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Faculty + Staff

Laurin
Aman
Adjunct Faculty

Laurin Aman (she/they) is an architectural researcher, designer, and fabricator who is passionate about crafting materials through rigorous prototyping practices that engage digital technologies. They are a Research Assistant and Teaching Aide at The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. They also work for *Alibi Studio based in Detroit.

As a graduate of the M.S. Digital and Material Technology program at The University of Michigan, Laurin received a Citizenship Award for collaborative work with the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living.

Laurin previously worked for two NYC-based material companies, designing custom materials and advancing sustainability initiatives. They eventually managed a customs lab department, which developed custom-made materials from design conception to final production for specific built environments.

Their current material palette across a range of projects includes: woven textiles, glass, starch-based bioplastics, sunlight, and plants.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.