2006
Classroom Design and Renovation
More classrooms have been equipped with data projectors for use with laptop computers. New lecterns equipped with a network port, projector and audio inputs make it easy for faculty to "plug and play." Laptops are available on a short trem loan basis for classroom applications. Keys available at Media Equipment (Kerr Hall 160) are required to power up the data projectors.
Additional Classroom Design and Renovation projects may be found at www.id.ucsb.edu/ir/CLASSROOMS/RENO/index.html.
2005
DVD/VHS Players Installed in Classrooms
(May 23, 2005)
Instructional Resources added DVD and VHS players to 22 classrooms this past year bringing the total number of classrooms with DVD and VHS playback capability to 78.
Arts 1241, 1245
Bren 1414
Broida: 1610, 1640
BSIF 1217
Buchanan 1910, 1920, 1930, 1934, 1940
Campbell Hall
Chemistry 1171, 1179
Engineering 1104
Embarcadero Hall
Girvetz 1004, 1106, 1108, 1112, 1115, 1116, 1119, 2108, 2112, 2115, 2116, 2119, 2120, 2123, 2127 and 2128
HSSB: 1173, 1174, 1206, 1207, 1210, 1211, 1214, 1215, 1223, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1236, 1237
Isla Vista Theater I and II
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
North Hall 1006, 1105, 1109, 1111
Phelps: 1160, 1260, 1420, 1425, 1440, 1444, 1445, 1448, 1508, 3505, 3515, 3519, 3523
Psych 1802, 1824
South Hall 1430, 1431, 1609
Webb 1100
387 Modular 101, 103, 104
Faculty may contact Media Equipment (x3549) in Kerr Hall for a key to the DVD/VCR wall boxes.
Obsolete Equipment as of Fall 2005
(May 23, 2005)
Manufacturers of instructional technology continually make new and improved products for the University community and discontinue the production of older equipment. We apologize in advance for any resulting inconvenience, but beginning Fall Quarter 2005, Classroom Services will end support of the following obsolete media:
3/4" Videotape
There are no new decks for purchase nor are there parts to repair our inventory. While we cannot support playback of this media, Television Services can assist in transferring existing 3/4” titles to another format such as DVD or VHS (with permission of the copyright holder). Please contact Ray Tracy at 893-8014 to schedule a transfer. If the tape is degraded or copyright is not intact, please see the Film/Video Ordering website for information on finding the title in another format: http://www.id.ucsb.edu/IR/FO/fo.html
Zip Disks
Zip disks have a record of unreliability, are bulky, require proprietary software and are relatively expensive by unit of storage space when compared to USB flash (jump) drives. If you need assistance transferring your files to another medium, such as a USB flash drive, or wish to create an account for storing files on our network accessible server, please contact Media Equipment at 893-3549.
16mm film support
Again, due to poor equipment availability and reliability issues, we will only be able to support 16mm film display in the following classrooms:
Campbell Hall
Buchanan Hall 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
Isla Vista Theaters I and II
2004
Combo DVD/VHS
Players being Installed in Classrooms
(March 31,
2004)
Instructional Resources has recently added combo
DVD/VHS players to 40 classrooms bringing the total number of
classrooms with DVD and VHS equipment to 56.
Arts 1241 and 1245
Bren 1414
Broida: 1610 and 1640
BSIF 1217
Buchanan 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940
Campbell Hall
Chemistry 1171 and 1179
Engineering 1104
Embarcadero Hall
Girvetz 1004, 1116, and 2128
Hatlen Theater
HSSB: 1173, 1174, 1206, 1207, 1210, 1211, 1214, 1215, 1223, 1224,
1227, 1228, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1236
Isla Vista Theater I and II
Lotte Lehmann Hall
North Hall 1006 and 1105
Phelps: 1160, 1260, 1425, 3505, 3515, 3519, and 3523
Psych 1802 and 1824
South Hall 1430, 1431, and 1609
Webb 1100
387 Modular 101, 103, and 104
Plans are currently in place to equip a total of 70 general assignment
classrooms with both DVD and VHS playback capability in time for
Summer Session 2004. Additional classrooms include:
Buchanan 1934
Girvetz 1106, 1108, 1112, 1115, 1119
North Hall 1109, 1111
Phelps 1420, 1440, 1444, 1445, 1448, 1508
Faculty may contact either Media Equipment (x3549) or Television
Services (x4345) in Kerr Hall for a key to the DVD/VCR wallboxes.
2003
A/V/Video Recharges for Deliveries Postponed
(December 29,
2003) As a result of the outstanding efforts by our
faculty and their departmental classroom schedulers, Associate Vice
Chancellor Ronald W. Tobin has announced that recharges for A/V and
video equipment delivery will not be recharged in Winter Quarter
2004.
Budget Cuts Eliminate Free A/V/Video Deliveries
(4 June 2003)
Free A/V and video equipment delivery will no
longer be available beginning Winter Quarter 2004. Exceptions will
be made for ADA related issues. Every effort should be made to match
faculty needs with properly equipped classrooms.
