Centrally-Scheduled Classrooms

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Centrally-scheduled classrooms are those rooms managed and scheduled by the Office of the Registrar and coded in KSIS as a centrally-scheduled room. K-State has more than 131 centrally-scheduled classrooms.

Types of Centrally-Scheduled Classrooms

There are four types of centrally-scheduled classrooms at K-State: basic, common, expanded, and studio. See the Centrally-scheduled Classrooms (PDF) document for information about the type and capacity of individual centrally-scheduled classrooms at K-State.

Basic Technology Classrooms

Basic technology rooms are equipped with an in-room computer and additional basic peripherals including a Webcam and a Boundary microphone to capture video and audio within the classroom or space. If you want to use your personal device, please use the provided HDMI cable in the podium since the in-room computer is being used as the primary HDMI source.
Examples: Seaton 1063, Willard 115, and Waters 132

Common Technology Classrooms

Common technology rooms are equipped with an in-room computer, laptop hook-up for HDMI, USB-C (USB-C will slowly be rolled out campus-wide), Document Camera (with an additional USB connection to the computer for added hybrid capabilities), additional peripherals including a Webcam and a Boundary microphone to capture video and audio within the classroom or space.
Examples: Leasure 010, Cardwell 102, and King 209

Collaborative Technology Classrooms

The same equipment as Common classrooms, but with the addition of a lavalier microphone for the instructor, a boundary, handheld, podium, and/or a ceiling microphone to capture student’s voices, improving hybrid capabilities. There will be one or more PTZ cameras depending on the space.
Added features in Collaborative rooms are the ability to use the USB-C connection for video and audio capturing to your own laptop from the provided audio and video hardware. Please make sure your device is compatible.
Examples: Ackert 120, Ackert 221, and Calvin 306 will be the first to have this technology.

Expanded Classrooms

Same equipment as Collaborative classrooms with the addition of one or more projectors, PTZ cameras for presenter and/or audience capturing, voice capturing and reinforcement using a podium, lapel, handheld, and/or audience microphones, lecture capturing (either Zoom or Extron Recorder), and limited DCM hook-ups for external lecture capturing.
Examples: Waters 231, Justin 109, Leasure 013, and Umberger 105.

Studio Classrooms

Maintenance and Updates

Classrooms are checked  during the week for functionality and environmental issues.  Classrooms are also evaluated on a regular schedule for major upgrading.

Changes to the physical and technological infrastructure require lead time for planning, testing, renovation, and other improvements. Faculty and departments who want to pursue incorporating technology into a  centrally-managed  classroom can complete  the   Technology Installation Request Form. The request will be placed in a priority list and maintained by the  Classroom Planning Committee.

Scheduling

Scheduling of  these  classrooms is subject to the provision of reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, as determined by the University through an individualized interactive process. The following order of priority defines how classes will be scheduled: 

Priority will be given to classes requiring either the technology or the learning environment. 
Preference will be given to provide for conditions such as use of artifacts that cannot legally be removed from specific buildings, equipment or other items that cannot be safely and/or reasonably moved, IT licensing restrictions, and other such constraints. 
Within groupings of classes requiring the technology or learning environment, larger classes will have preference. 
When classes from various departments have equivalent need for the room, those from the department with previous (historical) "scheduling priority" will be given preference.

Only classes and K-State  related events may be scheduled in these rooms, and any deviations shall be approved by the  Vice President for University Operations. Requestors must  use   the  Request for University Buildings and Grounds  form. 

Request for Additional Applications

If a department or college purchases and installs equipment and/or applications in a   centrally-managed  classroom, this equipment must meet or exceed standards established by the Classroom Planning Committee. Any approved user having access to the room will be able to use the equipment.   Hardware becomes the property of  the Division of Information Technology unless other agreements are in place. 

An applications that is used to display content to or used by students must meet the requirements outlined in   Section F, Part 125 of the University Handbook: Course Accessibility Standards Policy. 

Faculty needing an application installed on the computers in these rooms must have a licensed copy of the software. A minimum of two months' advance notice to the technical support staff, prior to the beginning of a semester, is recommended  to install an application in a  centrally- managed  classroom  computer or before any hardware is installed in the classroom. This timeframe is required to ensure that the added application or hardware is compatible with existing systems.  More leeway may be needed for more complex systems.  

Training

All users must be trained prior to using centrally-scheduled classrooms. Personnel from the Division of Information Technology will provide training on the Manhattan campus. K-State Polytechnic and K-State Olathe also have staff available to provide training. Keys to the consoles will be issued only to individuals who have completed the training.  Please use the Academic Technology and Support request form to schedule training.

Food and Beverages

To protect the classroom environment, the consumption of food in centrally-managed classrooms is discouraged.  Beverages must be in covered, spill-proof containers such as travel mugs or capped bottles. Instructors are responsible for ensuring that their students follow this policy.