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Heather MacDonald Greene Multimedia Center

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Policies

Mission Statement:

The Heather MacDonald Greene Multimedia Center serves the students, faculty and staff of Southeast Missouri State University. Individuals and groups using the multimedia center will have the support of multimedia center staff who will strive to provide excellent customer service. The multimedia center is designed for students, staff, and faculty who are doing work associated with the academic mission of Southeast Missouri State University. This work may include group presentations, video for a class project, or sound editing.

General:

  • No food or drink in the production rooms or near the computers.
  • The computer on front desk is only to be used by multimedia center employees.
  • It is the responsibility of the multimedia center user to maintain fair copyright use.
  • The media transferring technology in the multimedia center does not allow users to duplicate copyrighted material.

Users:

  • The multimedia center is to be used by students, faculty and staff associated with Southeast Missouri State University.
  • Those with Kent Library borrowing privileges may use rooms if not reserved by the above mentioned users.
  • Users who bring their own cameras in to the multimedia center must realize that the file type used by their camera may not be supported by the software in the multimedia center.  If at all possible, please try to convert files to an appropriate file type before bringing the files in to edit them.  The most useful file types include mpeg (video files), wmv (video files), wav (sound files) or mp3 (sound files).

Production Rooms:

  • Inappropriate conduct and/or content in videos, photos or other media will not be tolerated and is grounds for removal from the multimedia center.
  • Rooms are available on a first come, first served basis unless reserved.
  • Reservations must be made with multimedia center staff and may not exceed two hours in one sitting.
  • Reservations are to be made before half an hour from closing time.
  • Some prior knowledge of the software available in the multimedia center is needed for use of the production rooms; multimedia center employees will provide support, but not full on-the-spot training. Training can be provided incrementally over time at the request of the user.

Saving Your Work:

  • Computers in the media center are wiped clean when a user logs off.
  • Work is NOT saved on the computers or Sony MiniDVDs; make sure to save your files to a flash drive.

Hardware:

  • The Bamboo touch pad is very sensitive; use the pen carefully or both will break.
  • The stem on the LogiTech webcam is easily breakable; be cautious and do not manually move the webcam. Use computer menu to adjust the position of the webcam.
  • Current equipment must stay in the multimedia center and is not to be checked out.
  • Equipment must be treated with respect.


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