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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA l ) Computer and Information Services Newsletter This newsletter is an information resource for the University of Minnesota. Volume 5, Number 4 Published monthly by Distributed Computing Services, 100 Union Street SE, 190 Shepherd Labs, Minneapolis MN 55455 October 1995 Digital Media Center v Features Mission Announcements The Digital Media Center at the University of Minnesota Digital Media Center .................................... 1 provides technical and design support for the develop Internet Account Type Changes ................... 5 ment of multimedia applications in teaching and learning. Services for Students Faculty engaged in multimedia projects for learning are ) Student Access to Computer Facilities ...... 12 invited to use the facilities at the Digital Media Center, Services for Departments or Faculty 15 Walter Library. Students working under the direction Customized Programming of faculty may also use the facilities. and Software Services ........................ 43 Digital Media Center Fall Quarter Multimedia Training ......... 4 7 Rent-a-Mac Classroom ............................... 17 Technical Coordinators Program ................ 15 ,. """"""' Services for the University Community Information Technology Campus-wide Internet & E-mail Access ........ 8 Disability & Computing Services ................ 19 Changes Engineering Services ................................. 20 IBM and Mac Information Servers .............. 29 Microcomputer Users, Services for ............ 23 Over the next months the University commu Research Computing nity will see some of the recommendations of . Central Computing Services and the Information Technology Redesign Task St. Paul Services ................................ 39 Force take place. These changes will involve Software Site Licenses .............................. 32 organizational changes. To learn more about Statistical Software Support ...................... 19 The Internet Never Sleeps ......................... 25 these and other changes occurring at the Uni Training Resources .................................... 46 versity, you can visit the Administrative Process Workstation Support Group ........................ 18 Redesign Advisory Group Web page at this Virtual Library URL: Getting to the Heart of the Matter ....... 44 http://megaseuss.micro.urnn.edu/aprg ) Printed on recycled paper. It •). Addressing & Mailing's • ... ~ Cheshire labels are recyclable. ~ Page 2 October 1995 Computer and ... The University of Minnesota Digital Media Center is a partner in the New Media Centers program. The program is an international non-profit organization committed to helping institutions of higher educa tion enhance teaching and learning through the use of new media, such as desktop and networked multi media. Currently there are 52 higher education institutions participating in the New Media Centers program. For more information on the New Media Grand Opening Centers, point your Web browser to the URL shown October 26 in Figure l. 64 Eddy Hall Annex (Learning Laboratory) Services D 1:00-2:00 Opening Remarks Service is provided at four levels: multimedia develop Don Riley, Associate Vice President for Academic ment, training, media resource repository, and clearinghouse. We encourage you to use this URL to Affairs, Office of Information Technology visit our Web site for more information. Impact of Digital Media Center on the Future Harold Miller, Dean of Continuing Education http://www-dmc.tc.umn.edu/ and Extension-University College Multimedia Development Digital Media Center Mission and Services At our Development Suite, 15 Walter Library, faculty Linda Jorn, Acting Director, Digital Media Center can reserve time at workstations to develop multime dia materials. Staff are available to: Closing remarks D consult on a one-to-one basis to help you plan Thomas Shaughnessy, University Librarian and manage your multimedia project D consult on interface design issues D 2:00-3:00 D demonstrate how to digitize and edit video, still Multimedia-Looking Ahead images, and audio Scott Brekken, Apple Computer Inc., D answer questions about hardware and software Briefing Center The Development Suite currently contains four Power Macintosh 8100/100 AV machines (48MB 15 Walter Library (Development Suite) RAM, 1000MB Hard Disk, CD-ROM) each with: 0 3:00-5:00 D two monitors Come and • enjoy refreshments • view faculty (SuperMatch STD 17" Monitor multimedia projects • view vendors multimedia and Apple Color Plus 14" Monitor) applications • see demonstrations of the Digital D an optical drive Media Center's software/hardware (FWB HammerDisk 230MB Optical Drive) C a SyQuest drive The first l 00 visitors will