normal projection capabilities in 12 and 12A (for now) until we have demonstrated the reliability and utility of the approach adopted.
20 April 01: At the same meeting as above, EG noted that CIDDE
was exploring the possibility of installing touch sensitive monitor screens in
our Lecturer's Desk instead of the LCD monitors currently planned. If this
works, all three lecture halls will have the same technology. This change
does suggest that the "monitor housing" in the designed lecturer's
bench be changed to a more gentle angle than currently designed.
E-Mail, 7 April 01: Lecture Hall Renovation Comments (in pdf format; after the 4/6/01 meeting).
5 April 01: Expectations are that all three lecture halls will be
undergoing renovation from May 9th till the start of the Fall semester; anyone
needing a lecture hall during that time period should anticipate that these
three lectures will NOT be available. There is still a great deal of
uncertainty as to when the new chairs will be installed (summer or over
Christmas).
5 April 01: Here is the e-mail from the Rich
Saliga, Facilities Management, about the status of the renovation project:
"The project is out to bids, the construction is to start May 1, 2001 and be
done for the fall term. The bids are due back March 14 [I presume
he means April 14; JJG]. The lab demonstration benches and the Lecture benches were implemented into the
project as per what was received from Dr. Grabowski. There will be a wet bench and Lecture bench in each Lecture Hall with a portable on wheels as
requested. As for the A/V you may want to ask Ed Gyurisin because we received the information he had and incorporated them into the project. New
seats were ordered, the number of seats in Halls 12A and 12B are 130 each.
In Hall 12 the number of seats are 280."
5 April 01: Ed Gyurisin, from CIDDE is slated to meet with us on Friday, 6
April, at 2:00, to discuss aspects of this project and to review the architect's
drawings for it.
24 March 01: While I have no "official notification" yet, I'm
going to "predict" that the physical renovations and the technology
improvements in the three lecture halls will NOT be completed by the start of
the Fall, 2001 semester. Why? 1. The project got off to a very
late start; mid-February rather than mid-November like CIDDE normally
prefers. (No, I don't know why.) 2. The current prediction is
that the number of new arm chairs we need for the three halls will not be
available to complete the physical renovations by the end of the summer.
3. The technology improvements do not start until AFTER the physical
renovations are done - the physical renovations, AT BEST, won't be done until
just prior to the start of the Fall 2001 semester (excepting chairs, note 2
above). Just thought I'd post this to be sure expectations don't exceed
reality. I'll try to post updates when I receive reliable information.
Final Draft,
Version 3/10/01 (in MS-Word 2000 format)..
E-Mail, 3/8/01: Changes to the Wet Chemistry
Benches (in pdf format).
First Draft,
Version 3/3/01 (in pdf format)
(Or click here to receive the First
Draft, Version 3/3/01 in MS-Word 2000 format.)
First Draft,
Version 2/27/01 (in pdf format)
(Or click here to receive the First
Draft, Version 2/27/01 in MS-Word 2000 format.)
2/21/01 Submitted Request for Lecturer's Workspace (in pdf format).
First Draft, Version 2/21/01, in pdf format. (This draft includes the desired design ideas for the Wet Chemistry and Electronics Lecturer's Benches in the three lecture halls.)
2/19/01 Submitted Request for Student Workspace (in pdf format; the added comments on 130/132 are for long term planning only).
First Draft, Version 2/17/01, in pdf format. (Most importantly, this draft contains the current, best recommendation for the new student seating in Lecture Halls 12, 12A, and 12B - this information will be convey to Facilities on Monday, 2/19.) The sketch of Lecture Hall 12 shows 4 "black rectangles" - AdobePDF Writer converted the four vertical words "Aisle" into those 4 black rectangles.
First Draft, Version 2/13/01, in pdf format.
Lecture Room Improvements "charge" memo (February 1, 2001)
Click here to see a hand sketch, from above, of the proposed front of Lecture Hall 12.
Click here to see a hand sketch, from the student's perspective, of the proposed front of Lecture Hall 12.