Several years ago, an incentive program to match faculty technology
needs with properly equipped classrooms resulted in significant cost
savings to the campus. Prior to the establishment of a recharge policy
to recover delivery costs for computers and data-projectors, over
30 deliveries of equipment per day were being made. After notifying
departments that free access to the equipment could be obtained by
either properly scheduling classrooms or on a customer pick-up basis,
the number of deliveries dropped to an average of five per day.
The advantages to using installed equipment are many:
- Faculty do
not have to schedule individual uses of instructional equipment.
A classroom request is made once and
faculty have
access to the equipment throughout the quarter without any additional
scheduling.
- Staff do not have to take time (and money) to
schedule students to deliver equipment. They also do not
have to hire back-up students
in the event that a scheduled student fails to show up
for a particular job.
- Faculty do not have to worry that portable
equipment might not be delivered on-time.
- Installed equipment
tends to be more reliable than equipment that has to survive
multiple daily
trips across campus. Classrooms
are
checked on a periodic basis to maintain reliability.
Equipped classrooms also have an intercom system which allows faculty
to instantly report
any problems.
- Reducing equipment delivery costs allows the campus
to invest in newer instructional equipment resulting in better
and more
reliable tools for the faculty.
Given the success of the recharge incentive,
the multiple ways to obtain access to instructional equipment
without any recharges,
and
the necessity to control escalating equipment delivery
costs, the recharge policy will be extended to include all
instructional equipment
deliveries in the Winter Quarter of 2004.
Please work with
the Registrar's Office and your faculty to help avoid recharges. Further
information on equipped classrooms may be found at www.id.ucsb.edu/ir/CLASSROOMS/info.html
Faculty Media Center The Faculty Media Center
was recently upgraded and expanded. The Center currently consists
of two digital video editing workstations
featuring the latest versions of Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio
Pro.
A third scanning and authoring station is also available.
The center is available free of charge for classroom
related purposes. Contact Stan Nicholson (x3523) or George Michaels
(x2378) in Instructional
Consultation for details. The workstations are also available
on a
recharge basis for non-classroom related applications.
The Center is located in Kerr Hall 1210. To schedule,
either stop by Television Services in Kerr 1204 or call x4345.
Classroom Design and Renovation
More classrooms have
been equipped with data projectors for use with laptop computers.
New lecterns equipped with a network port, projector
and audio inputs make it easy for faculty to "plug and play." Laptops
are available on a short trem loan basis for classroom applications.
Keys available at Media Equipment (Kerr Hall 160) are required
to power up the data projectors.
Additional Classroom Design
and Renovation projects may be found at www.id.ucsb.edu/ir/CLASSROOMS/RENO/index.html.
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UCTV
(December 31, 2003)
For
the second straight year, UCSB-TV produced more programming for UCTV
then Berkeley and UCLA combined. Matching funding
may be available for future programming. Contact Ray Tracy at 893-8014
or tracy@id.ucsb.edu for details.
Further information may be found
at http://www.uctv.ucsb.edu/.
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2002
Office of Academic Programs News
(September
24, 2002) Academic Programs Collaborare continues to be available
on-line. For a summary of last year's activities be sure to visit
this site.
Film and Video Library
The
Film and Video Library is searchable on the web. See top section
on "Catalog."
Educational Technology
for California Higher Education
(September
24, 2002)
UCSB plays a major role in supporting instructional
technology efforts throughout the state. Art Battson, Director of
IR, currently serves
as a charter member of the Directors of Educational Technology
for California Higher Education (DET/CHE) while Instructional
Resources hosts the DET/CHE website.
UCSB Quicktime Virtual
Reality Tour
(September
2002)
Photographic Services just announced the availability
of a Quicktime
Virtual Reality Tour of the UCSB campus and local community.
Call Tony Mastres at x2448 to find out how we might add value to
your website.
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2000
How to avoid recharges
on computers and data projectors
(April 4, 2000) Beginning in the Fall Quarter of 2000,
Instructional Resources will be implementing new policies in order
to more efficiently meet the
skyrocketing demand for computers and data projectors. See the
Classroom
Computer Technology Plan for details. The plan involves
installing
more self-service computer equipment in classrooms and charging
for delivery services in non-equipped rooms. (May 21, 1999).
The
Classroom Renovation Committee and Executive Vice Chancellor have
recently approved the installation of lockboxes with laptops
in 18 classrooms currently equipped with data projectors and
network ports. Including the 20 classrooms already equipped with
computer
lecterns, this will bring the total of fully computer equipped
classrooms to 38 by the beginning of the Fall Quarter.
Information
on equipped classrooms including everything from slide projectors
to network ports and data projectors may be
found on
the UCSB
Classroom Info page.
Digital Editing Lab
The Student
Digital Video Editing Lab in Kerr Hall 2160 has been expanded to
14 stations. Students enrolled in appropriate courses
have free access to the lab as well as DV camcorders. Call x7420
for details.
DV and VHS Camcorder rentals
Canon XR Mini-DV and
RCA full-size VHS camcorders are available for half-day, full day,
and weekly rental through Photgraphic
Services,
Kerr Hall 1120. Faculty may use their free instructional allocation
to "rent" camcorders. Call x2448 for details.
