ITech Posts

Electronic Classrooms and Rapid Response

Media Services team provides support to all classrooms, auditoriums and electronic classrooms. The Media Services team is available for immediate A/V help during the semester from 8 AM to 8 PM, Monday through Thursday, and 8 AM to 5 PM on Fridays.  Normal hours outside of the semester are 8-5, M-F. Continue reading »

Academic Event Support

Media Services provides limited support to academic and student group events. This includes operating or consulting for live sound and projection for lectures, panel discussions, screenings, and performances. Continue reading »

Clickers – Classroom Polling

Overview Classroom Polling using PowerPoint and “clickers.” Allowing students to anonymously answer questions can facilitate discussion or provide feedback in larger classes, test content mastery, and allow for the exploration of sensitive topics anonymously. A useful bibliography of papers on the discipline specific use of clickers in… Continue reading »

Lightboard for Teaching

What is it? Lightboard is a piece of transparent glass illuminated with LED lights. Instructors facing the camera while also writing on the board are recorded at the same time. We started this project to experiment new ways of lecture recording. More examples of Lightboard at Williams are on Youtube. … Continue reading »

Media Services Staff

The primary mission of Media Services/Classroom Support is to develop, implement and support multimedia presentation systems in classrooms and in large presentation spaces such as Chapin Hall, Brooks Rogers Auditorium and Griffin 3. In addition, we assist with the planning and development of technology needs for a wide variety of campus… Continue reading »

Studio 275

Studio 275 is a high-end recording facility for video, audio and music recording. Amenities include a three camera video studio complete with lighting, blue/green screen and live editing capabilities, lightboard technology for complex diagram instruction, Professional Digital Audio Workstation (PreSonus Studio One),  32 channel audio Mixer, headphone stations and high… Continue reading »

Faculty Collaboration Center

The FCC is a 24-seat facility where faculty, staff, and students can meet for discussions, lectures, collaboration and hands-on development using emerging and academic technolgies. Equipped with central projection and connected break-out stations, and located between the media studio and the CET classroom, it’s an ideal space for groups to… Continue reading »

Equipment Loaning

For full information and a list of the equipment, visit the Equipment Loan Center Website. The ELC has a wide variety of digital and analog equipment that’s available for faculty, students and staff to borrow. The coordinator of the ELC can train borrowers how to use the… Continue reading »

Academic Poster Printing Policy

Posters used for conference poster presentations, departmental thesis poster sessions, research poster sessions and specific class assignments are eligible for free printing through ITech. These posters are considered to be academic posters. There’s more information available here as well as a signup sheet to make an appointment to print,… Continue reading »

2016 Movie Madness Competition

“Billy” Returns for 2016 2011 Billy Award The CET and OIT are pleased to announce the kick-off of our 2016 short film competition. Tap into your creativity now! Win yourself a gleaming gold & purple “Billy” trophy as well as $100 in media gear from B and H Photo!… Continue reading »

Glow accounts for non-Williams users

Glow can be used to organize information, communicate with participants, conduct surveys, administer quizzes , manage projects, etc. There are circumstances where course instructors and Williams organization leaders may want to share this functionality with participants from both the Williams community and the wider community. Here are typical examples and… Continue reading »

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