MCB 220F Phone Booth Room

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MCB 220F: Overview
MCB 220F: Available equipment
MCB 220F: Instructions
MCB 220F: Settings and troubleshooting

MCB 220F: Overview

Room name MCB 220F (request a training) Room type Basic Zoom Room Departmental contact CSI/Nanobio Lab Last upgraded Spring 2021 Printable instructions Download quick guide (PDF)

MCF 220F: Available equipment

Videoconferencing and presentation equipment

27" touchscreen mounted to desk with:
- Built-in mic and webcam at the top of the screen
- Built-in speakers behind the screen

MCB 220F: Instructions

Scheduling a meeting in MCB 220F

Before the meeting, you can schedule the Zoom Room by directly inviting the Zoom Room in Outlook calendar. Make sure to include the Zoom meeting link and details.

MCB 220F is listed in USC's Outlook directory as:

Name: MCB 220F Office
Email: mcb220foffice@resources.usc.edu

Holding a Zoom meeting

If you need to share content (e.g. PowerPoint presentations, videoclips), make sure to bring a laptop.

Hold a scheduled Zoom meeting with content sharing

Quick guide

Step 1: Connect the Zoom Room to the Zoom meeting

Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Home screen.
Tap on the meeting. Tap on Start.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a co-host. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.

Step 2: Share content from your computer

On your laptop, open the Zoom app. Instead of joining the Zoom meeting, click on Share Screen.
If Zoom requests a Sharing Key, type the Sharing Key (displayed in the top right corner of the Zoom Room screen). Click on Share Screen.
To stop sharing, click on Stop Share (located at the top of the screen on your computer).

Detailed guide (with screenshots)

Step 1: Connect the Zoom Room to the Zoom meeting

Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Home screen.
Tap on the meeting. Tap on Start.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a co-host. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.

Step 2: Share content from your computer

On your laptop, open the Zoom app. Instead of joining the meeting, click on Share Screen.
If Zoom requests a Sharing Key, type the Sharing Key (displayed in the top right corner of the Zoom Room screen). Click on Share Screen.
To stop sharing, click on Stop Share (located at the top of the screen on your laptop).

Hold a scheduled Zoom meeting without content sharing

If you are not sharing any files, you don't need to bring a laptop.

Quick guide

Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Home screen.
Tap on the meeting. Tap on Start.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a co-host. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.

Detailed guide (with screenshots)

Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Home screen.
Tap on the meeting. Tap on Start.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a co-host. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.

If the Zoom meeting is not listed on the Home screen

Quick guide

If the Zoom meeting link already exists:

Tap on Join.
Input the Zoom meeting ID and tap on Join.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a participant. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room can only join as a participant with this method: the Zoom meeting host must manually make the Zoom Room a co-host.

If you want to create a new Zoom meeting on the spot:

Tap on New Meeting.
The Zoom Room creates and starts the Zoom meeting. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room is the host with this method: any files you record will be saved to the Zoom Room's account and not your individual Zoom account.

Detailed guide (with screenshots)

If the Zoom meeting link already exists:

Tap on Join.
Input the Zoom meeting ID and tap on Join.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a participant. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room can only join as a participant with this method: the Zoom meeting host must manually make the Zoom Room a co-host.

If you want to create a new Zoom meeting on the spot:

Tap on New Meeting.
The Zoom Room creates and starts the Zoom meeting. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room is the host with this method: any files you record will be saved to the Zoom Room's account and not your individual Zoom account.

If the Zoom meeting is not listed on the Home screen (video tutorial)

Watch the following video for a walk-through of how to manually join an existing Zoom meeting or create a new Zoom meeting. If the video below does not play, you can view it at this Google Drive link. You may need to sign into your USC Google account first at https://usc.edu/googledrive.

MCB 220F: Settings and troubleshooting

How to join if the scheduled meeting appears on the Home screen but there is no Start button

A Start button will not appear for the scheduled meeting if a Zoom meeting link was not submitted to the Zoom Room's Outlook calendar in advance. If there is no Start button, you can still manually join the meeting as a participant as long as you have the Zoom meeting ID (and password if applicable):

Quick guide

Tap on Join.
Input the Zoom meeting ID and tap on Join.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a participant. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room can only join as a participant with this method: the Zoom meeting host must manually make the Zoom Room a co-host.

Detailed guide (with screenshots)

Tap on Join.
Input the Zoom meeting ID and tap on Join.
The Zoom Room joins the Zoom meeting as a participant. The camera, mic, and speakers automatically turn on.
Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to display the Zoom meeting controls.
- Note that the Zoom Room can only join as a participant with this method: the Zoom meeting host must manually make the Zoom Room a co-host.

How to hold a Zoom meeting if USC Secure and Guest Wireless are down

The Zoom Room is connected to the Internet via Ethernet, so Zoom meetings will still work if USC Secure and/or Guest Wireless go down.