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Hardware✯

Student Loan✯

Students eligible:

  • ISIMA engineers (1st, 2nd, or 3rd year, students or apprentices)
  • Computer science Master's students (M1 and M2)

If you need a loaner computer, please:

  • notify your training manager of your request
  • create a ticket on https://support.isima.fr specifying:
    • The reason for your request:
      • personal hardware failure
      • financial difficulties

Please note that:

  • we do not lend laptops (except for FISA engineering apprentices), headsets, microphones, or cameras
  • machines must be returned by July 1 at the latest
  • we ask you to take good care of the equipment so that it can potentially be loaned again to those in need
  • loaner computers are "recycled" computers, meaning they allow you to work but are not as powerful as the computers in the TP rooms
  • we offer this service on a "best effort" basis, which implies patience and courtesy from the requester regardless of the outcome and the time required to process your request

Equipment Provided by ISIMA for Students✯

Depending on the period, needs, and resources, the School may also provide computing resources (PCs, Apple laptops, servers, projectors, public hosting, domain names, certificates, etc.) for academic (projects, etc.) and extracurricular (clubs, associations, etc.) activities.

This means that students must use these resources responsibly, particularly concerning consumables (taking care of equipment and reporting malfunctions, considering the necessity of printouts, preferring black and white, monitoring their processes, etc.).

The school values this tradition of curiosity, initiative, and courtesy.

Video Conferencing Equipment✯

You can collect video conferencing equipment in room A109.

We have headsets with microphones (~25 available).

Headsets (Lavalier Microphones)✯

You can collect lavalier microphones designed to amplify your voice for the audience present (not useful for video conferencing).

Use on a Personal Laptop✯

Plug the USB dongle into one of your laptop's USB ports and turn on the headset.

Check that Bluetooth is enabled on your laptop, then configure the input sound to use the 'Samson' microphone.

The sound will play through your laptop's speakers.

Use in a Room with Speakers✯

Rooms equipped with speakers that can be used with this headset are:

  • Garcia lecture hall
  • Lecture halls 1, 2, 3 in the common area
  • Rooms G019, G020, G103 in the common area

The operating principle is that the sound from the lavalier microphone goes to the projector, which is connected to external speakers, and the sound will play through the speakers.

For this, the only possible connectivity is VGA. You must plug the headset's USB dongle into the computer and connect the VGA output cable (connected to the projector) to this same dongle.

headset diagram

headset photo

The projector must be turned on, and the VGA source must be selected for the headset to work.

If using in parallel with a laptop without VGA connectivity, plug the headset dongle into a USB port and connect the video output to the VGA cable (provide a VGA-HDMI adapter if needed).

Remote Courses✯

To organize remote (or hybrid in-person/remote) courses, we offer a package (10 packages in stock):

  • webcam
  • speakerphone
  • graphics tablet (Wacom Intuos)

You can collect a package before the course to use on your personal computer or on the computer in the classroom.

The graphics tablet only works with a driver on Mac or Windows.

The driver can be downloaded here (see bottom of page).

You do not need to create an account to obtain specific software, as these are intended for a graphic design audience.

However, it is also possible to use a Wacom with Ubuntu:

  • with a graphical configuration utility included in Ubuntu settings.
  • You can also download an Ubuntu software Tablette Wacom.
  • In case of problems, hold down the buttons on the far right and far left of the tablet for it to be properly recognized.
  • Troubleshooting for other issues on Ubuntu -> here

Thanks to Rodolphe for this information on using Wacom on Ubuntu

Regarding the software to use for ease of use of the tablet:

On the computers in the classrooms, the Wacom driver and Xournal++ software will be installed.

Some YouTube tutorials on using the tablet with GoodNotes and Xournal (many thanks to Aurélie for these tutorials).

To Know✯

The stock of this equipment is very limited, so please follow the rules below:

  • if you have a webcam in your office, you must bring it to the classrooms.
  • webcams/speakerphones/tablets can be borrowed from the CRI in office A109.
  • make sure to return borrowed equipment to A109 at the end of your class to avoid penalizing other teachers and their students.

For traceability purposes, each borrowed item will be recorded with the following information:

  • borrowed equipment
  • borrower's name
  • classroom name
  • start date and time of the loan
  • end date and time of the loan