{"id":77,"date":"2012-11-20T19:07:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forms.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/infocommons\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:48:56","slug":"classrooms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both East and West Commons spaces are located on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/locations\/files\/2025\/07\/2025-07-Hardin-Maps-Floor-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd floor<\/a> of Hardin Library.<\/p>\n<p>Software Specifications for East and West Commons Classrooms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All computers are Windows-based machines<\/li>\n<li>Most <a href=\"https:\/\/its.uiowa.edu\/support\/article\/100823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">default ITC programs<\/a>\u202fare installed \u2013 exceptions include Panopto and Papercut (printing) because they interfere with secure browsers for testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/East_Commons_Classroom_2025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"image showing classroom space with 2 retractable projection screens, 5 white boards, instructor podium, and seating with computers for 25 students\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/East_Commons_Classroom_2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/East_Commons_Classroom_2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/East_Commons_Classroom_2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/East_Commons_Classroom_2025-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>East Commons Classroom:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor station with computer, video projector, and sound system<\/li>\n<li>Instructor station has an HDMI laptop connection.<\/li>\n<li>25 student computers <\/li>\n<li>50 student chairs <\/li>\n<li>Does not include study space outside the classroom <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:15 px, 10px, 15px 0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2025\/07\/West_Commons_Classroom_2025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing classroom space with two retractable screens, 4 white boards, instructor podium, and seats with computers for 25 students\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7770\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:5%\">\n<h3>West Commons Classroom:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor station with computer, video projector, and sound system<\/li>\n<li>Instructor station does not accommodate a laptop.<\/li>\n<li>25 student computers <\/li>\n<li>50 student chairs <\/li>\n<li>Does not include study space outside the classroom <\/li>\n<li>Study space outside the classroom is a designated quiet study area. Please be considerate of patrons studying in that space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Other Spaces<\/h2>\n<h3>East Commons Learning Lounge:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 collaboration spaces <\/li>\n<li>Each has booth seating on either side of a large table (seats 6-8 total) <\/li>\n<li>Each has a 55\u201d monitor equipped with <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.its.uiowa.edu\/learning-spaces-technology\/solstice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solstice<\/a> for wireless screen sharing<\/li>\n<li>Large whiteboards are available.<\/li>\n<li>Does not include the classroom or the entire area outside the classroom <\/li>\n<li>Study Pods 2A and 2B not included, but may be <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.libcal.com\/reserve\/hardin-study-spaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reserved<\/a> separately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>West Commons Learning Lab:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer study space outside the classroom in the West Commons  <\/li>\n<li>25 computers in individual carrels  <\/li>\n<li>2 carrels without computers <\/li>\n<li>Does not include the classroom <\/li>\n<li>Area contains a public printer that patrons may use during reservations<\/li>\n<li>Library staff will access the staff offices in the space during reservations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Iowa Libraries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pagetpl-hardin.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7789,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/7789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}