Two monitors for teaching PC's connected to IWB's

[DrBeaker]

Did a quick test of this last week in classroom.

 

2x identical TFTs.

 

1x TFT connected to the DisplayPort output via a DisplayPort-DVI cable (Teacher monitor)

1x TFT connected via VGA output - output from VGA on PC to VGA splitter, then split to the monitor and the projector (Student monitor)

 

Not had chance to test the SMART board functionality with this setup.But the basics seem fine. - whatever is shown on the Teacher TFT is only shown to them. Whatever is shown on the Student TFT is automatically shown on the projector. We've had issues with teachers using Windows Key + P to clone/extend screens so this also seems to eliminate that problem.

 

So the idea seems promising.

 

How has everyone else who has setup their classrooms like this found it to be? Has it worked OK? Any resistance to it from staff or have they found it beneficial?

Edited March 10, 2019 by DrBeaker

[PotNoodleTech]

How has everyone else who has setup their classrooms like this found it to be? Has it worked OK? Any resistance to it from staff or have they found it beneficial?

 

TBH, once you show the staff how it works and how they can drag a program over to the "projector" side really easily and still keep working in SIMS on the big screen - they're like wow this is awesome. No resistance at all to dual screens here other than the initial getting used to dragging windows around.

[DrBeaker]

TBH, once you show the staff how it works and how they can drag a program over to the "projector" side really easily and still keep working in SIMS on the big screen - they're like wow this is awesome. No resistance at all to dual screens here other than the initial getting used to dragging windows around.

 

How did you deal with the different resolutions i.e matching the TFT to the native rez of projector versus the native rez of the "Teacher" TFT?

[PotNoodleTech]

How did you deal with the different resolutions i.e matching the TFT to the native rez of projector versus the native rez of the "Teacher" TFT?

 

Teacher TFT is the 1080p widescreen. Projector TFT and Projector itself are 4:3 1280x1024.

 

Seems to work. The key is - having them as extended desktop rather than mirror as you can set different resolutions for each screen then. If they were mirrored it would either ruin the widescreen resolution or ruin the projector resolution.