Services Overview
CTL services cover a wide spectrum of teaching and learning needs. The Center's up-to-date facility in SBET #136 houses the latest in multimedia hardware and software. Faculty are invited to consult with the CTL staff, who assist them in developing instructional projects, and get technical support from CTL's student tech assistants.
CLU faculty can reserve use of CTL equipment (computers, video production, photo and slide scanners, printers, and other equipment useful for developing instructional products) at Media Services.
The Center will help faculty:
Tackle teaching and learning issues
- Copyright and fair use
- Academic honesty
- Encouraging class participation
- Discouraging multitasking during homework or class time
Enhance Web or PowerPoint presentations
- Scanning flat graphics images
- Scanning 35mm slides
- Adding images from digital camera
- Adding still video images from video tape
- Incorporating material from the Web into PowerPoint
- Scanning text or transparencies using optical character recognition
- Adding audio tracks from CD or microphone
- Adding video clips using MPEG/Quicktime/Final Cut Pro
- Using clip media (graphics, audio, and video) from various sources
Use presentation tools and classroom technology
- Blackboard
- E-Readers (ex. Kindles)
- Wireless mice and keyboards and laser pointers
- Clickers for polling/questioning
- Audio and video capture on laptop computers
- Ethernet adapters on laptop computers (configuring, troubleshooting)
- LCD projectors and video projectors
- Ipads for experiential learning
- Other interfaces and accessories for laptop computers
Incorporate technologies for collaborative projects and distance learning
- Lecture capture
- Compress graphics, audio, and video for file transfer
- Creating your own CD/DVD
- Using newsgroups and e-mail in teaching and learning
- Using chat rooms for discussions
- Multi-platform file format and transfer tips (Mac/Windows/Unix)
- Internet conferencing
- Creating panoramic images using QuickTime VR on the Mac
Integrate computer-assisted instruction into courses by
- Previewing software from the center's collection
- Requesting demonstration copies of software for evaluation
- Planning class time around technology teaching tools
Use Blackboard to manage classroom activities such as
- Recording and computing grades
- Monitor student engagement with course materials and other students online
