Media Center

The Campus Media Center provides a variety of services to Cascadia students, faculty, and staff. In addition to maintaining and circulating the local media collection, staff also provides media research and procurement services. The Media Center also assists in the development of media-related materials for instruction and provides training to Cascadia faculty and students in the use of media and technology. Additional services include audio and video production as well as photographic & digital imaging production. The Media Center also provides support to Cascadia's highly technical classrooms. Each room is equipped with state-of-the-art instructional technology including an electronic podium (ePodium) with an on-board instructor computer and media playback devices. Finally, the Media Center coordinates the distribution of cable television throughout the instructional areas of the campus.

Media Center facilities include a public service desk at which service and assistance are coordinated, a media collection room with high density shelving to store the campus media collection (DVDs, Videos, Laser Discs, CDs, and other media), viewing/listening stations (12) for students and faculty to preview traditional and computerized media materials related to their coursework, and a twelve-station multimedia studio and three video editing booths where dynamic media-enhanced materials are created to support student presentations and e-portfolios as well as faculty lectures. Additional facilities include a graphics production room, a photography darkroom, an audio studio, and a photo/video production studio where projects are created to support teaching and learning. The photo/video production studio shares a control room with the media classroom where workshops and media-related instruction and large-group media preview occurs. The Media Center also has an equipment maintenance shop and equipment storage rooms throughout the campus for portable technology.

The Campus Media Center operates two interactive television (ITV) classrooms for Cascadia. These rooms provide synchronous audio and video communication between two sites or multiple sites. The ITV rooms utilize the Washington K-20 network to access multiple locations throughout the state (including many high schools, colleges, and universities) or to similarly equipped classrooms around the world. Two additional spaces (Administrative Conference Room and the Photo/Video Production Studio) are fully equipped for videoconferencing to support instruction and institutional/administrative meetings. Infrastructure is in place throughout the campus for a future media distribution system which includes two satellite antennas with downlink capabilities.

Classroom Technology

The Campus Media Center (CMC) provides technology support to all classrooms across campus. This includes supporting the electronic podium (ePodium) system. As many of you know, the ePodium consists of an instructor computer, VCR, and DVD/CD player, and ports for laptop connectivity. Devices are routed to a permanent ceiling-mounted data/video projector. The entire system is controlled by a touch-screen panel. In addition, the podium raises and lowers to accommodate all users.

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