Video+Commander+Instructions

· DVds/videos and all the VCR/DVDs connected to the Commander System, are kept and operated from the Workroom. The Commander System transmits programs on coaxial cable to selected classrooms. Battery operated remotes enable the classroom teacher to play, pause, fast forward, stop and rewind in the classroom. · There are 12 stand-alone units that are not operated/ managed by the library. See p.23. Bookings must be made with the appropriate managers. · Where possible indicate on the Commander screen any Dvds used on stand-alones to avoid the double booking of programs. · Teachers can make their own bookings via the Commander terminal but the AV Librarian or the person timetabled on AV should check for problems, eg double-booking programs. · Room swaps are the responsibility of the teacher concerned and they should be posted on the Daily Bulletin, or if last minute, on the board outside the main staffroom entrance & with the office. All teachers timetabled into video rooms should be prepared to swap given sufficient warning. · Teachers also record the number of the remote they take in the AV Loans Book. Alternatively, a student can collect the remote and the person timetabled in AV records the number. A remote for an early morning class should be collected the afternoon before. · DVds are queued, where possible the night before and are placed in the players at the beginning of the period. Late bookings must be checked for allocation. This must be done manually if the period has already begun. Click on the **Allocation** button (top left) and select the correct VCR (the one the program is in) and the correct room. At any time staff can view the program playing in a particular VCR/dvd by clicking the number of that palyer on the computer screen. Staff, and sometimes students, can also view/preview videos in this way. Book in the manner described above, but select monitor for room.