At IU, what instructional technology resources are available for faculty and instructors?
Many resources are available for faculty and instructors at Indiana University who wish to use computing technologies in their classes. Some of these resources are described below. To learn about other resources, consult with your campus teaching and learning center, or ask in your department about additional resources that may be available to your department or school.
Campus teaching and learning centers
Pedagogical and technology assistance is available for faculty on every Indiana University campus through partnerships across the university between the Learning Technology division of UITS and relevant campus units.For contact information, see How do I contact the teaching and learning centers at each IU campus?
Classroom Technology Services
Classroom Technology Services (CTS) provides multimedia equipment and display devices, training, and support to those teaching in general purpose classrooms. CTS is responsible for the installation and operational integrity of the technology permanently installed in classrooms, and also makes available a limited range of mobile equipment.For more, see What is UITS Learning Environments and Technology Services?
Media Design and Production
Media Design and Production is a university-wide production service with offices at both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, specializing in all forms of digital media, including web development and interactive media, audio and video production, graphics, animation, illustration, and media duplication, transfer, and conversion.Streaming audio and video
IU currently supports streaming of Flash and Windows Media file formats. For more, see Streaming audio and video over the web at IU.
Note: UITS no longer supports the QuickTime and Real streaming servers. To stream audio and video files, you should instead use the Adobe Flash or Windows Media streaming servers; see Streaming audio and video over the web at IU. To convert QuickTime files to other formats, use Adobe Media Encoder, which is available in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5 and CS5.5) from IUware. To convert Real files to other formats, use the RealPlayer Converter, and follow the RealPlayer Converter guide.
Videoconferencing
IU faculty and staff can reserve specially equipped rooms for videoconferencing at any of the IU campuses; desktop videoconferencing options are also available. See About videoconferencing at IU.
Last modified on November 03, 2011.







