‘Be A Maker’ with the STC

As seen or read in Western Today, “Need a creative outlet? Like to come up with cool ideas and try to make them a reality? Well the folks at the Student Technology Center and the Engineering Department want to help you get your build on. 3-D printers, laser cutters, and access to all manner of tools, software and materials…

Microsoft Bookings and using it in a Student Center

OK. So, you have discovered Microsoft Bookings. You might even be using it already to schedule your online or face-to-face office hours. But now, with everything being hyflex; let’s say you are also a manager of something like a student center or service desk. You might be to the point where you are asking yourself…

Tune Up; update to AV Tactics

As the Covid 19 pandemic progresses, I’ve been tweaking more and more of my home instructional ‘studio’ setup; and with it recommendations for others to try out. The original “AV Tactics” series I produced at the beginning of the Covid crisis was made in the moment where really we had to use what we had…

Using a secondary mic? Here’s how to auto sync it to your video.

Four major video editor apps, four different names for the same function: Automatic audio sync for secondary audio to a video. If you caught my video on studio setup in ‘AV tactics for the at-home educator,’ you may have caught that I use two different mics depending on what I’m recording. When you use a…

Podcasting with Zoom (Canvas Commons)

The Student Technology Center (STC) is supporting all the same application workshops through their all new self-enroll Canvas course; STC Online Workshops. There are now over 50 modules supporting a wide range of tech literacies, application support, and technology skills available across a growing collection of 170 training videos created by STC staff. This course…