Teaching and Classroom Support

Almagest Lecture Builder

ETC's Almagest database is used to organize and deliver slide and media presentations in any classroom equipped with an internet connection and a digital projector. Course materials are also used for study and review by any student with an internet connection.

To request this service, contact the Educational Technologies Center at 258-6905 or send e-mail to almagest@princeton.edu. See also Digital media storage, digitizing, cataloguing, and online display and http://almagest.princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Students

Audio/video recording of classroom sessions

The Broadcast Center can videotape individual Princeton classes, which can then be streamed through the web, or placed on reserve at the Language Resource Center. For requests to tape an entire series of lectures, see "Videotaping entire courses."

To request this service, contact Broadcast Center at 258-7872 or send e-mail to bctv@princeton.edu. See also Event simulcast and Videotaping select courses.

For: Faculty

AV technician services

For non-course events Media Services will provide certain services, as requested, but at a fee. Applicable services include: on-site technicians, videographers, and student operators. Overtime rates are charged outside normal working hours.

To request this service, contact Media Services at 258-3196, fax 258-1228, or send e-mail to media@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Staff Students Alumni

Blackboard course management system

Blackboard provides an easy-to-use environment for storing course information and documents. It also has a full set of faculty-student communication tools, such as class discussion groups, e-mail, digital file drop for submitting/returning assignments, and online assessments.

OIT automatically builds Blackboard sites for all Princeton courses. If you have questions visit the Faculty Courseware Center at room 114 Frist Campus Center, call 258-0737, or send e-mail to blackboard@princeton.edu. See also General Info about Bb at Princeton and In-office technology tutorials.

For: Faculty Staff Students Alumni

Classroom AV equipment

Media Services maintains stationary audiovisual support systems for use by Princeton classes, and provides hands-on training on all aspects of those systems. Media Services also performs equipment maintenance, repairs and alignments.

To request this service, contact Media Services at 258-3196, fax 258-1228, or send e-mail to media@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Staff Students Alumni

Demonstrate language learning materials to faculty

HRC staff will identify and demonstrate newly acquired interactive multimedia materials and delivery tools for language instruction to faculty for integration into the curriculum or independent study.

To request this service, contact the Humanities Resource Center at 258-2114 or send e-mail to hrc@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Students

Event simulcast

The Broadcast Center maintains equipment for simulcasting Princeton University events, part of which can be passed to the appropriate OIT department for web streaming and ultimate archiving. Simulcasts use campus TV channel 7 and are distributed to the community over Patriot Media channel 27.

To request this service, contact Broadcast Center at 258-7872 or send e-mail to bctv@princeton.edu. See also Videotaping for academic events.

For: Faculty Staff Students Alumni

Faculty consultation and design services for teaching with technology

ETC's instructional designers meet with professors to develop individualized teaching tools for use in the classroom and for online study. ETC designers also collaborate with faculty to develop multimedia courses and lectures either for the classroom, or as life-long learning projects for alumni and the extended campus community.

To request this service, contact Paula Hulick at 258-6009 or send e-mail to plhulick@princeton.edu. See also Humanities computing (research) project consultation.

For: Faculty

Film/video projection services

Media Services provides film projection, both 16mm and 35mm in the Jimmy Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St. Projection is in support of courses for Visual Arts, Women's Studies, Italian, Art Museum, and Comparative Literature departments.

To request this service, contact Media Services at 258-3196, fax 258-1228, or send e-mail to media@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Staff

Foreign language audio, video, and cable TV

The Humanities Resource Center (HRC) supports the use of audio, video, and multimedia materials for specific assignments and for self-directed study.

To request this service, contact the Humanities Resource Center at 258-2114 or send e-mail to hrc@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Students

Geographic Information Systems support and development

ETC offers development and support of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for teaching and research, including software such as ESRI's ArcGIS and Leica Geosystem's Imagine. ETC provides customized training in GIS concepts and software use, and creates browser-based mapping applications.

To request this service, contact the Educational Technologies Center at 258-4609 or send e-mail to wguthe@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Students

Office Hours Scheduling System

This system lets faculty (or others) create one or more office hour schedules. Students (or others) access these schedules using a web browser, and can use the schedules to set up an appointment. When they do so, the faculty member receives an e-mail notification, and the student can opt to have a reminder sent to them the day prior to the appointment. The system lets faculty change, view and modify their schedules, with appropriate e-mail notifications sent to anyone having a scheduled appointment. Students can see their pending appoinments, and cancel them if necessary.

To request this service, visit the following web address: http://www.princeton.edu/as/ohscheduler.shtml.

For: Faculty Staff Students

Specialized training for course needs

Academic Services provides training in selected new media topics for Princeton courses (e.g., in-class demos of Blackboard or special sessions on building student course web projects).

To request this service, contact Academic Services at 258-2949 or send e-mail to lavora@princeton.edu. See also IT training.

For: Faculty Students

Training in use of classroom facilities

Media Services offers training for faculty, AI's, and students in operation of classroom media facilities.

To request this service, contact Media Services at 258-3196 fax 258-1228 or send e-mail to media@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty Students

Video course introductions

Upon faculty request, the Broadcast Center will produce a 5-minute streaming video of a professor giving a summary of their course and will post the video on the course Blackboard site.

To request this service, contact Broadcast Center at 258-7872 or send e-mail to bctv@princeton.edu.

For: Faculty

Videoconferencing

Media Services supports the Wallace and Friend videoconferencing facilities, including training, maintenance and operating conferencing sessions. Course-related events are free of charge.

To request this service, contact the Registrar's Office at 258-3362 or send e-mail to jessica@princeton.edu. For questions about the technical details of Princeton's videoconferencing facilities, contact OIT Media Services at 258-3195.

For: Faculty Staff Students Alumni

Videotaping for academic events

The Broadcast Center can videotape individual Princeton classes, which can then be streamed through the web, or placed on reserve at the Language Resource Center. In special circumstances Academic Services can videotape an entire series of course lectures. Such requests must be made well in advance and will be reviewed by the Committee on Academic Technology (CAT). Departments requesting taping of an entire course must pay for time and materials.

To request this service, contact Broadcast Center at 258-7872 or send e-mail to bctv@princeton.edu. See also Event simulcast.

For: Faculty

Videotaping select courses

On a limited basis, the Broadcast Center can videotape an entire series of course lectures and make them available to students via the web. We currently are able to offer this service on a case-by-case basis, and must charge departments for time and materials.

To request this service, contact Broadcast Center at 258-7872 or send e-mail to bctv@princeton.edu. See also Audio/video recording of classroom sessions and Event simulcast.

For: Faculty

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