Fall 2008 Important Dates:
First Day of Instruction:	Tuesday, August 26, 2008
First Day of Delivery/Pickup Service:	Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Labor Day (Çampus Closed)	Monday, September 1, 2008
Daylight Saving Time ends:	Sunday, November 2, 2008 (2am)
Fall Recess:	November 24-28, 2008
Last Day of Instruction:	Monday, December 15, 2008
Final Exams:	December 16-22, 2008

Library Updates:

Effective September 1, basement access will be closed.
Use the library elevators from the first floor to access the basement and follow the signs.

Console Training:

• Please schedule trainings for the electronically enhanced classrooms at your earliest convenience. Trainings take up to 45 minutes depending on what equipment you will be using. Call Laurie Sosna at 338-1492 or use this form.

Media Information/Updates:

• A couple of new pages listing our most popular media titles shown in classrooms and in the Media Access Center. An eye-opening experience. Check it out here.
• Media Catalog: 16,760 titles and counting...

Equipment updates:
We will only deliver multimedia carts and 25" TV/VCR combos.
Please pick-up all other equipment in person or arrange for a semester loan. (Click for details)
In person equipment pick-up options:
Faculty may come in person to the AV counter and sign out the equipment.
Faculty may come in person to the AV counter and PRESIGN the forms for a student to pick up.
Please stop by or call 81494 for further information.

• Summer 2008-
  • Woo doggy! Busy, busy, busy. Here we go-
  • Academic Technology has a heapin' helpin' of workshops in August. You are all welcome to attend. You must register for workshops, which requires using the POWER calendar.
  • New consoles in: BH 224, 247, 249, 337, 338, 354, 425, 428, TH 425, 428, TR H-1, J-1 Instruction manual.
  • SCI 101 & 201 are getting an overhaul so new consoles! Yay! Instruction manual.
  • As you are probably aware, the Library, our home for 50 years, will be closing. New spaces are being prepped this summer and we'll keep you posted. Don't worry, we'll always be here for you.
  • MacBook Air users: Remember, wireless internet access is sporadic in SFSU classrooms. If you NEED to get online, purchase Apple's USB/Ethernet adapter for $29 and an ethernet cable (10 ft.) both available from the SFSU Bookstore Computer Sales Department.
• Summer 2007-
  • We are pleased to announce the arrival of Maggie Beers as Director of Academic Technology.
  • HSS 154 has been renovated and has a new console. Instruction manual and tutorial have been updated.
  • FA 193 has a new video projector. Twice the brightness, half the size. Isn't technology wonderful? Inputs have changed: Input 1=laptop, Input 3=video. Manuals & Tutorials have been updated.
  • 10 new electronic classrooms: GYM 113, 116 | HUM 121, 126, 127, 301 | TH 210, 326, 335, 409. They'll be ready August 1. Instruction manual.
  • Every electronic classroom now has a label with keyboard commands to trigger laptop mirroring. It looks like this. Cool, huh?
• Summer 2006-
  • 7 new iBooks are available for checkout. Specifications here. Nope, they're not Intel Machines, but they are pretty sweet.
  • 10 new electronically enhanced classrooms: BH 225, 252, 256, 408 | HSS 213, 246, 248 | HUM 111, 207, 277. They are identical to classrooms in Hensill Hall. More info here.
  • McKenna's console got a face lift.
• May 2006-Apple has introduced the 13" MacBook, a replacement for the 12" PowerBook and iBook laptops. Please note that the MacBook does NOT come with the necessary mini-DVI to VGA adapter needed to connect to our classroom consoles. You must purchase this adapter as an optional accessory. They are available at the SFSU Bookstore. Ask for a mini-DVI to VGA adapter. (The 15" & 17" MacBook Pro come with this adapter.)
• Spring Break 2006-While everyone was sippin' big pink drinks on a beach somewhere, we've been busy.
  • BUS 104, 130, 218 got new LCD projectors. Brighter, easier to maintain. You'll love them.
  • BUS 222 got a new pixie control. The projector remote has been removed.
  • Quicktime Tutorials have been completed (finally!)
• March 2006-HSS 130 & BH 28. Keypad to open console door has been modified and requires and new sequence to open. Here goes:
  • When you punch the code on the keypad and push the Star Key you will hear a buzzer sound, YOU MUST KEEP YOUR FINGER PUSHING ON THE STAR KEY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PULL THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. IF YOU RELEASE THE STAR KEY THE BUZZER WILL STOP AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. Once the code is punched on the keypad you have approximately ONE MINUTE before the system resets itself and then you must re-punch the code on the keypad.
• January 2006-Seven new consoles in Hensill Hall: 108, 113, 201, 206, 439, 544 & 667. New console cabinet, bundled VGA & computer audio cable, VCR provides cablecast channels. Photo & specs available here. Manual and tutorials are online.
• January 2006-All Pixie control boxes now have a dedicated NO SHOW button. Press the UP ARROW button and the projected image will go black. Press the same button again and the image will return. (Note: HUM 113 press the button TWICE to activate, once to deactivate).

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