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Equipment✯

Student Loans✯

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 coordinator 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 apprentice engineers), headsets, microphones, or cameras
  • loaned machines must be returned by July 1 at the latest
  • you are asked to take good care of the equipment so it can potentially be loaned again to others in need
  • loaned computers are "recycled" computers, meaning they allow you to work but are not as powerful as the computers in the computer lab rooms
  • we offer this service on a "best effort" basis, which implies patience and politeness 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 available resources, the School may also provide computing resources (PCs, Apple computers, laptops, servers, projectors, public hosting, domain names, certificates, etc.) for academic activities (projects, etc.) and extracurricular activities (clubs, associations, etc.).

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

The school is committed to preserving this tradition of curiosity, initiative, and courtesy.

Videoconferencing Equipment✯

You can collect videoconferencing equipment from 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 videoconferencing).

Using on a Personal Laptop✯

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

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

Sound will play through your laptop's speakers.

Using 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 is sent to the projector, which is connected to external speakers, and the sound will play through the speakers.

For this, the only possible connection 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's 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 the bottom of the page).

It is unnecessary to create an account to obtain specific software, as these are intended for a graphic designer 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 Wacom Tablet
  • In case of issues, 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 software to use for ease of use with 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).

Important Notes✯

The stock of this equipment is very limited. Please follow these rules:

  • 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.
  • ensure that borrowed equipment is returned 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 details:

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