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Improve Your Audio

This tutorial covers how to improve your audio on Zoom calls and provides recommendations for microphones. The Basics Improve Your Audio Compare what to do and not do with these two examples ⤴ Be aware of background noise that will end up in your recording. Background...

Improving Your Lighting

This tutorial covers lighting basics for Zoom calls and recommends at-home lighting gear. The Basics Improve Your Lighting The industry standard studio lighting set-up is 3 point lighting using 3 dedicated lights. At home, the same technique applies, even as the 3...
Spring 2020 Semester Report

Spring 2020 Semester Report

Spring 2020 Report Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that caused Penn State to switch to remote learning beginning March 16th, several Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab services had to quickly change processes to adjust to the new...