Apple TV is a useful tool to facilitate wireless presentation of lectures or meetings.
Locations in use
- Gross Anatomy lab (3 locations)
- The Gross Anatomy Lab has three flat panel televisions with Apple TVs connected. One 60" and Two 32". While standing anywhere in the room an instructor can select and connect to any of the three televisions and share their iPad screen. Used in conjunction with an app such as Netter's Atlas, this works well as a teaching tool. At any point in time a student with an iPhone or an iPad can share their own screen with any of the televisions to relay pictures they have taken or live video streaming directly from an iOS device of an ongoing dissection being captured.
- Perry Conference Room (BPRH Building M+V 2nd Floor).
To present via wireless, you must be using a laptop running Apple's Mountain Lion Operating System or newer, or have an iPhone, iPod, or iPad running iOS 4.3 or later.
You must also be connected to the Tufts wireless network (tuftswireless) in order to see the Appletv. If you are on the Tufts wired network or the Tufts guest wireless network, you will not be able to see the AppleTV.
Connecting to the AppleTV
The Gross Anatomy Lab Apple TVs are not currently restricted, but may be restricted with a password if abused.
The Perry Conference room is restricted via password controlled by the Office of Information Technology.
To connect to the AppleTV, you may either connect via specific applications that show the AppleTV button when you are within range, or you can perform screensharing by double-clicking the button on your iOS device and sliding the pop-up tray to the left. You will then see an AppleTV button.
Managing Apple TV WiFI settings without the remote control
With Apple's release of Apple TV Software Update 5.1 IT professionals can now manage a variety of settings on Apple TV over USB.
Apple TV: How to install a configuration profile
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5437>
Apple TV: How to configure 802.1X using a profile
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5438>
Apple TV: How to configure a proxy using profile
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5439>
About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4448>