The Faculty AV Support Team provide support to teaching and learning activities within the Faculty’s Departments and specifically, support for the Panopto lecture capture software.
Panopto
The team provides the following services and support:
- Checking of equipment in the lecture theatres each day, prior to the start of lectures
- Resolving problems with AV equipment in lecture theatres and departmental rooms
- Working closely with ICT to ensure that audio visual equipment operates as expected
- Staff training and setup advice on the lecture recording system
Please contact the team at: fonsavsupport@imperial.ac.uk
Remote meeting tools
Please note that for teaching and learning purposes, the preferred solution by both the Faculty and ICT is Microsoft Teams.
FoNS AV 'How to Series' videos*
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Instructions and needed adaptors for connecting your own device (iPads, smartphones, tablets and laptops) to the lectern for presenting in teaching rooms.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Instructions for using your own device for presenting in a teaching room
Instructions and needed adaptors for connecting your own device (iPads, smartphones, tablets and laptops) to the lectern for presenting in teaching rooms.
Combining projection across rooms
Instructions for combining the projection across rooms
Instructions for how to combine the projection across two rooms where they are equipped with this feature. FoNS rooms are SAF122/121, SAF 120/119 and Huxley 342/341
Crestron AV Control Push-button panel
Audio-visual system control console used in some rooms
Audio-visual system control console used in some rooms
Crestron Touch Panel
The main audio-visual system control console used in most rooms
The main audio-visual system control console used in most rooms
Height-adjustable lecterns
Instruction for using Height-adjustable lecterns
Instruction for using Height-adjustable lecterns
Lectern PC (Microsoft Windows)
Instructions for starting up and using the Lectern PC
Instructions for starting up and using the Lectern PC found in teaching rooms.
Microphones
Instructions for the two types of microphones found in teaching rooms
Instructions on how to use the two types of microphones found in teaching rooms, the fix lectern and Revolabs portable radio microphones.
Projectors
Types of projection and how to use them in teaching rooms
Types of projection and how to use them in teaching rooms.
Video Camera Presets
Explains how to check what the video camera(s) will capture during a Panopto recorded lecture.
Instructions on how to check what the video camera(s) will capture during a Panopto recorded lecture using the preview and how to use programmed preset options for those rooms with multiple camera views.
WolfVision VZ-3 Visualiser
Instructions on how to use the Visualiser in teaching rooms.
Instructions on how to display materials and use the different feature buttons of the Visualiser in teaching rooms.
*All of the videos have closed captions - click on the 'CC' icon in the video viewer control strip to enable these.
These videos describe the functionality of general AV equipment in the faculty teaching spaces.
Please contact the team on fonsavsupport@imperial.ac.uk for more information or to arrange a demonstration of any of the features described in these videos.
Further information about the Audio Visual systems is available via 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s searchable Teaching Spaces Support tool, which provides quick-start videos and user guidance on each centrally supported room.
Contact us
Get in touch with the EdTech Lab and AV Support Team: