- Some College classrooms (including two CAEN computer labs) are equipped as flexible learning spaces through the use of highly flexible furniture and integrated technology.
- These classrooms can be reconfigured for multiple uses, such as lecture-style teaching, allowing students to collaborate and work together in groups, and engaging in a whole-class discussion.
- Many rooms also have wall-mounted monitors that can be used to display content from the instructor lecturn, or individual student laptop connections at each station.
Availability and Features
| Classroom | Capacity | Movable Furniture | Movable Whiteboards | Perimeter Whiteboards | Wall-mounted Monitors |
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| Chrysler 133 | 84 |  |
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| Dow 2150 | 62 | |
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| EECS 4440 (CAEN Lab) | 35 | |
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| FXB 1008 | 60 | |
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| FXB 1032 | 25 | |
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| GFL 224 (CAEN Lab) | 48 | |
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| GGBL 1025 | 24 | |
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| GGBL 1045 | 24 | |
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| GGBL 2147 | 56 | |
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| GGBL 2153 | 56 | |
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Changing Layouts
All furniture in these rooms can be easily wheeled around or folded/nested as needed. Instructors can create a variety of layouts specific to their class needs, ranging from rows for traditional lectures, pods for group collaboration, and larger clusters or circles for whole-class discussions.
There is no inherent default furniture layout. Instructors can teach their students on how they would like the room configured, and students can arrange the furniture as needed before the start of each class.
Use of Wall-Mounted Monitors
In rooms with wall-mounted monitors, each monitor can display:
- Instructor lecturn source (laptop, Apple TV, document camera, or CAEN computer where available)
- Student station laptop, or CAEN computer where available
Instructor Use of Monitors
Instructors use the touch panel on the lectern to send their source to the monitors. This is done by pressing one of the buttons under the Student Displays column:
Note: In most rooms, if the projector is being used along with the monitors, both must show the same source. This limitation is denoted on the touch screen with a small “linked” icon drawn between the Projector and Student Displays columns.
Student Use of Monitors
Rooms are being upgraded to a new button-based interface at each student station monitor that is used to select the monitor source:
Students can press these buttons anytime to switch the monitor source, and the button lights up to show which source is active. Each monitor will power off after 15 minutes of no signal, but can be powered back on anytime by pressing one of the buttons again.
Note that rooms without CAEN computers at each student monitor omit that button from interface:
Please Note: Some rooms have not yet received the new button interface. In these rooms, connecting a laptop to the provided HDMI cable will turn on the monitor and switch to that input. In rooms with a CAEN computer, waking up the computer will also wake up the monitor. To see instructor content, the instructor must send it using the touch panel on the lectern. Monitors must then be released for student use at the touch panel before students can use other sources.