Florida Atlantic University | Visual Planning Technology

Computer Classroom Overview

Computer Classroom Overview

Room 613, BCC-FAU Higher Educational Complex

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This state-of-the-art facility has eighteen workstations and a matching instructor's station. In additon to regular classes, it is available to rent for planning and technology instruction purposes. Please contact the VPT Lab Coordinator at 954-762-5119 to schedule a class or for rental fees.

We recently upgraded all of our computers and now this 1,300 square foot room is equiped with:

  • Nineteen 64bit Dell Precision workstations with 2.4Ghz Quad-core CPUs, 4GB RAM, 256MB Graphic Cards and DVD/CDRW drives
  • 20 inch Ultrasharp flat panel monitors; twelve of which are under glass in Nova stations*
  • An extra-bright easy-to-read Proxima XGA Projector and large motorized drop-down screen
  • A motorized ADA lectern
  • One 6 foot Panafax electronic white board (that adds to the 18 feet of white board already on the instruction wall)
  • Twenty-two cushioned office chairs
  • Software includes:
    • Microsoft Office 2007 (Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word)
    • Adobe Design Standard Creative Suite 3 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional)
    • ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 (ArcInfo Client)
    • ESRI ArcScene 9.2 and ArcGlobe 9.2
    • Crystal Reports for ArcGIS
    • SPSS 15.00
    • Google Sketch-Up Professional 6
    • Google Earth
    • Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64x Edition Operating System

Plus, bathrooms and snack machines are within 100 feet.

*Nova stations give students an unobstructed view of the instructor while allowing for large format materials to rest on the desk.


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