General Information
educational Technology center (eTc) Room S314, (413) 775-1842, edtech.gcc.mass.edu Hours: days, monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During breaks, our staffing varies as we work on projects that may take us out of the ETC. student equipment circulation Hours: monday to friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The mission of the eTC is to serve the academic community in all disciplines by providing access to and assistance on traditional, new, and emerging educational technologies. The major focus of the eTC is to help faculty and students in developing and incorporating technology in the learning environment. Our focus includes production of materials for and maintenance of the College’s YouTube account and the College’s digital signage. In addition, the eTC schedules, distributes, installs, and maintains media-related presentation equipment throughout the campus; this includes the digital signage system. When possible, appointments for services such as circulation equipment delivery, production support, access to our multi-media studio, or training services should be made in advance. The eTC houses a complete production facility which includes: a television production studio also equipped as a 45 seat multi-media presentation space; a faculty multi-media lab with video editing suites and graphic/animation workstations; a satellite and cable distribution area with multimedia production capability and media duplication; in addition eTC stores the institutional media archives. The eTC also staffs and operates satellite studios in the Sloan Theater (S01) and the Stinchfield lecture Hall (n426). Sloan Theater is equipped with a theater lighting system. Our satellite studios (S01 and n426) are capable of producing live recordings of presentations and performances. The equipment is not for general use. eTC staff must be scheduled. Please schedule our services in the satellite studios when you reserve the room. eTC’s website provides the campus with current AV equipment locations and room descriptions. Our site includes a searchable database of the institutional media archives on our video page, it offers recommended classroom equipment specifications, the YouTube guidelines as well as other useful information. eTC houses and circulations student equipment. Student equipment and our services are available for GCC academic purposes for direct or indirect classroom support and subject to institutional lending policies.
Greenfield Community College Catalog ❧ 2010–2011
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