College of Medicine Informational Resources - Classroom Technology

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What Is It?

COM maintains a set of classrooms for teaching and learning. These are also used for student group meetings and can be available for departmental and other meetings as well. Some spaces are given priority for classes.

Room Use

Rooms are reserved in Astra. Room reservations are managed by the College of Medicine Dean's Office Facility and Space Planning team. See their website for details

Please refer to this map for help locating specific buildings: maps.uic.edu

For help using technology in any of the listed rooms, see the Service Offering for Equipment/Room Orientation (A/V support).

Reporting problems

COM manages many more rooms than we have staff. We rely on people using our rooms to let us know when something is not working as intended. Please use the button on this page to Report Classroom Technology Problem of broken, missing, or malfunctioning equipment.

Room Types:

BYOD rooms
- laptop or similar device required for use
Zoom rooms
- no laptop required to host a meeting, can also be used locally with Zoom app but no Zoom meeting
Large rooms
- podium with built-in PC for classes and meetings
Other Video-Conferencing enabled rooms
- unique spaces with varying capabilities
Local presentation only rooms
- in-person meeting rooms

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) rooms

These rooms are ideal for in-room presentations. They also have built-in stationary Cameras and ceiling Microphones, with HDMI/USB connections to allow you to connect a laptop or other device, and use the room camera and mic on the videoconferencing app of your choice - like Zoom, MS Teams, or other services.

BYOD rooms: CMWT Learning Center Square and Rectangular classrooms and COMRB x175 conference rooms.
Style of Room	Specific Room Numbers	Features
CMWT Rectangular Small Classrooms	CMWT 224 CMWT 226 CMWT 228 CMWT 314 CMWT 426 CMWT 428	Single display Easily seats 16 Cable connections at Table for HDMI/USB/Ethernet Stationary Room Camera and ceiling mics and speakers for video conferencing Wall panel to control projector and speaker volume Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
CMWT Square Small Classrooms	CMWT 219 CMWT 222 CMWT 312 CMWT 313 CMWT 318 CMWT 421 CMWT 422 CMWT 423 CMWT 424 CMWT 430	Single display Easily seats 12, can fit 16 if necessary Cable connections at Table for HDMI/USB/Ethernet Stationary Room Camera and ceiling mics and speakers for video conferencing Wall panel to control projector and speaker volume Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
COMRB x175 Conference Rooms	COMRB 3175 COMRB 4175 COMRB 5175 COMRB 6175 COMRB 7175 COMRB 8175	Single display Easily seats 20, can fit 30 if necessary Cable connections from wall to podium for HDMI/USB/Ethernet Stationary Room Camera and ceiling mics and speakers for video conferencing Wall panel to control projector and speaker volume Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards

Neat Bars (Zoom Rooms)

These rooms have "neat bars", a Zoom-specific device. You can invite the room to a meeting using its Outlook calendar, and start/run the meeting from the tablet in the room - no additional device required. You can also use the Zoom app on a device like a phone or laptop to simply share in the room without a Zoom meeting, or to share content to a Zoom meeting running in the room. Cameras automatically keep room participants visible during Zoom meetings unless the camera is turned off with the tablet.

COM rooms with Neat bars
Style of Room	Specific Room Numbers	Features	Example Image
Small Zoom Room	COMRB 1119 COMRB 3075 COMRB 4075 COMRB 6075 COMRB 8075	Single display Easily seats 5, can fit 8 if necessary neat tablet to control neat bar above large monitor with integrated videoconferencing Use Zoom app on your device to share locally in the room and/or to a call Invite Room Outlook Calendar to meetings to start meeting from the tablet, no laptop required Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Medium Zoom Room	CMWT 120	Multiple displays: content on one screen, remote participants on the other Seats 12 or more neat tablet to control neat bar above large monitor with integrated videoconferencing Use Zoom app on your device to share locally in the room and/or to a call Invite Room Outlook Calendar to meetings to start meeting from the tablet, no laptop required Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards

Large conference rooms

These rooms seat 100+ people and have podiums with COM PCs inside to allow you to present without any extra devices. They also have cameras for presenting from the podium, HDMI/USB connections to present from your laptop, additional microphones for multiple presenters, and Echo360 recording available. Some rooms have multiple cameras and/or multiple differentiable displays.