Limits
raised on Media Production Services
Instructional services
have been increased by 20% for 1999–2000 in Artworks, Photography,
Sound secording, and Video Production.
Student Multimedia
Production Center
(Updated
April 4, 2000)
Two non-linear video editing systems have recently
been installed in the Kerr Hall Learning Lab. The systems
are designed around
Apple's new Final Cut Pro and are equipped with DV
and S-VHS recorders, and
67 GB RAID drives. Current plans are to build additional
workstations as funding becomes available. Faculty
interested in booking
student projects should contact Patty Lamb at x3963.
Video Streaming Services Available
Faculty wishing to incorporate video into their websites
will be given 100 MB of free storage on the Instructional Resources
Real
Video server for course related applications. Depending upon
image size, compression and frame rates, up to several hours of audio
and video resources can be stored in the 100 MB space. Additional
space or services for non-classroom related applications are
available
on a recharge basis. Contact Dan Ringwald in Computer Services
for details.
Currently, there is a $25.00 / hour charge to capture
and compress video files from either VHS or S-VHS videotape, however,
faculty
wishing to digitize their own files may use the Faculty New Media
Development Center free of charge (see below).
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1998
Faculty
Media Center
(Updated:
November
14, 1998) A new non-linear video editing system (Media 100
le system and a Radius Edit DV system with Firewire) was recently
installed
in the
Faculty New Media Development Center. Equipment includes
a PowerMac 9600, 54 GB RAID array, Zip drive, 2 GB Jaz drive, DV
recorder,
S-VHS recorder, Hi-8 recorder, DVD player, CD-R, and cassette.
Software
includes Media 100 le, Edit DV, Premiere, Photoshop, Media
Cleaner Pro, and more.
S-VHS editing and duplication, plus scanning
and authoring stations are also available.
The center is available free
of charge for classroom related purposes. Contact Stan Nicholson
(x3523) or George Michaels
(x2378) in Instructional
Consultation for details. The workstations are also available
on a recharge basis for non-classroom related applications.
The
Center is located in Kerr Hall 1210. To schedule, either stop by
Television Services in Kerr 1204 or call x4345.
Classroom Renovation
(November
14, 1998)
Under the direction of the new
Classroom Renovation Committee, Instructional Resources has been
involved with Facilities
Management in a major
classroom
renovation program. Improvements planned for
1998–99 include the expansion of the Classroom
Computer Network,
installation of
new data
/ video projectors, additional classroom
VCRs, and replacement of numerous slide and overhead
projectors and screens.
New seating,
flooring, etc. is also planned for a number of rooms.
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Non-linear Editing Services
(Updated:
November 14, 1998)
The Video Production
unit of Instructional Resources has installed a new Media 100xr
system. Services are available on a recharge
basis or through instructional improvement grants offered through
the Office of Instructional Consultation. Contact Ray Tracy at
x8014 for further details.
Advanced
Technology Lab
(September,
15, 1998)
Instructional Resources and Instructional Computing
(formerly the MCL) have combined forces once again to construct
a new
Advanced Technology (AT) Lab in the Learning Labs of Kerr Hall
(Room 2160).
Included in the project are collaborative computing stations
for state-of-the-art web access of multimedia materials and multimedia
development including high-end graphics and audio production.
Non-linear
editing is in the planning stages for the near future.
Campus Classroom
Database On-line
(July 29, 1998)
A new classroom attributes database is now on-line.
Faculty wishing to schedule classrooms with particular features
including computer
network ports, data projectors, video display, VCRs,
etc. should search the database and place a room request through
their MSO.
Classroom Computer Services
Information on obtaining
classroom
computer services from Instructional Resources is now
available online.
Faculty requiring access to the Classroom
Computer Network should schedule an appropriately equipped classroom through
the Office
of the Registrar. Forty general assignment classrooms are currently
wired. Fifteen additional rooms are scheduled to be online prior
to Fall Quarter 1998.
A limited number of portable data projectors
may be scheduled on a first come, first served basis through Media
Equipment.
Faculty
are advised to schedule a classroom
equipped with a permanently mounted data projector.
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1997
Summer Sessions
(March 11, 1997) All core instructional services provided
without charge during the regular academic year will also be provided
without charge to faculty
during the Summer Session. Thanks to a recent agreement with
Summer Sessions, standard IR policies and procedures will be in effect
throughout the entire year.
Expansion of the
Classroom Computer Network
(February 21, 1997)
The Humanities and Social Sciences Building
was recently connected to the Instructional Resources Classroom
Data Network. Five
classrooms in Girvetz Hall were also brought on-line. Computers
and/or classroom
IP addresses may be obtained through Media Equipment. Call
x3549 for further details.
Self-Service Classroom
VCRs
(January 18, 1997)
The self-service VCRs in the new Humanities and Social
Sciences Building have proven to be so popular that our engineers
and technicians plan
to install more of them throughout the campus this summer.
Keys to access the VCRs may be checked out from Media Equipment
in
Kerr Hall
Room 1160. Call x3549 for details.
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