Classroom podium computers are configured for ease of use. Understand how to perform basic functions.
Overview
Use your MHC account to log in to your personal, local account on a classroom podium computer. Documents and settings you save there will persist until the computer is erased and reconfigured, usually at the end of the school year.
Basic tasks - macOS Computers
Log In
- Use your MHC username (without @mtholyoke.edu) and MHC password at the login window.
- The first time you log in to a given computer, it will take a moment to create your local account. The screen may temporarily go black while the account is created. This should take no more than a minute. (We've timed it!)
- Subsequent logins will take no longer than normal, such as on your own computer.
Log Out
Creating the habit of logging out when you are done protects your MHC account and data that you have access to, such as Google Mail and the course management system.
- Log out of your account (or restart the computer) when you are done.
- You can go to the Apple menu and select Log Out or use the keyboard shortcut [⌘] [⇧] [Q] ( command + shift + Q)
Screen Mirroring
Do you like to have the same thing on the computer display as is on the screen? That's called screen mirroring. Other folks prefer to extend the screen to double their working space. Either way, switching is easy.
- The computer will recognize when a secondary screen is connected and available.
- Use the keyboard shortcut [⌘] [F1] ( command + Function1) to toggle between screen mirroring and extended screen.
- You can also go into System Settings > Displays and select which screen to mirror or extend.
Basic Tasks - Windows computers
Coming Soon