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Due to the expected snowstorm, campus will be closing at 3:00pm on Wednesday 02/12/25.  Students should log into Canvas for specific class information from their instructors. Please contact event organizers for information on specific activities.

Longtime high school, college football coach named new head coach at Lawrence Tech

SOUTHFIELD—A Hall of Fame Michigan high school football coach has been named the new head football coach at Lawrence Technological University. Scott Merchant was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2022 after 30 years as a high school and college coach. A Detroit-area native, Merchant began his coaching […]

Stay curious and you’ll make magic, LTU Commencement speaker tells grads

SOUTHFIELD—Curiosity can be risky, and even dangerous. But it’s also the key to success and solving life’s mysteries. That was the word Saturday from award-winning author and journalist Charles Fishman, who spoke to nearly 200 graduates and their families at Lawrence Technological University’s Fall 2023 Semester Commencement, held at LTU’s Don Ridler Field House. Lawrence […]

Nearly 200 students to receive diplomas at Lawrence Tech’s Fall Commencement this Saturday

SOUTHFIELD—Nearly 200 Lawrence Technological University students will become Lawrence Tech’s newest alumni as the university conducts its 95th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, Dec. 2. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in LTU’s Don Ridler Field House (building 15 at www.ltu.edu/map). Delivering the Commencement Address to the graduates and their families will be Charles Fishman, an award-winning business and […]

LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets $3.4 million MEDC small business aid grant

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has received a $3,426,316 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. as part of its Small Business Hub program. “Michigan is committed to bolstering our entrepreneurial ecosystem by supporting the small businesses that drive our economy, as well as trusted partners like Centrepolis that serve small businesses and […]

LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator awarded a $600K grant for defense industry battery work

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University will receive $600,000 as part of the Michigan Defense Resiliency Consortium (MDRC), a portion of a $4.9 million grant by the Department of Defense to support its work across Michigan. With local support bringing this strategic investment in the state to $6.3 million, the consortium will create the […]

LTU to offer graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring

SOUTHFIELD—In a continuing expansion of its health education programs, Lawrence Technological University will begin offering a graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in the Summer 2024 semester. The three-semester, 35-credit-hour program will include 30 weeks of supervised clinical experience in operating rooms through LTU’s relationship with industry partners Comprehensive Care Services Inc. (CCS) of Plymouth and […]

LTU speaker: Flint water crisis sparks the rebirth of environmental justice movement

SOUTHFIELD—Part of the legacy of the Flint water crisis is a resurgence of interest in environmental justice and the notion that packing polluters into poor and minority neighborhoods is another form of racial and class discrimination. That was the word from Benjamin Pauli, a professor at Flint’s Kettering University, who presented the 13th annual Harold Hotelling Memorial […]

Best-selling business author and journalist to speak at LTU Commencement Dec. 2

SOUTHFIELD—An award-winning business journalist who has studied the inner workings of curiosity, innovation, and creativity will serve as a speaker at Lawrence Technological University’s 95th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, Dec. 2. Charles Fishman, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, will speak during the 10 a.m. […]

Spring registration opens at Lawrence Tech

SOUTHFIELD—Registration is now open for Spring 2024 classes at Lawrence Technological University. Classes begin Monday, Jan. 8, and the semester ends Friday, May 3. LTU offers more than 100 associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs that can lead to careers in fast-growing fields such as nursing, computer science, biomedical engineering, game design, sustainability, data science, and information security. Included are new programs […]

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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.