Faculty Tutorials
Charting a Course for MC’s Future at Whiteboard Retreat
Media Commons gathered in mid-July to hold the annual summer "Whiteboard Experience", a chance for the whole staff to get together and both reflect on the past academic year as well as apply lessons learned to planning for the coming Fall and Spring semesters. For the...
Adding New Content for Fall 2014
Media Commons is hard at work this summer getting all of our online content in tip-top shape for the start of the Fall 2014 semester. You likely saw our Tailgate 2014 post from a few weeks back heralding the start of planning season for the next event. We've also been...
Spring 2014 Semester Report
Spring 2014 Report Welcome to Summer! Now that the Spring 2014 semester has wrapped up, Media Commons would like to share our summary of the term that was. In the most recent semester, our busiest Spring to date, the consultants worked with 91 projects – a 7% increase...
Penn State Berks elementary ed students learn how to use digital media to teach literacy
A Penn State Berks professor integrated digital media into her junior-level literacy block courses for elementary education students, preparing them to teach in the 21st Century classroom where digital media likely will be more and more common. Chrystine Mitchell,...
Knowledge Commons @ University Park location closed May 12 – July 2
The Pattee Library Knowledge Commons and Media Commons facility at University Park will be closed from May 12th until July 2nd for renovations affecting the first and second floor of West Pattee. All Media Commons services will be available during this time at our...
New One Button Studio in Pollock Building Media Commons at University Park
The Media Commons located in the Pollock Building at the University Park campus is unveiling a new One Button Studio. This studio is located in room 204 and features many of the new innovations to the One Button Studio setup like the Reflecmedia green screen, making...
Hotline Update
Media Commons hotline phone and email support will be unavailable on Sunday, May 4th. Hotline support will resume operating under its regular hours on Monday, May 5th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local consultant(s) for more information.
One Button Studio Moves in at Behrend
After a few weeks of planning and preparation, Penn State Behrend is just about ready to take the wraps off of its new One Button Studio in the Lilley Library. Taking the place of the traditional video studio in Room 23. The One Button Studio at Behrend features the...
I Survived: Multimedia Projects in the Classroom
Spring semester is a really tough time to schedule events and, unfortunately, we are going to have to postpone "I Survived" until the early part of the Fall semester so it can get the turn out it really needs to be a success. Keep an eye out for an update this Summer!...
Hotline Update
Media Commons hotline phone and email support will be unavailable on Sunday, March 16th and Sunday, March 23rd. Hotline support will resume operating under its regular Sunday hours on March 30th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local...