Giving Presentations

To use the system for giving a presentation, you will not receive any credentials. Instead you will need someone to log on the PC for you and give you access to the keyboard and mouse and any other needed accessory.

That same person will set the wall controller to display the video signal comming from the PC on the wall, as described below. If you also need audio, again that same person will turn on the sound bar for you.

You can use the PC like any other PC connected to two monitors in extended mode, except that one of these two “monitors” is big. You move windows between either display like you would normally, remembering that the small one is located to the right and near the top of the big one (and thus the big one to the left of the small one).

The only oddity is that some software will not work quite right when entering full screen mode: it may fill only one column instead of the whole wall. In this case, resize the window instead of maximizing it.

If your presentation material is accessible via a browser, simply start the one of your choosing. Otherwise, you can move you presentation material to the wall’s PC like you would on any other PC.

One of the following methods will surely work:

1. Use a USB memory stick or an external disk, preferably USB 3.0. Connect it to a port on the USB hub labeled ’PC’ (i.e. the one on the left). You can use FileSync to synchronize sets of files and/or directories.
2. Access your Google Drive, DropBox, etc., using any of the browsers. Remember to log off your Google, DropBox, etc., account when done.
3. To copy using the scp protocol, start VPN if needed, and use WinSCP.

If you need to use any tool from the Microsoft Office suite, use the stand alone Office 2016 version. If you opt to use Office 365, remember that this is a public machine with a shared login, so do not associate your Office 365 credentials with this PC and make sure to log off.

If you use your own HDMI-capable device (like a laptop), make sure you have the right dongle if your device/laptop does not have an HDMI connector (although the library or the CF might have the one you need).

Simply connect the HDMI cable (on the rolling cart) to your laptop and start the Video Capture Player, , on the PC from the shortcut located on the toolbar.⁵

This will open a window and show on the wall your device/laptop’s video output. You may need to properly configure your device/laptop video to either get a signal or set it to the optimal resolution.

If you get an error message like Video Capture Player is running, check in the Windows icon tray (lower right) and maximize (open) the Video Capture Player since it is already running but minimized (hidden).