Classroom Request Form Middlebury Campus

Please complete this request form for each course you will teach this summer and return it to your School
Coordinator by March 15th. Classroom assignments for the summer will begin soon after this date; late or
incomplete return could impact your being assigned an appropriate classroom. Due to the high volume of
classroom needs during the summer session, teaching space is limited and we make use of all possible spaces make no assumption of what will be provided without specific request. Specific room requests may not be
granted; therefore, thorough completion of this form is vital to ensure you are provided the technology and type
of space needed.
Your full name:
School:
E-mail address:
Work phone:
Course Information
Course name & number:
List other courses you will be teaching:
Please tell us something about the format of the course (e.g. This will be a lecture with regular PowerPoint
presentations, or This is a once-weekly discussion at which films will be shown):

Classroom Technology Needs

Please check only those items that you will be using on a daily basis. Classrooms with projection are limited, and there are
even fewer computer labs to schedule for classes. It may not be possible to honor all requests.

White board/Chalk board

Computer projection

Note: desktop + laptop computers are not provided

Audio needs (please describe):

TV & DVD

TV & VHS

_________________________________________________________
please indicate multi- region if needed

Note: VHS will be discontinued in 2013

16mm/35mm projection
Computer lab for students:

With headphones

If you are requesting a computer lab, you must complete the space below explaining why your course
requires student access to individual computers during class.

Other technology needs (Requests for Smart Rooms will not be honored. Classrooms will be assigned based on
individual technology needs): _____________________________________________________________

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_____________________________________________________________________________________
(Software Needs on back of form)

Software Needs Library and Information Services (LIS)

We provide support for the Macintosh operating system and PCs running Windows. For a list of software
products available go to https://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/wiki/LIS/Software_available_on_public_computers.
If you need software for teaching, please complete the following table for each product you will need for
yourself or your students. Please estimate the number of computers that will need the software installed on them
(number of licenses needed), whether they will be Mac or PC, and whether you will bring the software with you or
Middlebury (LIS) will need to provide it. LIS will work with you and the Language Schools to ensure proper
licensing of software. If you have taught at the Language Schools before, do not assume that any software that
may have been available in any previous year will be available without specific request.
(See example on the first line)
Who needs the
software
Self and students

Name & Version #

InDesign

# of
computers
needing
the
software

Mac

PC

20

Instructor
will bring
the
software

LIS will
provide
the
software
X

IMPORTANT: Software to be installed in our computer labs must be mailed and received by us by March 31st so we can
test it for functionality and compatibility with the software and hardware in the labs.

File Servers and Conferencing

Middlebury College Library and Information Services supports DFS-based file servers, which can be
used for classroom purposes to share information and to exchange assignments; however, LIS now
recommends using Moodle for these purposes.
Do you plan to use Moodle and/or WordPress for this course? Yes

No

Laptops
Laptops are not provided for summer faculty. When bringing your own laptop for use in classroom lectures, it
must have an Ethernet card to connect to our network and the appropriate virus protection and operating system
updates. Please check here if you are bringing your own laptop to use for classroom lectures:
Not all classrooms on campus have computer projection facilities. Please check with your schools coordinator
for details on the room you have been assigned.

Office Use Only

Date Received _________________
Classroom Assigned ___________________________________