Multimedia Hub

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One of the most exciting areas in education today is the integration of multimedia into teaching and learning. Research has shown that higher levels of learning occur when people are presented information via multimedia rather than a single medium.

If you want to incorporate video, sound, images, text, and/or animation into a presentation, lecture, or class the Multimedia Hub of ITSS can help.

Free Services

Never edited a video before? Want to learn how? Bring in your tapes and our staff can help you get started editing your first video. For advanced and intermediate users, we can help you take your editing skills to the next level.

Our consultants are ready and willing to provide this free assistance to University of Minnesota Duluth faculty, staff and students, as well as guidance on:

CD/DVD burning and duplication
Streaming media
VHS, DV, DVD transfer to a digital format
Music production
Digital photography and video help
Scanning photos and slides
General mulitmedia assistance for audio and video

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Fee Services

Don't have time or inclination to do it yourself?

We can do video transfers, taping, editing, slide conversions, and media duplication for you, subject to our staff availability.

Rates

Our rates vary depending on the type of service that we provide.

Basic services ($18.50 an hour by students)
Advanced services ($43.25 an hour by staff)
For media duplication see further details

Video Transfers

We can transfer most video tape formats to DVD disc. For instance:

VHS to VHS
VHS to DV tape
VHS to DVD
DVD to DV, tape, 8 mm
DVD to VHS
Any format to online clip (Quicktime, MPEG)

Digital Video Taping

We can tape classroom events, speeches, etc.

Student and/or staff, hourly rate for taping services includes set-up time. Our students and staff are skilled at using audio visual equipment but they are not professionals.

Media Editing

We can do general editing only. Hub student employees or staff will correct sound, remove tape stops, condense as requested.

Customers can supply the source media for these services. Or, add the cost of the source media (DV Tape, VHS, 8 mm, CD/DVD ) to the total billing documents.

Slide Conversion to JPEG

We can convert 35 millimeter slides to JPEG files for you. This service is usually completed by students.

Media Duplication
Service	Rate
Cassette Tape Duplication to Cassette tape or CD	$5.00 plus tape/CD cost/each
Video Tape Duplication	$5.00 plus tape/DVD cost/each
CD/DVD Replication	$3.00 plus CD/DVD cost/each

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Software

The Multimedia Hub software includes:

iLife08 & 06 -iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iTunes, Garageband
iWork08
Final Cut Pro
Photoshop Elements 5.3
DVD Studio Pro
Motion
Soundtrack Pro
Final Cut Express
Lightscribe for CDs & DVDs

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Hardware

We offer a comprehensive selection of media equipment, including including ten Mac stations, three VHS to DVD transfer stations, and two scanning stations for slides and documents up to eight and one half by twelve inches.