Every faculty member that teaches a face-to-face class may check out a wireless lapel microphone from the Technology Service Desk, located in Rhoades Science Center, room 117.  This can be used in conjunction with any VCSU laptop as an alternative to the internal computer microphone or the ceiling microphones found in most classrooms.  The lapel microphone provides higher quality faculty voice capture when the need for capturing student voices in less important.  If you need help connecting the SmartMike+ microphone please following these instructions for Mac or PC. Please, go to the Technology Service Desk if you would like one issued to you. Check out their website for further details about features at sabinetek.com.

**VERY IMPORTANT** Please pair the microphone with only one device. This will save you the trouble of when your microphone is paired to another device, like your phone, and you don't see it on your laptop. Using your device for the first time 1. Please fully charge the microphone until the microphone has a solid green light. 2. In the search bar, type in Bluetooth and press Enter. 3. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on and click on Add Bluetooth or other devices. 4. Select the first option - Bluetooth. 5. Hold the red button on the microphone for 3 seconds or until the blue LED blinks rapidly. 6. Select SmartMike+ from the list to pair. 7. Once the pairing process completes, click on Done. 8. Your SmartMike+ microphone will be listed with your other paired devices in the Bluetooth & other devices settings window. Once you have completed the initial pairing process, all you have to do is to make sure Bluetooth is turned on and you turn on your microphone.  Turning on the SmartMike+ 1. Press and hold the red button until the Purple LED turns on and flashes a blue LED light 2. Verify that your microphone is connected, click on the notification bubble on the bottom right corner of your Task Bar and see if SmartMike+ is visible in the Bluetooth Square panel.   If your device is not displaying, please verify that your device was connected to this device and that your microphone showed up in the paired device list in the Bluetooth & other devices settings. For additional help contact the Technology Service Desk @ 701-845-7340

**VERY IMPORTANT** Please pair the microphone with only one device. This will save you the trouble of when your microphone is paired to another device, like your phone, and you don't see it on your laptop. Using your device for the first time 1. Please fully charge the microphone until the microphone has a solid green light. 2. Click on the magnifying glass on the menu bar, type in Bluetooth, and press Enter. 3. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on. 4. Please turn on your SmartMike+ microphone by holding the red button on the microphone for 4-5 seconds or until the blue LED starts blinking rapidly. 6. Locate SmartMike+ from the list to pair and click on Connect to pair  7. Once the pairing process completes Your SmartMike+ microphone will be listed with your other paired devices. Also, click on Show Bluetooth in menu bar to speed up verify the connection to microphone Once you have completed the initial pairing process, all you have to do is to make sure Bluetooth is turned on and you turn on your microphone.  Turning on the SmartMike+ 1. Press and hold the red button until the Purple LED turns on and flashes a blue LED light 2. Verify that your microphone is connected, click on the Bluetooth symbol in the top right corner of your menu bar and see if SmartMike+ is visible under devices.   If your device is not displaying, please verify that your device was connected to this device and that your microphone showed up in the paired device list in the Bluetooth & other devices settings. For additional help contact the Technology Service Desk @ 701-845-7340

When connecting to a classroom's projection system, the screen might display a blurry, or pixelated small image.  This is due to the projector showing the wrong screen resolution.  Follow the steps below to see if this is the issue. 1.  Right click on the desktop, and select "Display Settings" 2. You should see a screen like the below. Make sure to select the box that is representing the projector, and not your monitor. Note: If the projector shows your desktop on the projector, you might see something like the below.  If this is the case, and you have a blurry screen, scroll down until you see "Duplicate these displays", and change it to "Extend these displays" 3.  Scroll down the screen until you see "Display resolution".  From the dropdown, select 1920x1080 4.  Select "Keep these settings" Verify the screen is no longer blurry. If the box is greyed out, or this didn't fix the issue, please contact the Technology Services desk at (701) 845-7340 (option 1) 

SmartMike+ - Personal Wireless Microphone Available to all faculty thru the Technology Service desk. Bluetooth technology with around 30 ft range. Will not work thru walls or from another classroom. The laptop needs to be within range. 6 Hour battery life. 1 hour to fully charge. The device can be used while being charged with the included USB cable. Omnidirectional mic with label clip. Best sound quality for closed captioning. Recommend use in place of "ceiling classroom" mics. Less background noise. How to pair SmartMike+ microphone with Mac or PC. Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Classroom Camera System Installed in most classrooms. Plug-in cable with green colored tag. Full HD 1080p with 30fps with autofocus. 180-degree rotation (90 degrees left and right of home zone position). Remote - needs to be pointed directly at the camera system for the best remote response. Has 3 configured preset zones and 1 home zone. Home Zone (home button) Zone 1 (button 1) - Basically the same as the Home Zone except zoomed in. Zone 2 (button 2) - Usually focused on another whiteboard located in the room. Zone 3 (button 3) - Zoomed in on the instructor's presentation area. Invert picture button (top left button on remote) Can manually Pan & Tilt by using the up, down, left, and right arrows. Zoom in by using the magnify + and magnify - image buttons Other camera systems available for classroom/meetings Portable Cart (ask the Network Administrator for more details) Meeting OWL - a portable camera that shifts the camera on whoever is speaking. Great for meetings. Available for checkout at the Technology Service desk. If the camera freezes or does not respond, unplug the green tab cord from your device, wait a few moments, and plug back in. The camera should move and blue light will appear in the bottom front camera base. Contact the Technology Service Desk for assistance. Microsoft Teams in the Classroom Enable "Meeting Experience" Configure default Teams devices. Use the same steps as "enable meeting experience" above, but now click devices under Settings. The above image shows the configuration example for Rhoades 102, with the classroom speakers, microphone as the wireless lapel SmartMike+ & the PTZ classroom camera selected. Very Important!! Make sure the Speaker setting does not have SmartMike+ selected as the speaker source. You will not get audio through your classroom's audio system if SmartMike+ is selected as Speaker setting. Meet Now vs New Meeting Meet Now is great for testing. You can be the only one in the room. Can add other by adding participants. New Meeting creates a meeting that will appear in your calendar and also the calendars of who you invited to the meeting. For details on how to create a meeting for your class, download the Creating a Teams Link for your Bb Course document available from the faculty "How Do I" One Stop page. Check device settings by clicking on the gear icon before clicking "Join Now". The following steps you will click the three . . . that appear on the top of your Teams window. Turn on live caption (if so desired) Closed Captioning is available in live and in the recording. CC will not appear for students online, they would need to enable it themselves using the same steps. When enabled, it is only during the current session. Will have to enable each time. CC will not appear in recording even if you enable it during your presentation.  *** TURN ON RECORDING *** Devices settings screen allows for on the fly changing of presentation devices. Some examples: Can switch from PTZ to document camera or any other available device in the dropdown. Can switch mics from lapel mic to classroom ceiling mic. Can switch speakers as well if so desired. *** END RECORDING *** After recording ends you will get an email from Microsoft Streams. The recording are also available thru the Team channel history for the course. (New Meeting needs to be created from within the course channel) If a recording is stopped and you wish to start it again, you will receive two separate recordings. Demonstration of a student raising hands in Teams. Monitoring Chat.