Welcome to a new decade.

Welcome back to a new decade and the start of the Spring 2010 semester! We hope you like some of the changes we've made, in part with help from the STEM grant.

Classroom/Lecture Capture - We have installed 31 Classrooms with Lecture Capture devices, called Media Site this product is from Sonic Foundry. These classrooms have been setup with stationary cameras and microphones. All you have to do is setup a schedule with the Teaching and Learning Center and teach like normal. In addition we have 3 rooms on campus which have stationary cameras and microphones but are setup for mobile capture devices. This is a great tool to help your students study and we at the TLC are more than happy to get you started.

Podiums - 9 Classrooms now have new podiums. We have installed (we feel) easier to use podiums in rooms that had limited instructor areas before. The new podiums were installed in 2 science labs in the Academics building and the remainder where installed in the numerous Computer Classrooms in the Business, Occupational and Technologies Building. These podiums match what we had previously installed in the Vocational and Technical Building.

New Projectors - With all of the technology upgrades going on we were also to install and add new projectors to some rooms. This will really help the campus in the future as we have streamlined our makes and models of projectors to just a few. Additionally the new projectors are much more energy conscious than the projectors they replaced and the bulbs should last twice as long. Wow, a little more green and much more cost effective, what more could you ask for?

New Document Camera - Yes, we had to replace some of the old Canon and Elmo Document cameras. We chose a brand called AverMedia. Most of the AverMedia Document Camera have a much smaller foot print and will be less intrusive into the teaching area while still delivering a high content Doc. Camera.

Online Learning Platform - The Teaching and Learning Center is aggressively working on an Online Teaching Certificate for current faculty. With Dr. Najib Manea, PhD working on theory and design, Philip Leimbach, MCT is working on applications and tools. Call us today to find out more 505-925-8556

We hope you all have a great semester! If you have any problems please do not hesitate in calling us 925-8556

Schedule your Classes for Lecture Capture

With school starting in just over a week now is the time to schedule your classes for lecture capture. Give your students one more important and easy tool to use when studying. Here is all you do:

Email the following information to tlc@unm.edu

1. Your Name
2. Your Email
3. Class with section #
4. Start time and day (ex. Mon. & Wed 11:30-12:45) NOTE: this is what time your recordings will start and stop, if you need to adjust your times slightly please list those times (ex. 11:40-12:45)

We will schedule your classes, set up a media catalog for each course which will have a URL that you can paste in WebCT or on your website and we’re off to the races.

Lecture Capture Systems In place

We now have Media Site Capture systems in place throughout campus. Are you ready to add a new dimension to your teaching repertory? With more labs to have Lecture Capture installed this coming month we hope you try out this new system. The Teaching and Learning Center will be offering classes on the Capture Technology through out the Fall semester.

Wondering which rooms are wired with the Media Site systems? Well here is the list of rooms that are ready to record:
A124
A125
A127
A129
A131
A133
A140
A141
C101
C103
C111
C113
H101
H103
H105
H108
H111
V111
V120
and our lab LRC141

With close to another 15 rooms to be installed. So we hope your ready to try out this cool new tool that can benefit you and your students.

Classroom Capture part B

How many classrooms do you have lecture capture in? Besides finances what else is holding you back? When we are done this summer we will have 33 of 43 classrooms setup for classroom capture in some configuration. We plan to use it as a study tool and a distance education enhancement. Are we headed down the right road?

Did you know?

The Teaching and Learning Center has staged 27 Sonic Foundry Capture systems in classrooms throughout campus? With the goal of having them ready for lecture capture by the Summer semester.

In addition there will be additional rooms wired with cameras an microphones for mobile capture systems!

Are you ready?