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• 123 pen displays (;听primarily for instructors)
• 76 tablets (;听no display, like a pen-enabled mousepad; primarily for TAs)
• 104 document cameras (29 and 75 )
• 10 voice amplifiers (; because we have so few of these, please try lecturing in your assigned classrooms before checking out one of these)
• Limited supply of headset mics ()
  • Instructors are asked to keep these, so our inventory will continually shrink.

Instructors will be able to keep headsets permanently, while听document cameras and Wacom devices may听be checked out on a semesterly basis.

NOTE: The Wacom One will require drivers and additional HDMI adapters for your specific laptop; testing prior to instructional use is critical.听Instructors are responsible for purchasing all necessary adapters.

Faculty members who need a laptop听can explore the听听(FCPP), which provides a subsidy to faculty to purchase laptops.听

Unfortunately, the time and logistic requirements of special one-on-one arrangements make reservations impractical at this time. We suggest you arrange for someone to pick up your equipment on your behalf if you cannot make it to campus during these pick-up times.

If you find that you need a specific piece of technology that isn鈥檛 part of our college purchase, you are welcome to contact your department or program regarding funding (please observe your department鈥檚 purchasing policies). With current supply-chain issues, we recommend purchasing this additional technology as early as possible. We hope the college purchase will meet the fundamental needs of our instructors.

We have worked in partnership with OIT on these equipment purchases.听OIT has set up a that we suggest consulting before purchasing your own equipment.

We encourage you to test-drive your equipment on campus and at home to get comfortable.听The Wacom One will likely require drivers and additional HDMI adapters for your specific laptop; testing prior to instructional use is critical. Instructors are responsible for purchasing all necessary adapters.

• Headset mics:
• Webcams: How to use the听
• Pen displays and tablets:
  • How to use the听听(with pen)
  • 鈥婬ow to use the听 (with pen, no display)
• Document cameras:
  • How to use the听
  • How to use the听

If you need training on specific software or remote teaching best practices, please consult the CEAS Going the Distance series webpage. The "Tech Fridays" recordings toward the bottom of the page听may be especially useful, and we added additional Tech Friday trainings in direct response to instructors鈥� requests from our survey.

OIT has set up听a . A technology copilot can be a TA, a student volunteer, or an OIT student employee that is assigned to you for the semester upon request. Their role is to help setting up the technology in remote-capable classrooms (including control the camera to follow you as you teach if you desire) and to help facilitate communication with the remote students: reading out loud questions that they ask in the Zoom chat, etc. Learn more and request copilot support on the .

If you would like your TA or student volunteers to take the copilot training, please send them this link to enroll in a self-paced Technology Copilot training Canvas course: Estimated time to review the material is 2-3 hours. This is open for TAs of courses with any teaching modality (remote, hybrid or in-person) if they could benefit from part of it. You can pick and choose the modules that are relevant to you.

If you would like to have an OIT-hired copilot assigned to your classroom (at no cost to you, for remote-capable classrooms only) please .

To know what technology your assigned classroom has, .

Classrooms that will host hybrid courses this fall may be one of two types:

• Classrooms that were already equipped for and can also be connected to Zoom for remote synchronous students (see ). These classrooms have a wearable microphone and a camera that you can control with a touch panel.
• Classrooms that were equipped this past summer with a brand new audio/video system to be remote-capable. have a microphone array that can pick up your voice but also that of all students in the class as they ask questions, etc. They also have a loudspeaker that remote students on Zoom can speak through. Finally, they have a movable camera that automatically (but slowly) tracks your movements听and can also be controlled via an app. Visit the OIT webpage for .

Based on the survey results from summer 2020 and subsequent discussions with OIT and the CEAS听Resource Alignment team, we decided to purchase the equipment listed previously. In alignment with OIT, we decided not to purchase any devices with their own operating systems (e.g., standalone tablets, like iPads) and focused our resources on peripheral devices. The management of the privacy and security of tablets with their own operating systems at the campus or college scale is something that OIT is not currently set up to do. Additionally, it is difficult to identify a single device that works for all users.

The following considerations influenced our decisions on how much of each technology to purchase.

• In the scenario that we end up teaching entirely remotely, we wanted our instructional faculty to have what they need. I.e., we were preparing for remote learning and hoping for hybrid and in-person learning.
• If we assume that our survey respondents reflect a representative sample of the instructors of record for fall, then 55% of our instructors do NOT need an annotation device (document camera, Wacom One, or Wacom Intuos). Therefore, we needed to make sure we had enough annotation devices for 45% of our 350 instructors.
• On the survey, instructors indicated whether a webcam, headset, and other technology were a high priority, low priority, or not needed. For each type of equipment, we focused on meeting the needs of the 鈥渉igh priority鈥� requests.
• We multiplied the data we had from our ~2/3 response rate by 1.5 to extrapolate coverage to the entire 350 instructors. We added a small margin for spares of each device type to account for unmet needs or errors in our methodology.

Considering the above factors, strained national supply chains, and the exhausted inventories of our preferred equipment, we purchased the quantities and devices listed above.

We purchased a limited quantity of headset mics, webcams, document cameras, and Wacom Intuos tablets for TAs. We were not able to order enough equipment to meet the needs of all our TAs. We ordered as much as we could within our budget constraints. Our top priority is to provide instructors with the technology they need.

All headsets, webcams, document cameras, and Wacom Intuos tablets are being distributed听on a first-come, first-served basis to TAs听according to the guidelines in the section above with the check-out instructions.

A few more details:

• We ask instructors to think creatively about the equipment needs of their TAs. For example, can you set up one document camera in a shared location? 听
• For courses that have a large number of TAs, we suggest you ask your department for supplemental funds to support the equipment needs of your TAs. Again, we just don鈥檛 have enough equipment for all TAs, and we need to spread the equipment we have as broadly as possible.
• Like instructors, TAs can pick up a webcam, headset, and one of the following: document camera, Wacom One (if there are any left over from the instructor pool), or Wacom Intuos. We have many more Wacom Intuos units than document cameras or Wacom One displays.
• Your TAs can pick up the equipment, you can pick up their equipment, or you can arrange for someone to pick up the equipment on behalf of you and your TAs.

We worked with OIT to secure a small pool of new laptops that can be checked out to TAs, CAs or any student who is听supporting instruction. TAs can check out these laptops from the front desk of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL). Depending on the situation, the TA may also want to explore the resources available to students (see section below).

• Laptops and Chromebooks: Chromebooks are available for checkout at the front desk of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL). Unfortunately, resources for laptop checkouts are extremely limited after a campus laptop-checkout program was paused. Until the campus program is restarted or replaced, we suggest students check if any laptops are available from the front desk of the ITLL, which will also help us understand the needs of the students in CEAS even if no laptops are currently available.听
• Wifi hotspots: In the past, ODECE, CU Libraries, and OIT听offered听a limited number of hotspots (to provide internet access via a cellular connection) for checkout to students in need. This program is currently on pause, but you may revisit听the Request for Laptop or Hotspot form听later in case the program resumes.
• Headsets: Students who desperately need听a headset with a microphone can pick one up from the front desk of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL). 听Otherwise, we ask students to arrange access to their own audio equipment (headphones and microphone).

Funding is available to CU 麻豆影院 students facing financial hardships. These funds can be used to purchase a laptop, books, software, pay for rent, food, medical expenses and more. Grants are limited to a maximum of $2,000, and eligibility requirements apply. Learn more and apply for these funds.

A variety of software is available for students to download to personal computers through the and the (ITLP).

Remote computing capabilities have also been developed and are now accessible to all CEAS students through the CEAS cloud computing system.