Media Services

The Center for Teaching & Learning provides media support for 有料盒子视频 faculty in multiple ways, including our ArcticV奴 studio, the Teaching & Learning Studio, Irving Studio, licenses for WeVideo editing software, and equipment loans. Studio time may be reserved using the forms below. Please contact Sean Holland for any questions or additional requests for assistance: smholland@alaska.edu.

ArcticV奴 Studio

The ArcticV奴 Studio, located at 375a Rasmuson Library, is an actively managed professional studio space outfitted with a V奴One Mini LED wall.

This wall is capable of suiting a variety of video production needs where skillful storytelling is able to shine by bringing cinematic-quality realism to educational media. Its real-time rendering capabilities, immersive environments, and ease of use open the door to a wide range of academic, research, outreach, and operational applications.

To reserve time in this studio or to receive assistance in producing media content, please schedule an available time on the studio calendar, linked below.

Please note that use of this studio is dependent on staffing availability.

Potential use cases include but are not limited to:

  • Immersive Educational Content: Enables dynamic environments for faculty to teach complex concepts鈥攕uch as geological layers, molecular structures, or historical reenactments鈥攊n context-rich, visual formats that the presenter can themselves see.
  • Athletics and Sports Training: Creates highlight reels, recruitment videos, and virtual training environments for student-athletes.
  • Revenue Generation: Enables direct cost recovery through grant-funded media deliverables, research communication, and industry partnerships. A tiered access model will ensure free use for academics and athletics while generating revenue from external users.
  • Research Simulations: Supports realistic scenario-based training and simulation for emergency response, environmental forecasting, and behavioral studies.
  • Creative Media Production: Enhances narrative storytelling, filmmaking, and digital art projects with real-time visual effects and virtually unlimited location options.
  • Cross-Disciplinary Innovation: Encourages collaboration between STEM, arts, humanities, and social sciences through shared use and project-based learning opportunities.
  • Presentation and Science Communication: Elevates research dissemination through virtual location shoots  for lectures, abstracts, and keynotes
  • Industry and Research Partnerships: Offers cost-effective media production and training solutions for businesses, government agencies, and tribal organizations across 有料盒子视频.
The ArcticV奴 Studio
The ArcticV奴 Studio

Teaching & Learning Studio

The Teaching & Learning Studio in Bunnell 143C (inside the CTL offices) is a rapidly reservable or drop-in space available to all 有料盒子视频 affiliates, including students. The studio is equipped with a lightboard.

After a short training to use this space, users can schedule time in the room via Google Calendar and use the room during normal business hours of CTL.

Special Features

The Teaching & Learning Studio features a smaller 44 inch lightboard that functions as one integrated system and has a built-in PC with a control panel. This allows for users to connect live to a Zoom session, quickly adjust display settings, or use graphic overlays in their productions. For an example of a graphic overlay, see this Google Slides presentation: . If you would like to download this for your own use, please choose the Google Slides or Powerpoint options:

  • Google Slides: (Makes a Copy to Drive)
  • PowerPoint:
CTL Media Designer Eric Lonn demonstrates the lightboard in the Teaching & Learning Studio
CTL Media Designer Eric Lonn demonstrates the lightboard in the Teaching & Learning Studio

Irving Media Studio

The Irving Media Studio, located in Irving 1, Room 303, is available to faculty to create their own lightboard productions in a 鈥渙ne button鈥 DIY recording environment.

Faculty can request a training to use this space, and then will be given calendar and card swipe access to use the room at their own convenience. Please fill out the to set up a training.

The studio also features a 鈥淲hisper Room鈥 recording booth that is ideal for recording audio voiceovers, podcasts and interviews.

有料盒子视频 Center for Teaching and Learning manages this space in cooperation with the Institute for Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology and Wildlife.

CTL Media Designers Eric Lonn and Ian Borowski prepare the DIY lightboard for a faculty presentation
CTL Media Designers Eric Lonn and Ian Borowski prepare the DIY lightboard for a faculty presentation

WeVideo Video Editing Software

有料盒子视频 Center for Teaching and Learning provides access to WeVideo to all 有料盒子视频 staff, students and faculty. WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor that allows collaboration on video edits and the ease of working with shared media, along with screen recording capabilities.

Claim your WeVideo account below:

More resources for using WeVideo:

Media Designer Mika McCrary demonstrates recording with a webcam.
Media Designer Mika McCrary demonstrates recording with a webcam.

Guiding Stars

Multimedia tutorials to help you product media for your teaching practice.

 

Further Resources