Presenting Your Work

SHARING YOUR WORK VIRTUALLY (DURING CRITS AND MAYBE BEYOND)   We’re noticing that students and faculty are seeking and finding a variety of effective and expressive ways to share work in virtual contexts. As you head into spring crits, this may be a good time to experiment with various modes of digital presentation. Some of…

Live streaming equipment and user guides

Here a a number of tips, tricks, guides, and products that may be helpful to you as you navigate the Zoomscape. There are still webcams, mics, switchers, camcorders, DSLRs and laptops (PC/Mac) available to faculty at Media Resources. Please email/call to discuss needs or make arrangements for pickup/checkout. https://www.boxcast.com/blog/the-best-live-video-streaming-equipment-for-every-level https://www.boxcast.com/blog/the-best-strategy-for-buying-video-equipment

Starting Somewhere with Empathy in Teaching aka 9 Ways of “Surfing the Tsunami”

These are unprecedented times. With the growing, urgent need to “shelter in place” and slow the spread of COVID-19, higher education institutions are closing their campuses and making an emergency transition to online learning. RISD is far from alone in this transition to a virtual world. 1) Start with the basics. Use the tools you know:…

New streaming device available at MRC

We now have this handy device for streaming from any camera: Record or stream an HDMI signal via USB 3.0 with the Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 2. With its HDMI v1.4a input, this capture device will accept resolutions up to 1920 x 1200p60. If you need to stream or record at a certain resolution, the…