The Media Resources Center has announced their spring semester training schedule. Some new topics are being offered, including for the Blackboard Rubric tool and Panopto Unison. Other trainings being offered include a variety of Blackboard topics, Panopto Focus and Respondus. Please visit the elearning Resource Hub and click on the Training and Events Calendar to see the entire schedule and find information on how to register.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Panopto Unison
A new tool allowing the uploading of videos and then streamed is now available for faculty and staff. Panopto Unison is a powerful video content manager that accepts most popular video formats and allows for easy linking or embedding in Blackboard or a website. To learn more please visit the MRC's Panopto website or contact Chad Sloan at chad.sloan@wichita.edu.
Application to Teach in FLS 35
We are looking for faculty/instructors who wish to take advantage of both the technology and the flexible environment in their teaching and student learning by having classes meet in the Media Resources Center’s new Flexible Learning Space 35.
About the space:
The Flexible Learning Space is configurable and suitable for webinars, HD videoconferencing, trainings, meetings, group work and more. The space holds approximately 35 participants though the capacity may be slightly more depending on seating and/or need for seating at tables. The room may be configured or customized by the user as desired.
For more information about the furniture and equipment visit: http://www.wichita.edu/fls.
How do I apply?
To apply, applicants may simply email a one page description of how they would utilize the space to Corey Ray (corey.ray@wichita.edu). Particular attention to technology and furniture “teaching scenarios” should be included in the description. Applicants should highlight why the space would offer more to them than a traditional Master or Projector Plus Classroom.
Deadline for Application is December 22, 2011.
What are the requirements?
Class participants (students and instructors) will agree to be surveyed 2 times by the MRC (middle and end of semester). The MRC may also request to record or photograph sessions to capture the experiences of participants. Additionally, faculty/instructors will be asked to provide a 1-2 page summary report about their experience which may be shared with future applicants and used to improve future experiences in the facility.
When is the space available?
For the purposes of this program, the space is available from 8-5, M-F. Other times may be available via request. Contact the MRC for more information.
I don’t want to teach all my classes there, but I am interested in some.
Preference will be given to those applications requesting regular class schedules. Requests for a limited number of uses or a one-time-only use will be considered on a space available basis.
Can I use my own laptop/iPad/equipment?
The room is capable of supporting personal equipment via digital/analog connections. iPads may also take advantage of apps to connect wirelessly to the room desktop as a remote kiosk.
Will training or support be provided?
Support will be provided for room technology and space configuration. Faculty will be given training and an overview of how the room works and can be configured and may choose to teach with or without room-based support as desired.
About the space:
The Flexible Learning Space is configurable and suitable for webinars, HD videoconferencing, trainings, meetings, group work and more. The space holds approximately 35 participants though the capacity may be slightly more depending on seating and/or need for seating at tables. The room may be configured or customized by the user as desired.
For more information about the furniture and equipment visit: http://www.wichita.edu/fls.
How do I apply?
To apply, applicants may simply email a one page description of how they would utilize the space to Corey Ray (corey.ray@wichita.edu). Particular attention to technology and furniture “teaching scenarios” should be included in the description. Applicants should highlight why the space would offer more to them than a traditional Master or Projector Plus Classroom.
Deadline for Application is December 22, 2011.
What are the requirements?
Class participants (students and instructors) will agree to be surveyed 2 times by the MRC (middle and end of semester). The MRC may also request to record or photograph sessions to capture the experiences of participants. Additionally, faculty/instructors will be asked to provide a 1-2 page summary report about their experience which may be shared with future applicants and used to improve future experiences in the facility.
When is the space available?
For the purposes of this program, the space is available from 8-5, M-F. Other times may be available via request. Contact the MRC for more information.
I don’t want to teach all my classes there, but I am interested in some.
Preference will be given to those applications requesting regular class schedules. Requests for a limited number of uses or a one-time-only use will be considered on a space available basis.
Can I use my own laptop/iPad/equipment?
The room is capable of supporting personal equipment via digital/analog connections. iPads may also take advantage of apps to connect wirelessly to the room desktop as a remote kiosk.
Will training or support be provided?
Support will be provided for room technology and space configuration. Faculty will be given training and an overview of how the room works and can be configured and may choose to teach with or without room-based support as desired.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
MRC Open House
See the Possibility
Thursday, September 29, 1:30 - 3:00pm
Join us at the Media Resources Center for our Open House. See our new space and find out how we are pushing the limits of what is possible at Wichita State and beyond.
Panopto Unison
Panopto Unison provides hosting, editing, remixing, captioning, and streaming of high-quality video from an array of sources such as Flip cameras with a YouTube style upload. It utilizes the same security and integration with Blackboard as Panopto Focus as well as the ability to share securely with WSU users, the public or as an embed in websites/courses. Ideal for past recordings, student interviews, student teaching recordings, public speeches and more. It is currently available to use.
Here are a couple links that can help you get started. Please visit the elearning Resource Hub for more information.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Panopto Upgrade
Panopto will be unavailable on Wednesday, August 10th from 7am to 11am for a maintenance upgrade.
