Equipment Loan & Reservation
ETL provides LAB Reservations and Equipment Reservations, Loaner / Rental Equipment's for the UIC College of Education students, staff and faculty.
For classes, ETL has two large projectors available in the computer lab. These are connected to a separate Windows computer on the podium. There are separate remotes provided to turn each projector on/off. ETL staff are available to demonstrate for instructors. For equipment rental, once your status has been verified, and as long as the inventory of devices remains available, on-campus pickup will be coordinated.
- The expectations for return (Online reservation, Temporary Checkout) of the laptops and other equipment's is 4 weeks.
- Please bring your UIC ID card for Off-Campus equipment checkout.
- You are responsible for returning the laptop/hotspot when requested, and in the same condition that it was received.
- Once you graduate or if you stop being a UIC student, you are required to return the equipment to the university.
- If the laptop or other equipment is lost or stolen, it is your responsibility to report the loss or theft immediately to the UIC Police at (312) 996-2830 and provide ETL with the case number.
- For college room reservations please visit here.
NOTE: ETL have stopped providing NEW hot-spots. We only have limited rotating hot-spots, and may not be available due to high demand. You can contact lts@uic.edu, if you need it immediately.
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COE Conference Rooms and Class Rooms
For technical support, please contact ETL at etlprob@uic.edu
- For college room reservations, please visit here.
Room 3015 – Defense Room:
- Equipped with Windows PC, wireless mics, document camera and podium. Technology in the room supports video conference.
Room 3312 – Conference Room:
- Equipped with Windows PC, camera and microphones. This room supports video conference and lecture capture for the blackboard.
Room 3233 – Commons Room:
- Equipped with Windows PC and monitor, it supports wireless display for mobile devices.
Room 3427 – Classroom:
- Bring your own device, wireless mics, projector, camera and a podium. This room supports video conference and lecture capture.
Room 1419 – Classroom:
- Bring your own device, LCD display, camera, microphone & supports lecture capture.
Room 1433 – Classroom:
- Bring your own device, LCD display, camera, microphone & supports lecture capture.
Room L268 – Reading Clinic:
- Equipped with Windows PC, podium, camera, microphone and a projector, and it also supports lecture capture.
- For reading clinic reservations, please contact the dean’s office.
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ETL COMPUTER LAB
Computers
The ETL lab is equipped with both PCs and Macs for students, faculty, and staff to use. Users may print or scan documents and browse the internet.
Printing and Scanning
Users* may print in their documents in black and white or in color.
The lab also reserves two computers for users that wish to scan their documents.
* Printing is available ONLY for students, faculty, and staff in the college of education. All other users are asked to print in the computer lab in the basement (ETMSW L278) or at any ACCC C-Stop.
3D Printing
The lab is currently equipment with one MakerBot Replicator for 3D printing. The 3D printer can print 3D models of one color from a selection of several colors.
Request ETL to print your 3D model by asking any ETL staff or send us an email.
This service is available for College of Education studen.
Classroom Resources
Details regarding the ETL lab for use of lecturing may be found here.
LECTURE RECORDING
ETL is set up to utilize the Blackboard Class Recording system. The lab is able to record the output of the instructor’s computer, document camera, a connected laptop, a wireless microphone, and more. All of this footage and the corresponding audio can be uploaded to Blackboard so that students are able to re-watch lectures.
For more details about implementation, ask ETL staff on how to set up Blackboard to record your class.SMARTBOARD
The ETL has one Smartboard for use as a teaching resource. The Smartboard may be used to present slides for a presentation or play videos from the internet. -
GENERAL EQUIPMENT RENTALS
-Windows and Mac notebooks-Projectors – Regular or Palm-sized (Pico projectors)-Video Recorders – Palm sized with wireless mics (Kodak Zi8, Kodak Zi12) to regular handy-cam ( Samsung HMX F80)-Cameras (Canon Powershot S5)-Tripods-Other equipment’s and accessories -
INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT'S
-Mobile Computer Lab – 25 laptops per cart (Windows and Macs)-Smartboard-Telepresence Robots (Double Robotics)-Magnets-Electrical & Gravitational Devices-CODE & Finch: Small Robot to teach & learn computer programming languages -
Creative Technology
-LEGO & Ozobot Robotics: Learn how to build robots and CODE programming.-Little Bits: Platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks.-Makey Makey: Electronic invention tool based on electric conductivity to computer programs.
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Note: If you are planning on renting or loaning the equipment for the whole semester, please do not use the reservation system. Reservation is for people who needs equipment’s for short time.
UIC reserves the right to charge fines, suspend access to IT resources (including computer labs, UIC wireless network, etc), and/or prevent class registration and access to transcripts if the laptop/hotspot is not returned or is returned late, or is damaged, lost, or stolen through negligence.
If you are NOT a part of UIC College of Education, please contact central IT at LTS@uic.edu with any questions regarding equipment loans.