Digital Studio staff offer training, consultation, and assistance with the use of the tools and services described below.
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File Management
Webspace@NYU
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Webspace@NYU is a file-storage and file-sharing system. An alternative to using the NYUHome Files channel, Webspace gives you web-based access to your files from different locations. The program, which is accessible through the Files tab in NYUHome, also enables you to: selectively and securely share files with students or colleagues inside and outside the NYU community, create versions of your documents, track views of and changes to your documents, and more. For more information, see the Webspace FAQs or send email to webspace.help@nyu.edu.
Faculty Digital Archive
NYU's Faculty Digital Archive (http://archive.nyu.edu) is a repository into which full-time NYU faculty can deposit their work in digital form. The Faculty Digital Archive (FDA) is intended to be a highly visible repository of NYU faculty digital scholarship, though collections can also be set up to restrict access to only selected people. Collections are owned and managed by faculty, who will have responsibility for adding, making available, and removing content. FDA content is backed up regularly and objects are assigned persistent URLs, which makes linking to and citation of individual objects reliable and easy. For more information, see www.nyu.edu/its/faculty/fda/.
Image Management
Luna Insight
Luna Insight is software for digital collections which revolutionizes the way leading educational and cultural heritage institutions archive, research and teach. The service is currently available to select departments (The Institute of Fine Arts, the CAS Department of Art History, and Tisch's Department of Photography and Imaging) and will be rolled out to additional community members in the future. Images and data for each collection are maintained by the department that owns the collection. For more information, see www.nyu.edu/its/luna/ or send email to luna.help@nyu.edu.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a large digital image library that includes hundreds of thousands of high-quality images for teaching and research. The various collections include images of artworks (paintings, sculpture, etc.), photography (both "artistic" and documentary) as well as the built environment (architectural structures and monuments). ARTstor also offers a "personal collections" feature that provides 1000 MB of space for registered users to store their own images, which can then be used side-by-side with the other collections. For more information about ARTstor, see the NYU Libraries website, or send email to digital.studio@nyu.edu.
Learning Management
Blackboard One-on-One Training
In the training sessions hosted by Studio staff, faculty learn how to:
- Plan a Blackboard site that is an effective online complement to in-class material
- Explore the layout and key features of Blackboard from the student and faculty perspective
- Customize the look and feel of a Blackboard course site
- Review the content, communication, and assessment tools of Blackboard
- Save a Word document as a web page
- Upload a simple document or syllabus
To schedule a one-on-one training session click the "Email the Blackboard Support Team" link in the Blackboard channel of NYUHome or go directly to the help form at www.nyu.edu/blackboard/help/. Be sure to select "Request Training" and to specify three dates and times that are convenient for you.
See also:
- ITS Blackboard FAQs for NYU Faculty
- NYU Blackboard Online Faculty Tutorial
- NYU Blackboard Training Videos
- NYU Blackboard Information Page
Media Publication
Podcasting
The Digital Studio is available to assist faculty members interested in making podcasts for use in the classroom or for research. When you publish a podcast, others can "subscribe" to whatever original content you choose to deliver: audio, video, PDFs and more. When you update your podcast with new content on a regular basis, subscribers will automatically receive this content and can view or listen to it on their computers or mobile devices. For more information on creating podcasts, please see www.nyu.edu/podcast/.
If you're new to podcasting, we suggest that you read "Five Things You Should Know About Podcasting" (by Vincent Doogan, in Connect: Information Technology at NYU, Spring/Summer 2006).
Streaming Services
If you plan to incorporate audio or video clips into your lesson plan, either in class or for assignments, you may want to consider streaming the clips. Streamed media is progressively delivered to people's computer as they watch or listen to it, rather than requiring them to download the entire file beforehand. Streamed audio and video can be added to your Blackboard course site or other website and accessed through a web browser. NYU supports the Real video and audio format. For more information, schedule a consultation with Digital Studio staff.
Video Conferencing Services
For collaborations with colleagues outside of the NYU community, the Digital Studio offers video conferencing services. Similar to a traditional conference call, a video conference allows you to transmit video as well as audio. To request a video conference, please send email to videoconferencing@nyu.edu.
Blogs
In the past few years, blogs have emerged as a major category of Internet web publishing. Blogs enable an individual to create an evolving web site and, optionally, for other members of a community or group to comment on postings. NYU's blog service is designed to create a sense of community among students and offer faculty an up-to-date, innovative way of engaging their students and colleagues in discussion. For more information about using NYU Blogs, visit http://blogs.nyu.edu/ or send email to blogs.help@nyu.edu.
Digital Authoring
Text Scanning
By using Adobe Acrobat Professional and the Digital Studio's document feeder, instructors can easily create electronic PDF documents from articles and handouts.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software can be used to scan printed material and save it as a digital document.
Image Scanning
Flat Art Images
Adobe Photoshop is used to scan images from books, photos, and flat art images. Our scanners are equipped with transparency adaptors for scanning transparencies from 35mm to 8x10".
Large Format
Our Epson 10,000 XL scanner has a scanning surface of 12.2" x 17.2" and an optical resolution of up to 2400dpi for scanning large images or transparencies.
Slide and Negative Scanner
Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 slide and negative scanners are available to digitize your slide collections. The slide feeder, which can accommodate up to 50 slides per session, has simplified what used to be a cumbersome task of scanning slides individually. Offers up to 4000 dpi true optical resolution and digital ICE technology that automatically removes surface defects and dust marks. Once the scanning parameters are selected, an instructor can use Photoshop to edit images as they are processed (e.g., color balance, contrast, brightness, cropping).
Digital Video and Audio Capture, Creation, Conversion, and Editing
Video Workstations
Use Digital Studio equipment to capture selections of video from VHS, DVD, mini-dv and laser disc and encode to various formats. Edit your video using iMovie or, for more experienced editors, Final Cut Pro.
Audio Workstations
Capture audio from cassette, phonograph records or digital audio tape. Audio can be edited and encoded into MP3, AIFF, Wave and more.
DVD Authoring
By using iDVD (or DVD Studio Pro for the advanced user), you can create your own DVDs with titles and chapter markers for easy navigation when shown in the classroom.
Standards and Best Practices for Digitization
Studio staff can offer expert advice in digitizing content to best suit your needs.
Metadata
Metadata is information about a digital object (e.g., image, text, audio, or video). This information is used to describe characteristics of the object (e.g., author, date created, file-size, format, description, and keywords), and can be used to track, retrieve, and share the objects.
Primary Text Collections Available Online and at the Digital Studio
More and more of Bobst Library's primary source materials are available in digital format, both online and on CD. You can find digitized primary text materials in your subject via the Library's Arch website: http://library.nyu.edu/arch/. Select your subject and in the Arch Format drop-down menu select "Primary Text Collections."
Page last reviewed: November 2, 2007