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ITLAL (Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership)

Software Store for UAlbany Students, Staff, & Faculty

Visit our How Do I... page for faculty and teaching staff for answers to common questions

Parking for Class Participants and Visitors: Sometimes it is cost-effective for our IMC class particpants and campus visitors to purchase Visitor Guest Passes. Information is on the Parking Services page here.

Sophisticated A/V Workstations

In support of the Digital Music classes a dedicated Macintosh workstation is equipped with MBox, Tascam stereo cassette deck, Samson mixpad, Edirol Studio Canvas 64 Voice Sound module, and Roland PC70 midi keyboard. The additional audio applications located only on this workstation include: Pro Tools, SoundHack, Max/MSP (with Jitter and GRM Tools) Peak, Soundtrack and Audacity. IMC patrons are welcome to use this workstation; however, there is minimal staff support.

Accessibility Enhanced Workstation Services for Persons with Disabilities

One height-adjustable Windows workstation is available for persons registered for services. It is equipped with a Braille printer, flatbed scanner, headphones and software that support persons that may be visually and/or hearing impaired or require a non-traditional mode of study. Applications include: Dragon Naturally Speaking, Duxbury Braille Translator, Jaws, Zoom Text and Kurzweil 1000.

In addition, much of the software listed on the left is available on this workstation.

Additional Equipment Available in the University Library

The University Library has some equipment available at the Circulation Desk. Included are these items:

Notebook computers
Headphones and splitters
Projector

HARDWARE IN THE IMC

The Interactive Media Center has a wide selection hardware in the lab for use on your media projects. Listed below are details. Contact us for more information.

Hardware & Equipment Available in the Lab

16 Windows 7 machines with CD-RW/DVD-RW combo drives, USB ports, headsets, (2 PCs have IEEE 1394 port, and video inputs)
15 Macintosh with Web cameras, CD-RW/DVD-RW combo drives, USB 2, firewire support, headsets, analog/digital converter boxes to import, edit and export video, and midi keyboards
Audio digitizing equipment including Mbox, sound mixer, sound module, etc. on one Macintosh
Flatbed scanners with ADF and transparency adapters (See a scanner workstation). Two scanners will scan a document up to size A3 (16.5" x 11.7").
1 scanner for 35mm film negatives and slides
Color laser printer (fee)
Black and white laser printer (fee)
3 MIDI keyboards
Braile Embosser (on one machine)

Note about audio and video on the Macintosh and Windows platforms:

Working with audio and/or video can be quite time-consuming and intimidating. Anything is possible here. Patrons add video to PowerPoint, extract stills from DVD, edit movies recorded with personal camcorders, prepare digital lectures, digitize and transcribe taped interviews. Patrons are encouraged to contact us for guidance before they get started.

We support patrons who need to work outside the IMC. We loan an assortment of cables, adapters and peripheral equipment to connect devices to other computers. We research available no-cost software, that users may opt to download rather than purchase the sophisticated applications available in the IMC.

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