January 25, 2021
By: Richard Mitchell
Technically, this isn't an "AV specific" piece of hardware, but the Middle Atlantic RLNK-215 makes its way to AV racks regularly and for good reason. The two-outlet "intelligent power" control device provides basic metal oxide varistor (MOV) surge protection to...
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January 4, 2021
By: Stephen Toback
I recently moved into a new home and my previous method of mounting my webcam wouldn't work in my new home office. I thought I would try one of the low cost webcams offered on Amazon since it came with...
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November 30, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
As we enter year 700 of COVID-19, some faculty and staff are looking at 2021 wondering how they can spice up their online teaching environment without spending hours or days learning a full-blown video production application. While Zoom offers a...
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November 16, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
While on a classroom technology Zoom session, a peer institution mentioned that they had installed a few Atlona cameras in a subset of their classrooms. While I was somewhat familiar with Atloma as a complete AV solutions manufacturer, our University...
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September 17, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
In the era of Covid-19, people are scrambling to find great document camera alternatives for home and in-office use. There is a wide range of devices available, but they generally come in two flavors, cheap and problematic and expensive, full-featured,...
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September 10, 2020
By: Mich Donovan
In supporting DIY video creation on campus, one of the most frequent issues is how to best edit the video you've filmed. While Macs have iMovie built in, there's no such equivalent software in Windows. While Final Cut Pro X...
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September 8, 2020
By: Stephen Toback
Duke’s IT security offices are rolling out three new videos this fall as part of a strategic effort to expand security training for staff with access to sensitive Duke data. The three videos, available in the Duke Learning Management System,...
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August 21, 2020
By: Stephen Toback
Music teachers across the globe are struggling with the reality that they cannot bend time/space to their will and teach music synchronously as they've done in the past. Modifying instruction and understanding the limitations that online instruction impose will help...
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August 8, 2020
By: Stephen Toback
As we're all working with instructors that are recording at home, we can count on some of them not recording in the best surroundings for audio. We've tried several noise reduction plugins but I recently got the AudioDenoise 2 from...
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July 24, 2020
By: Teresa Jennings
This is an interesting article of Delta’s use of Four Winds Interactive for improving the workplace experience using biometrics and reserving cubicles for remote workers entering the office a couple of days a week. https://resources.fourwindsinteractive.com/case-studies/improving-the-workplace-at-delta-air-lines-hq-with-a-biometric-hoteling-solution
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