November 7, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
The EDUCAUSE Learning Space Design Constituent Group Listserv is launching a brand new series of live streaming tours. You get to travel the world and see spaces virtually. The first tour is scheduled for Friday, December 2 – 12:00 noon Eastern...
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November 1, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
When we first started creating content for online courses, annotated slides (like this one) were the most common type of video we produced. The free pen tool Omnidazzle wasn't perfect, but it was flexible enough for what we needed to do....
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October 27, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
Shooting 4K video on a Panasonic GH4 is simply awesome! But, attempting to pull focus on a 3" touchscreen... not so awesome. Enter the Aputure VS-2 FineHD 7" field monitor. We purchased the Aputure VS-2 FineHD 7" field monitor this past spring as...
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October 20, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
TechSmith recently rolled out the newest iteration of their screen recording and editing software Camtasia. Not only is this our preferred tool for screen capture in the courses we produce for Online Duke, it is what we recommend to instructors who...
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By: Stephen Toback
The Solstice POD is finding increased use here at Duke since it allows Windows, Android, MacOS and iOS devices to wirelessly share and collaborate. The community has been unable to find a mount for this unit since it is a...
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October 14, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
https://youtu.be/K2lIUYioZmI The Technology Engagement Center, or TEC on Duke’s West Campus recently held two events that required live video streaming - the Duke Robotics Club Bot Battle competition and the TEC Open House. For the Battlebots, we wanted to live...
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October 13, 2016
By: Joseph Johnson
Since joining OIT as a video producer last year, my responsibilities have broadened to include animation and its integration into our production workflow. Our process normally incorporates 2D animation however we see a need for 3D animation/modeling rising on the horizon. Utilizing...
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October 6, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
Zach Kerr and his team from SONY paid a visit to the TEC where over 30 attendees from Duke and our peer schools such as NCSU were treated to some great demonstrations and conversations around laser projectors and PTZ cameras....
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September 23, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
At the Duke Eye Center, Guy Miller and Michael Juday thought they were going to give a quick tour of their new "Cisco Only" or "Crestronless" conference room to Pratt School of Engineering's IT Dean Jim Daigle. Little did they...
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September 21, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
We used the 3D printing technology at the new Technology Engagement Center at Duke to help solve a tricky integration problem for our Crestron Scheduler. [duke_media src="https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/PmEBAA/"]
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