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March 15, 2023

Public 3D Printing at Colgate

If you’ve been on the fifth floor of Case-Geyer you may have seen, or heard, the row of FlashForge Creator Pro printers working away outside of the DLMC. These are part of our public 3D printing resources offered by The Hub and The DLMC, and are an excellent resource to learn and develop additive manufacturing skills. 3D printing technology has...

Resources

January 30, 2023

3 Useful Features of Panopto

If you’re not familiar, Panopto is a dedicated video platform that has a robust set of features to aid in teaching and learning. It’s a generally great tool, and as a video delivery service, it works exceedingly well. That said, there’s a lot more to Panopto than just a ‘YouTube for college campuses.’ Taking a dive into the features, here...

Digital Life/Learning

January 13, 2023

Design Daze

As we prepare for the start of the Spring semester, I’ve been busy preparing for the launch of Design Daze here in the Digital Learning and Media Center (DLMC). Digital Design Daze are 90 minute workshops aimed at helping take a project from concept to prototype using digital tools that we have access to at Colgate. Some workshops will help...

Articles of Interest/Events/Learning

October 31, 2022

Liquifying Faces and Other Adobe AI Fun

Adobe Sensei never ceases to amaze me. Over the past couple years, the Adobe backed AI research has had tremendous, practical implications on multiple creative applications. For those unaware, the strides are truly tremendous, and at times a bit scary. Take a look at the facial manipulation in Photoshop using the liquefy tool, or making things disappear with content aware...

Digital Life/Resources

October 20, 2022

Give me some Slack…

Give me some Slack! Well…maybe not. In a podcast I listened to recently, Ezra Klein interviews Cal Newport, and the ideas they discuss about the evolving nature of work and communication are fascinating. Newport, who is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown, traces an historical arc of workplace communication from email through Slack, and in the process introduces...

Digital Life/Learning

October 4, 2022

Quick Wins Using Adobe Express

Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a free, low barrier to entry tool that anyone can use. Registering for a free account using any of a number of quick sign-up options allows anyone to quickly spin up projects that autosave, and are accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. There are a number of great things to say...

Learning/Resources

September 21, 2022

Resurrecting the Podcast as an Engaging Assignment Option

Lately in the DLMC we’ve been diving back into sound recording conversations. Working with faculty, fellow staff, and the Media Mentor student staff, capturing sound has been the focus of multiple folks, and not just for film! Podcasts have resurfaced as a teaching tool that provides a valuable set of skills for students and offers a different form of assessment...

Learning/Resources

September 19, 2022

[Re]thinking the “Digital Native”…again…

Today’s college students seemingly navigate the complexities of the web as if it were like the air they breathe. Toting powerful mobile phones, they consume (and create) digital content in every major media format, (text, image, sound, video), communicate on multiple platforms, search for and access any conceivable resource…and entertain themselves. In an always on, always connected environment, they seem...

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