Get Technical

Is your campus technically ready to sponsor a CIT conference?  Test your readiness by answering the following questions:

• What is your network configuration?  How strong is your wireless?

• Will both presenters and attendees be able to log on to the network?

• Can your network support hands-on workshops and sessions requiring Internet access with a reasonable response time?

• Are your lab machines “remote boot”?  With hard drives?  Without hard drives?

• Can your lab machines be configured to support CIT workshops?

• Is it possible to add software to lab machines?  How much lead time is needed?

• What peripherals (speakers, printers, document cameras, interactive white boards, etc.) are available in the teaching labs?

• Do you have Smart classrooms (projectors, DVD players, document cameras, video/audio capability, multi-screen display, writeable walls.)?

• Do classrooms have teaching stations with dedicated PC’s or are they BYOD (bring your own device)?

• Do the teaching stations have capability for presenters to plug in their own laptops or tablets/iPads?  Does it accept HDMI?  Are dongles available for Mac’s?

• Do you have Distance Learning classrooms for live, interactive learning?

• What technologies and protocols (H.320, PictureTel, ISDN, etc.) do your Distance Learning classrooms use?

• What video production facilities are available?

• What kind of A/V support and inventory are available?  Are you able to video tape sessions?