If you build it, they will come.  Before the red ribbon could drop to the floor, a group of students signed up to use the new green screen room to complete a class video project.

TILT (formerly Instructional Support and Development), a division of the Learning and Technology Resources (LTR) Division unveiled its new active learning space with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 26, 2014.

The area features a multimedia creative studio complete with green screen capabilities.  There are also three media scape stations for small group collaboration.  In addition, the new space includes a broadcast booth equipped with computers and  a microphone that can be used for lecture capturing and pod-casts.

The only equipment that was set up in the green room was a computer, a camera on a tripod and some lights.  We later discovered that they are the wrong type of lights but that didn’t stop the students from wanting to use the space, like NOW!

After making sure the camera was settings were correct and that the external microphone was working, the students set up a table in front of the green wall and began filming.  Reminding me that they are digital natives and that they don’t need a lot of equipment to produce a 3 minute video.

We have big plans for the space.  Professional sound panels for the wall.  A teleprompter of some sort. “We could have really used one of those, “one of the students chimed in.  And finally, lights for videotaping.

As it was, the Photography department came to  the rescue and swapped out the strobe lights for professional, LAD lighting right in the middle of the production.  The students didn’t mind the interruption. They were overly excited just to have a space to create.  And that’s just why we built it.