- Avoid dense prints or
patterns (including plaid and herringbone)
- Black, WHITE, and very
shiny fabrics
- Overwhelming scarves and ties
- Noisy jewelry (interferes
with clip on microphones)
- Loose change in pockets (same
as above)
- Shiny or reflective jewelry
(dull finishes like pearls are fine)
- Hats with wide brims
Remember, you are the center of
attention, not your wardrobe.
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Lecture notes/Documents/Power Point
We have found that 30
point Helvetica type in bold face works best for printed lecture notes that will
be displayed using the Elmo camera.
Print the notes in landscape mode (11x8.5) if using a laser printer;
portrait mode (8.5x11) doesn't allow an entire page to be viewed at one time.
The same guidelines that apply to text also apply to using Power Point presentations in a DVC. Transition animations can be used with
Power Point presentations, but are NOT recommended. This is due to the possible difference in speeds of computers
and they often do not flow properly when changed to video.
When Power Point is
to be used, the presentations should be brought in on floppy disk or CD-rom.
Presentations can
sometimes be transferred to the room via email or FTP.
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Elmo
All of our DVC facilities
have document cameras (figure 1), or as we call them Elmos. Elmo cameras are used similarly to
overhead projectors without the projection.
Documents and transparencies are placed on the base of the unit for the camera
to view.
There are several different
controls on the front edge of the Elmo units (Figure 2):
1.
LAMP
These buttons turn on and off the upper (a) and base lights (b) on the unit
a.
The upper lights are used to illuminate
paper documents.
b.
The base light is used to illuminate
transparency type materials
Instructors should checkout best lighting settings
for their presentations
before class begins!
2. INPUT
These buttons control what is being sent from the Elmo
unit to the DVC unit/monitors.
Normally you should not need to worry about this set of buttons unless an
extra video device of some type is needed for your class/conference. For typical Elmo usage the “Internal”
button should be the one activated.
3. POSI/NEGA This button is only used in unusual
circumstances. “Posi” shows your
document just as you normally see it.
“Nega” shows a negative image of your document. Normally you will not need to worry
about these buttons.
4. COLOR/B&W
This button controls whether the output of the
Elmo is in color or black and white.
5. ZOOM
These two buttons (Tele/Wide) control the camera on
the Elmo. Tele zooms in on the
document pad and Wide zooms out from the document pad.
These buttons can be useful when dealing with small text and when you want to closely show details on
an image or overhead.
6. FOCUS
These buttons (N/F/AUTO) can be used if your documents
look out of focus and blurry on the screen. The N and F buttons are the manual controls used to focus the
camera. The Auto button activates
the auto-focus of the camera and the camera will automatically try to bring your
document into focus.
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