Instructional Media Center – CMA 5.110
All of the IMC’s services are available for use by Communication Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students enrolled for the current semester. Undergraduates enrolled for the current semester can only use the equipment or have duplications made with direct permission from a Communication Faculty or Staff member or Graduate student (see the section on Undergraduate use for complete details).
Equipment Checkout
The College of Communication’s Instructional Media Center has a wide range of Audio-Visual equipment available. From digital camcorders, cameras, and audio recorders to rolling TV/VCR carts and projectors of every sort, we try to have everything you need for your teaching or research.
Mobile Computer Labs
Technology Services has 6 mobile computer labs available for use in CMA and CMB. They can turn any room into a computer lab for you. Each mobile lab contains 10 laptop computers with batteries and wireless internet connections. Three of the mobile labs have Dell PCs (30 total) and three mobile labs have Macintosh Powerbooks (30 total).
Media Duplication
All we need from you is the source material you want copied, blank tapes to copy them on to (sorry, we do not sell tapes), and a completed Duplication Request Form (PDF). Please fill out the form completely and be precise in your instructions to insure your duplication is done correctly.
Media Collection
The collection is a quite varied and interesting mix of materials. We have video and audio tapes which should be of interest to people in every Communication department. They could prove valuable to you either in your research or in teaching classes.
Playback Room
It is a large room with 16 carrels equipped for viewing media. Each carrel has equipment installed in it. Twelve have Mini-DV/DVCAM VCRs and 4 have Mini-DV/VHS dual VCRs in them and all carrels have DVD players in them. All carrels also receive the UT Cable TV Channels. To use the equipment in any of these carrels, just come in, go to a carrel, and...
