Faculty Tutorials
Spring 2013 Hotline Outage
Beginning yesterday, April 17th at around 10:00 am, Media Commons hotline services were disrupted due to an infrastructure upgrade and maintenance work at University Park. After becoming aware of the issue, MC consultants began working directly with Telephone &...
Dinner & A Movie Event at Greater Allegheny
Media Commons hosted a new kind of event at the Greater Allegheny campus last night. Entitled "Dinner & A Movie", the evening get together was an effort to use a film as the starting point for a conversation with faculty and staff about digital media in the...
Media Commons Gets a New Home at Shenango
Penn State Shenango students, faculty and staff can now take advantage of Media Commons editing computers and studio space from the same spot on campus where they've always been able to borrow loaner gear: the Lartz Memorial Library! Over Spring Break, all of the MC...
Learn How Media Commons Can Help You Envision, Create and Publish
Interested in Media Commons services but not sure where to get started? Watch our new promo video to find out how Media Commons can help you envision your next audio or video assignment, create all of the media components and publish a polished finished product in...
Media Commons “Bring Your Syllabus to Life” Workshop
For several months the campus contacts and I have been meeting once a month for a "Lunch and Link" session. These meetings are being held over Adobe Connect or Google Hangout. They are intended to be a place where the campus contacts can join in discussion about Media...
Media Commons @ Teaching for Engagement Event
A few days ago, Media Commons had the pleasure of joining the traveling IDS staff in hosting an event about classroom engagement strategies at Penn State Fayette. I traveled with Brian Young and Heather Huhges on a blustery winter morning and was pleased to find a...
Media Commons Returns to DuBois on January 30th
A note from Karen Fuller, head librarian at DuBois: Faculty, Thinking about incorporating media into your course instruction or student assignments? Not sure how to go about using media for professional presentations? Don't know what types of equipment & services...
Fall 2012 Semester Report
Fall 2012 Report Fall 2012 was another busy semester for Media Commons – one that saw consultants help over 9,000 people across Pennsylvania. The term brought with it much focused effort to establish new relationships with relevant stakeholders as well as strategic...
The Mini is a Big Deal for Media Commons
The Media Commons Mobile Media Pilot is now entering into its seventh semester and we have been collecting a lot of great feedback from faculty who have participated and students who have completed their assignments. What has been echoed over and over again is that,...
Media Commons 101 @ DuBois on January 16th
If you're at Penn State DuBois on January 16th you can meet your Media Commons consultant, campus IDS and librarians who will teach you more about the digital media creation resources available on campus! The event will kick off with a session title "Media Commons...