CLASSROOM
ASSISTANCE
For CVM Instructional
Faculty and Staff
This packet of information should prove to be an invaluable resource for you in teaching your class this semester. We encourage you to use the instructional resources that lend themselves to the best learning environment possible. Equipment can sometimes be a stumbling block to achieving your goals. It is our hope that the enclosed materials will help you achieve your goals with minimum equipment hassle.
CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS
Setting up instructional equipment between classes can be a problem for instructors. At least one veterinary student has been trained by BCU in each of the present classes to assist instructors in setting up classroom instructional equipment, hopefully freeing you up to . Each classroom assistant has a key to the projection booth and the VCR Cabinet.
The assistants have been trained to setup/take down and troubleshoot the following equipment: Slide Projector, Overhead Projector, Pointer, Multimedia Projector, VCR, laptop computer (networking), In-class desktop computer.
Classroom Assistants:
At the time of printing the assistants for the 1st year class have not been hired.
2nd year class: Rachael Armstrong (armstron@vetmed.wsu.edu)
3rd year class: Kim Carpenter (kcarpent@vetmed.wsu.edu)
A listing of these assistants and classroom equipment setups can be found at http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/bcu/NEWsite/Helps/HELPframes.htm
or call BCU at 335-2624
Procedures:
Check the listing of standard instructional equipment (attached) in the classroom you are using.
If the equipment you need is not standard equipment in the classroom, contact BCU (5-2624) or VetMed Library (5-9556) to reserve laptop computers and multimedia projectors or BCU (5-2624) for any special equipment you need.. Reserve early, as the sytems are in demand and cannot be guarenteed.
Please fill out a CLASSROOM ASSISTANCE REQUEST (attached to the back of this package) and leave it in the mailbox of the classroom assistant and email them at least 24 hours in advance of your need, or give them the form personally in the classroom a day ahead.
Pickup the equipment the day you need to use it and bring it to the classroom. (NOTE: It is not the responsibility of the classroom assistant to pickup or return equipment…it is too much of an inconvenience for them as students.)
Classroom assistants will assist in getting the equipment set up and help you take it down. Make sure you have transferred the files you need to the proper shared file, or have your disk, or videotape ready when you come to class. Please be there on the hour to give the assistants a full ten minutes…also realize they may need to take some time for the break to use facilities, get refreshment, etc.