The tripod holds the teleprompter, camera and teleprompter. 

Teleprompter screen that displays the text (on the bottom), the mirror over camera to reflect text (student looks at mirror).  The confidence monitor hanging down on the bottom shows what is on the TriCaster to the talent. 

There is a 9lb weight that hangs off the back of the tripod to counterbalance the weight of the confidence monitor.  It is important that students do not remove the weight.