Access to Video Facilities

Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning

Access to Facilities

This page provides an overview of the different types of media services available on campus. The different types of services can be broken down into one of three categories: self-service, assisted/supported service, and full-service. Self-service provides workstations, software, and hardware for users to prepare their own materials. Assisted/supported services usually provide staff to consult or instruct in the use of hardware and software. Full service media production utilizes trained professional staff.

Yale faculty can easily access the wide range of media and technology services available on campus, from self-service labs to state-of-the-art media production centers. Faculty can take advantage of support and service at a level that meets their current instructional and research requirements and expands their understanding of media technology for future projects.

For faculty who wish to digitize video on their own, but who lack one or more of the necessary components on their office computer, Yale offers two self-serve multimedia development facilities. The Self-Serve Area on the first floor of 175 Whitney Avenue has two Macs equipped with all the software and hardware needed for capturing, editing, and exporting video from VHS, DVD, or DV tape and burning onto CD or DVD. In addition, the Area includes equipment for VHS tape-to-tape transfers. The Self-Serve Area is open 8:30am-5pm on business days. Access is granted for all individuals with a Yale ID card. (Instructions for the two main pieces of software you will need to use, iMovie and iDVD, are provided here.)

A second facility available for foreign language faculty wishing to develop multimedia projects for instructional use is the Faculty Development Lab in the Center for Language Study. This lab is located at 370 Temple Street (at the corner of Temple and Grove). See their web site for information on access to the facility.

contact Mary Litch [mary.litch@yale.edu]

itg@yale.edu 203.432.7800 http://classes.yale.edu/help
Certifying Authority Instructional Technology Group, Yale University
Last updated:August 13, 2004