Large Conference Rooms in COM
Style of Room	Specific Room Numbers	Features
Single Display Auditorium	COMRB 1020 (Moss) CMWT 106 MBRB 1017	Single display Seats 150+ Podium including built-in PC, movable camera, and additional hand-held mics for video conferencing Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Display Auditorium, Audience video conferencing	CMWT 227	Multiple displays: three projected images can come from three sources Seats 226 Podium including built-in PC, movable camera, and additional hand-held mics for video conferencing Ceiling mics and audience-facing camera available Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Displays, Audience video conferencing	CMWT 429 CMWT 527	Multiple displays: content on table monitors, remote participants on corner/middle monitors if desired Podium including built-in PC, moveable camera, and additional hand-held mics for video conferencing Fixed table seating for 100+, including mics and cameras for participants at tables Rooms can be combined and operated from 429 without videoconferencing. No food allowed to preserve technology in the room All drinks must have lids, no beverages can be served in the room.

Other video conferencing rooms

These rooms have multiple displays and table seating for collaboration or committee-type meetings.

Unique video conferencing rooms at COM
Style of Room	Specific Room Numbers	Features
Multiple Displays	CMWT 220	Multiple repeated displays: same content on all screens Seats 65 Podium including built-in PC for video conferencing Camera is stationary and all mics are at the podium Tables cannot be moved Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Single Display	MBRB 1152	Single display Seats 40 Podium including built-in PC for video conferencing Ceiling microphones and audience camera for whole-room participation Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Displays	CMWT 316	Multiple displays: content on one screen, remote participants on the other Seats 16 Built-in PC for sharing content to the room or meeting Table microphones and moveable cameras for whole-room participation Tables cannot be moved No food allowed to preserve technology in the room All drinks must have lids, no beverages can be served in the room
Multiple Displays	COMRB 2175	Multiple displays: content on one screen, remote participants on the other Easily seats 20, can fit 30 if necessary Built-in PC for sharing content to the room or meeting Ceiling microphones and moveable cameras for whole-room participation Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Single Display	MBRB 1009	Single display Seats 40 Podium including built-in PC Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Displays	CMWT 367	Multiple displays: content on one screen, remote participants on the other Easily seats 20, can fit 30 if necessary Video Conferencing via SIP dialing from control panel Outlook invitation to room calendar can allow easy meeting connection Built-in PC for sharing content to the room or meeting Ceiling microphones and moveable cameras for whole-room participation Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards

Local presentation rooms

These rooms are set up for in-person meetings and classes. They do not have video conferencing capabilities.

Local presentation rooms at COM
Style of Room	Specific Room Numbers	Features
Single Display	COMRB 5075 COMRB 7075	Single conference table Large monitor with HDMI cable for connecting laptop Seats 5 comfortably, up to 8 possible Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Display Auditorium	NPI 765	Multiple differentiable displays Seats 65 Podium including built-in PC for video conferencing Tables cannot be moved Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards
Multiple Displays	FAL
CMWT Square Small Classrooms	CMWT 311	Single display Easily seats 12, can fit 16 if necessary Cable connections at Table for HDMI/USB/Ethernet Ceiling mics and speakers for video conferencing Wall panel to control projector and speaker volume Food permitted, occupants are responsible for removing all trash from the room and cleaning tables and white boards

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Service Offering Id: 187

Created

Thu 6/22/23 1:11 PM

Modified

Tue 9/19/23 5:36 PM

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College of Medicine Informational Resources - Classroom Technology

What Is It?

Room Use

Reporting problems

Room Types:

BYOD rooms

Zoom rooms

Large rooms

Other Video-Conferencing enabled rooms

Local presentation only rooms