Connecting Your Device to a Classroom Display

Operating System: Multiple

Applies To: UB instructors

Last Updated: February 20, 2025

Connection cables are either permanently attached to the Teaching Cabinet, available in the receptacle or stored near or hanging in the cabinet independently.

1. If you have:

• A laptop with an HDMI port: Connect the HDMI cable directly to the HDMI port on your laptop
• A device with a USB-C port: Connect the standalone USB-C cable (only available in Academic Center 322 and 355, for other rooms use the USB-C adapter on the BYOD Adapter Ring instead) directly to the USB-C port on your device
• A device or laptop without an HDMI port:
  1. Locate the correct adapter for your device on the BYOD Adapter Ring
  2. Attach the adapter to the HDMI cable
  3. Insert the adapter into your device
     Note: Some adapters are very similar. Do not force an adapter into your device or you may break your device.

2. On the teaching station touchscreen, select:

• PORTABLE DEVICE HDMI (or Portable Device then HDMI) for devices connected to the HDMI cable or an adapter on the BYOD Adapter Ring (including the USB-C adapter)
  
• PORTABLE DEVICE USB-C for devices connected to the standalone USB-C cable (only available in Academic Center 322 and 355)

VGA cables are gradually being removed from UB classrooms. If your device can only be displayed via a VGA output, we recommend bringing your own HDMI to VGA adapter.

VGA cables are not available in:

• Academic Center 322, 325, 328 and 355
• Alumni 97
• Baldy 108, 110 and 206
  
• Capen 109, 110, 260 and 262
• Clemens 202 and 322
• Cooke 127 A and B
• Farber 135, 136, 137 and G26
  
• Fronczak 408, 422 and 454
• Greiner 116B, 118B, 120B, and 134/135C
• Hochstetter 307
  
• Norton 210, 216 and 218
• NSC 201, 210, 215, 220 and 225
• O'Brian 212
• Park 143, 146 and 250

Yes. Call 716-645-3542 and request a demonstration or test.

• All devices: Check the cable is properly attached to the device (and adapter if applicable).
• Windows laptops: Press the F8 key (or whichever function key has a screen icon for "display"), or Windows key + P to open the display options. Choose Duplicate or Extend.
  
• Mac laptops: 
  1. Go to System Settings > Displays
  2. Select the image labeled Crestron
  3. Beside Use as:
     • Choose Mirror for built-in display if you want to duplicate. your laptop screen on the projector
     • Choose Extend display to use extended display and show different things on the projector
• USB-C devices: 
  • If you are using a standalone USB-C cable (Administrative Center 322 and 355), make sure you select USB-C on the touchscreen panel
  • If you are using a USB-C adapter on a BYOD Adapter Ring, make sure you select HDMI on the touchscreen panel

Not all apps are able to rotate. Not all apps and devices display properly. If you experience problems, contact the UBIT Help Center.

Some devices and apps have built-in restrictions which prevent content from being recorded. To ensure your course will be recorded properly when using your own device, contact Classroom Services at 716-645-3542 to schedule a one-on-one test beforehand.

Newer model Android phones with USB-C interfaces can send video.  However, not all USB-C Android devices can send video, and older Android devices may not project properly, if at all.

No. The adapters do not charge your device.