Mobile Technology Labs - Thunder Bay
Our Mobile Technology Labs provide you, as an instructor, to use technology in the classroom in order to teach a lesson or perform technology-related tasks.
We off a range of technologies that you and your class can use in the Bora Laskin building. For more information about the different labs as well as availability, see the following:
Booking
- For availability click the following: Apple Mobile Lab, Apple iPad Lab, PC Mobile Lab
- You must book through the Educational Technologies Coordinator or any administrative assistant
- When booking, you must include the proposed room of use, course number, and course section
- Mandatory time between books is four hours (re-charge)
- You must sign the each Labs out as a unit, there are no individual computer or iPad loans
- You can only use the Labs in the Bora Laskin Building
- When not in use, each lab must be plugged in and stored in the vault
Pick Up & Return
- During pick up and return, check for all units and power cords
- Two people must help to move each Lab's cart
- When moving a cart you must push it. Do not pull the cart
- When not in use, each Lab must be plugged in and stored in the vault
In Classroom Use
- Usage of the lab and equipment is for in-class instructional purposes
- You, the instructor, are responsible for checking that all machines are returned in the same condition as they were picked up
- No data is to be saved on the machines
- Students are required to bring a USB drive if the assignment requires them to save and keep files
- In the classroom, the machines should be used on battery power; the power cords must stay docked in the cart
General Usage Notes
- Be aware of the save location on software such as iLife. You must save projects on an external storage device
- No food or drink on the cart
- Software requests per TSC lab policy, but you must direct all requests to the Educational Technology Coordinator