Furniture includes tables and chairs. The AV system cost includes a ceiling mounted EIKI 970 LCD projector, a sound system, replacement projection screen fabric, a teacher's console with built-in touch panel switching, and installation. The committee looked into software and hardware for allowing one central computer to be able to control the monitors of individual computers, possibly displaying one student's monitor on all the other monitors. While this feature is desirable, it is expensive. This cost is not part of our estimate in the renovation of the room.
Further study is needed.
It is possible that cheaper software solutions may be available in the future. In addition to operations costs, we recommend upgrading or replacing the computers on a 3-year cycle. Security and Access to the ICC Outside of regular teaching periods, if the ICC is not scheduled, students taking courses that semester in the ICC will have access via use of their DukeCards. Security for the room will include DukeCard access outside of regular teaching periods, locking machines to tables and appropriate other measures. It is currently being used as a computer lab, but is poorly designed for teaching.