The newly created Student Production Studio, located on Level 1 of the Woodruff Library, is on-air and online, ready for reservations.
The studio gives student groups and classes a place to work on video, audio
Alex Kyrychenko, LITS educational technology center specialist in Student Digital Life and the Learning Commons coordinator, oversees the production studio and has worked to ensure that the state-of-the-art technology is easy to use; students must take a quiz on the studio policies and complete an in-person studio equipment training session prior to reserving the studio for the first time.
The studio is available to all Emory students, as well as for projects organized by Emory faculty and staff, and was used during the fall 2017 semester to record 14 interviews for the Emory First-Generation Oral History Project.
A number of students in professor Aubrey Graham’s "Visual Culture" course toured the studio in January and are now taking advantage of the studio’s resources to assemble parts of their final projects and independent work throughout this spring. Graham also plans to use the studio for small group projects in her "Anthropology of Social Media Movements" class next fall.
“My students are thrilled with all the resources Emory has on hand,” she says.
In the "Podcasting for Health" class, senior lecturer Sheila Tefft plans to pair 18 students to produce multi-host podcasts; students will record their own two-person commentary to mix with sound bites from interviews. Tefft toured the studio with her class in March and is excited to have this resource available.
The PACE (Pre-Major Advising Connections at Emory) Program, run by Tina McDowell in the Office for Undergraduate Education, wants to use the production studio for PACE 101 (a required fall class for all first-year students). Peer leaders will make 30- to 120-second videos on a weekly topic for the class to discuss.
Abby Holst, the Emory Scholars Program coordinator, used the Student Production Studio to film five students who are members of Emory College Dean’s Achievement Scholars and the Emory Scholars Program. The videos will help publicize the program to current and incoming students and encourage them to apply.
“The equipment was excellent, and Alex’s guidance was very helpful,” Holst says.
Student spaces for design and production have been expanding at the Woodruff Library. The Student Production Studio is the latest offering from LITS that will enhance digital production, provide new ways to explore academic subjects and result in a rich archive for Emory University.