receive (FWB HammerDisk 84MB SyQuest Drive) a free Digital Media Center T -shirt. Figure 1: New Media Centers Information http://www.csulb.edu/-newmedia/Academic.html ... Information Services October 1995 Page 3 Later in the year we will expand the programs to We expect that the hardware and software available in include IBM and compatible platforms. the Development Suite will change frequently. For a I current list of our hardware and software, visit our The Development Suite also houses a full suite of Web site. digitizing equipment and other peripherals, such as: D a video digitizer/frame grabber (Radius Video Vision Studio Pro Pack, Courses and Training Facility including a 4GB external hard disk array) The Digital Media Center provides seminars and D a VCR (Sony SLV-RlOOO S-VHS VCR) hands-on short courses related to the development of D a laserdisc player multimedia projects. Courses and seminars will be (Pioneer LDV-4400 LaserDisc Player) conducted in the Learning Laboratory, 64 Eddy Hall D a slide scanner Annex. Details on training available during Fall (Mirror Nikon CoolScan) quarter can be found in a separate Multimedia D a flat-bed scanner schedule elsewhere in this newsletter. (Apple Color OneScanner) D a video camera Departments offering courses or providing seminars (Sony CCD-TR700 Video HiS Camcorder) that require multimedia hardware and software can D a digital camera (Apple QuickTake 100) rent 64 Eddy Hall Annex for a fee. Rental is available D a MIDI keyboard (Kawai X50D) for courses that last an entire quarter or for seminars that are shorter in length. The facilities are suitable A variety of multimedia software programs are avail for hands-on use of all the computers or for presenta able in the Development Suite for digitizing and tion-only use. All the machines are directly connected editing video, still images, and audio; painting, to the campus network. Call us at 625-5055 for more drawing, graphing, and animating images; and information about renting the training facility. I authoring multimedia projects. Below is a sampling of the software currently available: The presentation station in the Learning Laboratory is a Power Macintosh 8100/100 AV machine (48MB Multimedia Authoring RAM, 1000MB Hard Disk, CD-ROM) with a Power Point SuperMatch STD 17" Monitor. The presentation Authorware Professional station also includes: Director D an LCD Projector HyperCard (Eiki LC-5200 Multimedia Projector) Mac Presents D speakers (AppleDesign Powered Speakers) Acrobat Exchange D an optical drive (FWB HammerDisk 230MB Optical Drive) Audio, Video, and Image Editing D a SyQuest drive Photoshop (FWB HammerDisk 84MB SyQuest Drive) Premiere D the same suite of digitizing equipment and SoundEdit 16 other peripherals available in the Development Finale Suite Graphics Illustrator The ten training stations in the Learning Laboratory SuperPaint "'rp PrmrPr M,.rintn<:h ~ 1 00 /100 AV m,.rhinP<: Page 4 October 1995 Computer and ... Media Resource Repository To subscribe, send an E-mail message to: The Digital Media Center houses a collection of multimedia resources, which include courseware [email protected] examples, magazines (on-line and print), books, CDs, and public-domain images, video, and sounds. Leave the subject of the message blank. In the first character position in the body of the message, type the following text: Clearinghouse Our Web site provides an abundance of information subscribe dmc-umn <your name> on multimedia. For example, we have information about: For example, if your name were Jane Jones, you D multimedia projects underway at the University would type: of Minnesota D other University of Minnesota resources available subscribe dmc-urnn Jane Jones to assist in multimedia development D the multimedia project planning process Do not attach a signature to the message. D on-line multimedia resources, e.g. links to URLs for an on-line multimedia annotated bibliogra phy, copyright information, multimedia listservs, Staff and multimedia vendors Our staff reflects the collaborative nature of this venture. Staff from Distributed Computing Services and University Libraries, along with graduate and Mailing List undergraduate students, work together to provide The Digital Media Center also has this E-mail distri faculty with multimedia training and development bution list support. If you have any questions, please feel free to visit us at 15 Walter Library, call us at 625-5055, or [email protected] send E-mail to The primary focus of this list is to discuss the devel [email protected] opment of multimedia applications for learning. We anticipate that people will use this list to discuss: D how to enhance learning activities through the use of multimedia D how to evaluate the effectiveness of multimedia in the classroom Digital