This upgrade will prompt users to upgrade their recorder the next time Panopto is opened.
Some of the changes included a new recorder interface, improved editing, subfolders, auto-syncing of class' lists.
There will be two sessions going over some of these upgrades on Wednesday, August 17th from noon to 1pm and Thursday, August 18th from 10am to 11am in the Wireless Learning Space at the MRC. No registration is required.
Blackboard, elearning trainings announced
The Media Resources Center is offering trainings on a variety of Blackboard subjects, Panopto and other elearning topics. These sessions are hands on, allowing participants to use the software while being instructed. To see the whole list of training sessions and how to register, visit www.wichita.edu/elearning and click on Training and Events Calendar.
Friday, May 20, 2011
New Wichita State YouTube Channel
The WSU campus community has a new resource for sharing innovative ideas and knowledge that you help create every day. A WichitaStateTV site has been created inside YouTube EDU. (http://www.youtube.com/wichitastatetv) This will be a place to upload longer form videos (>15 mins.) that contain educational topics generated at WSU. The videos will be stored in the YouTube cloud and can be streamed by users from all over the world. Click here to read the guidelines that have been developed to keep the site in compliance with YouTube EDU. Videos to be approved for upload should be brought to the attention of Mike Wood, Executive Director of the MRC, at extension 7750 (mike.wood@wichita.edu).
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Holman Screenwriting Award Announced
The winner of the 2011 Holman Screenwriting Award has been announced. Luke Geddes, a graduate student in the Department of English, will receive a $500 prize for his screenplay, The Brill Building.
Luke will graduate from Wichita State University this spring with an MFA in Creative Writing. While taking classes, he has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching English Composition and Introduction to Creative Writing. Luke describes himself as, “…primarily a prose fiction writer,” having published short stories in literary journals including Hayden's Ferry Review, Gargoyle, Pank, and Jabberwock Review. He was awarded the Stephen C. Barr Endowed Fellowship at WSU and will begin his Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati in the fall.
Luke’s screenplay is set in the iconic Brill Building, in New York City, during the early Sixties. The central characters are part of the pop music scene, creating, “…shooby doobies and da do ron rons.” There’s tension in the air as the writers and producers sense a change in musical tastes. New sounds are coming out of Greenwich Village.
“Luke Geddes has a clear sense of character and place,” said Mike Wood, director of the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU. “His dialogue is some of the most natural that I’ve read.”
This is the ninth time that the award has been given. It is made possible by an endowment from Eldon and Carol Holman. Mrs. Holman was the director of WSU’s Media Resources Center from 1956 to 1978.
Luke will graduate from Wichita State University this spring with an MFA in Creative Writing. While taking classes, he has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching English Composition and Introduction to Creative Writing. Luke describes himself as, “…primarily a prose fiction writer,” having published short stories in literary journals including Hayden's Ferry Review, Gargoyle, Pank, and Jabberwock Review. He was awarded the Stephen C. Barr Endowed Fellowship at WSU and will begin his Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati in the fall.
Luke’s screenplay is set in the iconic Brill Building, in New York City, during the early Sixties. The central characters are part of the pop music scene, creating, “…shooby doobies and da do ron rons.” There’s tension in the air as the writers and producers sense a change in musical tastes. New sounds are coming out of Greenwich Village.
“Luke Geddes has a clear sense of character and place,” said Mike Wood, director of the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU. “His dialogue is some of the most natural that I’ve read.”
This is the ninth time that the award has been given. It is made possible by an endowment from Eldon and Carol Holman. Mrs. Holman was the director of WSU’s Media Resources Center from 1956 to 1978.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Holman Screenwriting Competition
The Media Resources Center and the Film Studies Certificate Program at WSU have announced a student competition in screenwriting. A $500 check will be presented to a currently-enrolled student who writes the best screenplay. The deadline is April 1, 2011. The screenplay can be any length (a short or a feature) and should follow screenplay formatting standards. Ablah Library has many copies of contemporary screenplays on its shelves. An optional one-hour workshop will be offered on Thursday, March 10th, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the MRC. Contact mike.wood@wichita.edu for details.
Carol Holman was, for 22 years, the founding director of WSU’s Media Resources Center. Following the deaths of Carol and her husband Elton, their estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the decision was made to recognize their contributions to education and the arts by creating a Screenwriting Competition. While Mrs. Holman began the MRC with an inventory of 16mm film projectors—modest in comparison to today’s collection of DVD players, plasma screens, and laptop computers—she would recognize that a solid script is still the foundation for effective storytelling, no matter what the medium.
Carol Holman was, for 22 years, the founding director of WSU’s Media Resources Center. Following the deaths of Carol and her husband Elton, their estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the decision was made to recognize their contributions to education and the arts by creating a Screenwriting Competition. While Mrs. Holman began the MRC with an inventory of 16mm film projectors—modest in comparison to today’s collection of DVD players, plasma screens, and laptop computers—she would recognize that a solid script is still the foundation for effective storytelling, no matter what the medium.
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