Wow’em using the Digital Learning Collaboratory
Hicks Undergraduate Library, Room B853
Be sure to tour the Digital Learning Collaboratory (DLC) before your first presentation is due to take in all the multimedia resources—workstations for scanning documents, capturing images, developing and rendering 3D art, editing and compressing video and audio—you name it! New this year are high-definition video capture and digital video decks, desktop USB microphones, and digital audio capture.
Checkout equipment - Dave Eisert, the DLC coordinator and educational technologist for ITaP’s Instructional Development Center, said, “This summer we took inventory of our equipment and compared it to our students’ needs last year. Students had to reserve equipment one month in advance, so we purchased additional equipment.”
Students can check out equipment for one to three nights, choosing from high-definition digital video cameras, 10 megapixel digital still cameras with panoramic capability, professional tripods with hydraulic heads and telescoping capability to six feet, 100 GB Firewire and USB portable hard drives, and Dell 9300 laptops, loaded with Microsoft Windows XP and Office, as well as
Software Remote capability.
P2P student training - Skilled undergrads teach free technical workshops on Windows Movie Maker, Garage Band, and Adobe After Effects, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop. For a list of workshops and schedules, visit www.itap.purdue.edu/training/courselisting.cfm?ID=116.
Collaboration work spaces - The DLC has several collaboration spaces, including one with an interactive, touch-sensitive white board that can be hooked up to a USB thumb drive, laptop, or DVD player. It also has a collaborative workstation with three displays and seating for up to six students. Reserve these spaces in advance by visiting the DLC Web site, www.dlc.purdue.edu.
Competitions - For details on the Digital Cinema Contest and Game Creators Challenge, visit www.dlc.purdue.edu.
Information prepared by ITaP Communications (Sept. 2007). Direct comments to Jennifer Kapp, jkapp@purdue.edu.