campus network resources such as the Blackboard course management system, databases, electronic reserves, and other online research information. Equipment Rental The Informatics Office makes available to School of Social Work students and to a limited extent administrators, faculty, and staff, equipment for on & off-site rental to support the School’s programs. For more information see the Informatics Web Page at socialwork.umaryland.edu/ informatics but a summary of typical equipment available is provided below. Audio Cassette Recorders Camcorders Computer Training Classroom Digital Cameras Laptop Computers Multimedia Presentation Equipment Overhead Projectors Slide Projectors Transcribers Tripods DVD/VCR’s & Monitors Media Center Location: Louis L. Kaplan Hall, Room 4E39 Phone: (410) 706-7232 E-mail: sswmediacenter@ssw.umaryland.edu Hours: (See the Informatics Web Page at socialwork. umaryland.edu) The Media Center enhances the learning and research environment of the School of Social Work with its broadcast and commercial quality production facility. The Center has equipment to assist in audio recording, videotaping (studio or remote) video editing, duplication (of non-copyrighted material only), multimedia presentation, audio & video teleconferencing, and distance learning. The Media Center staff is also available for multimedia project design advice. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/sswideateam Location: Louis L. Kaplan Hall, 4th floor Clark Shah-Nelson, Assistant Dean, Instructional Design & Technology E-mail: ideateam@ssw.umaryland.edu Phone: (410) 870-9663 The IDEA team supports Blackboard and related teaching and learning technologies. They also support quality teaching, learning and research by providing services and resources related to instructional design (developing online/hybrid courses) eLearning, pedagogy, educational
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technology and assessment. Please refer to the Minimum Technology Requirements for Blackboard and other instructional technologies to ensure you are set up with the technology you need for instructional purposes: https://sites.google.com/site/sswideateam/students/ minimum-technology-requirements The IDEA Team can be reached via the Help link in the left navigation in every Blackboard course.
