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Multimedia Room
    smart board
    multimedia projector
    visual presenter
    studio  

Digital Video Editing
    workroom
    digital camcorders

Media Conversion Room     scanners
    .pdf conversion 

Reprovit

Hours

Info/Reservations

MULTIMEDIA RESOURCE CENTRE

There are multimedia applications in almost every course being given in the College. Applications range from using a simple piece of audio-visual equipment in a classroom (for example, how to use the Visual Presenter) to the more complex creation of a video vignette to put on the website. Teachers will find here a central place with proper staffing and equipment where they can learn to integrate emerging technologies into their courses.

Workshops: Workshops are organized on a regular basis throughout the year. Our next coming presentation will be on the latest version of SMART Board (version 9).

Facilities and equipment available:

Our Multimedia Room (5E.1) accommodates a teacher and a class in a controlled environment.

• The SMART Board an interactive 72" whiteboard that turns a computer and projector into a powerful tool for teaching, collaborating and presenting. With a computer image projected onto the Board, you can simply press on its large, touch-sensitive surface to access and control any application (Mac or PC). Using a pen from the SMART Pen Tray, you can work naturally at the Board to superimpose annotations and highlight important information. All notes are automatically saved to a computer file. Because participants don't have to worry about taking notes, they can focus on the information being presented and get involved in the learning experience. After the session, learning can be reinforced by providing participants with a printout of the notes. New user-friendly features installed in February 2005 are:
  • Start Center
    Makes all the standard SMART Board tools readily accessible with a single button press.
    It may be easily customized.
  • New Tools
    Screen Magnifier: enlarges a screen area so everyone in your audience can see the small print on the screen.
    Calculator: quick one-step access.
    Screen Shade: Place it over the screen and drag it back from any of its four sides to reveal information when your audience is ready to see it.
    Creative Pen: create engaging and colorful annotations.
  • New Video Player functions
  • New Recorder functions
  • Changes to Notebook software
    The Gallery feature now contains several thousand templates, clip art images and Flash files.
    Line Styles: draw perfectly straight dashed, dotted or solid lines or arrows.

  A regular projection screen is also available for non-interactive presentations.
   

• The Multimedia Projector is the centerpiece for the multimedia experience. It projects onto a screen any file (text, graphic or photo) coming from a computer or any video coming from a camera, VCR or DVD player.
• The Visual Presenter ( .pdf file*) captures 2D or 3D material and sends the video signal to a TV monitor and/or multimedia projector. It has a powered 10X zoom with manual and autofocus technology to make the process very easy. Auxiliary lighting is standard and the baselight is also built-in for presentation of slides, overhead transparencies and other transparent material. No set-up time is necessary and it is extremely portable (one could borrow the unit and use it in practically any lab or classroom in the college). The unit is very user-friendly and one can learn most of its features in a matter of a few minutes. Applications abound in science where, for example, a biology teacher could show in macro view details of a leaf or a close-up of an organ. This piece of equipment is now available directly from Audio-Visual in room 2E.1.

  * Download the FREE Acrobat Reader to view and print .pdf files.
   

• A major user is the Professional Theatre Department who familiarizes students with studio work, including video editing using Final Cut Pro HD.

 

Digital video editing workroom : Using user-friendly video editing software, anyone can turn their video footage into a presentation for class. Video and audio special effects are built in and titling is a snap.

• Mini-DV camcorders are available. They are ready for digital video editing on our Macs. Editing from analog tapes is also possible. Of course, training sessions come with all of the above. Regular VHS recording format is kept for non-editing projects.

Media conversion room: This is another small workroom suitable for a small team.

• It is equipped with scanners. A flatbed scanner is used to digitize print material (photo, graphic or text). A film/slide scanner does the same for negative or positive filmand can be used to digitize the thousands of slides available around the college. They can then be used in Web pages or in PowerPoint presentations.
• We can also easily convert documents into .pdf format.

Reprovit (5E.10): Make slides from original images. The REPROVIT IIa is the best copy camera Leitz makes. It is convenient to operate; focusing is done by projecting grid onto copy -- copy lights go on automatically and lens aperture is stopped down when camera is slid into position.

Hours: We offer a Monday to Friday service from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. With all of the above, reservations are essential. Services are available from room 5E.5.

Finally, we want the centre to be a place where we will help you find solutions to practical needs. For example, having problems with PowerPoint presentations? Come and see us for practical tips. The approach will be hands-on. We will facilitate the productions but we will not do the productions for you.

In the Multimedia Resource Center we endeavour to keep up with the rapid changes in this field. As new technologies mature and others fade we will adapt our services to provide you with the best possible set of tools for your projects.

For more information and reservations, please contact:

Jean-Claude Duval at local 1639