Innovative Education offers an expansive suite of resources across the Tampa, St. Pete, and Sarasota鈥揗anatee campuses, providing faculty with tools to transform their digital course content. From cutting-edge production rooms to interactive learning labs, these resources not only enhance teaching but also elevate the student learning experience.
Tampa
In Tampa, Innovative Education offers faculty a wealth of resources to enhance their teaching through multimedia content creation. The TVB Building serves as a hub for faculty actively developing courses with InEd, providing access to cutting-edge facilities and technology.
Faculty can utilize two state-of-the-art video production studios along with a dedicated podcast studio, all equipped with the latest audiovisual technology. Studio A stands out with its impressive LED volume, a collaboration with V奴 Technologies, spanning 65 feet in length and 14 feet in height. This innovative technology enables faculty to leverage the newest virtual production technology, enhancing the student learning experience with immersive and engaging content.
Studio B offers a spacious green screen, allowing faculty to expand their virtual production options even further with live compositing and virtual sets. Through a partnership with tech company, Zero Density, USF is the first university in the United States to integrate its technology. The technology enables faculty to engage students in unprecedented ways. Both studios provide opportunities for faculty to collaborate with an expert production team to seamlessly incorporate realistic virtual environments and animations into their course videos, ultimately increasing student engagement and learning outcomes.
Instructors may also use the Faculty Production Room in the library , a 鈥渄o it yourself鈥� space for any faculty, regardless of technical expertise, to produce professional digital content for their classes.
The Faculty Production Room includes everything needed to turn ideas into reality, and is outfitted with both PC and Mac solutions for user-friendly video production, audio recording, and narrated presentation development. The space also includes a 鈥淟ightboard,鈥� which consists of a glass screen with an integrated camera that records both the faculty and what they write to help students visualize materials.
鈥淭he tools and technology available in the studio are easy to use, and the results are quick to see,鈥� said Chris Maltezos, academic advisor and adjunct instructor of film and business classes. 鈥淢y experience there has helped me reach my goals of providing the most professional online class experience for my students.鈥�
InEd鈥檚 Digital Learning Training and Support (DLTS) team is available to help faculty with the technology, whether they鈥檙e brand new to online pedagogy or have years of experience with digital tools.
鈥淔aculty can go from not having any experience with video editing to being completely
self-sufficient within two to four hours,鈥� said Arleen Janz, Digital Learning Training
and Support consultant.
St. Pete
In St. Pete, faculty can find several resources in the library on campus. The newest
addition to the list is the Learning Lab, located on the second floor of the building,
which primarily serves as a faculty training space.
The lab is equipped with six monitors around the room, all connected to a single computer.
Once the final touches of the lab鈥檚 renovation are complete, touchscreens will be
connected to the computer to allow for seamless presentations.
Sound is crystal clear in the lab, with two microphones mounted from the ceiling and
a sound processor that mixes the mics and speakers to prevent background noise in
virtual meetings.
The space can seat around 15-20 people comfortably. With flexible seating options and a huddle space with booth seating, collaboration comes naturally in the lab.
鈥淭he Learning Lab is a gorgeous space where I鈥檝e been able to explore innovative teaching methods, collaborate with peers on best practices, and access professional development resources,鈥� said Nicole Stowell, professor of instruction of business law on the St. Pete campus. 鈥淚 see it as an essential resource for my continuous growth as an educator, enhancing not just my teaching strategies but also the learning outcomes of my students.鈥�
St. Pete faculty also have access to a recording studio in the library. The studio includes another large glass screen that can be used for writing notes during video lessons, a green screen for recording course content, and a podcast area.
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On the Sarasota鈥揗anatee campus, faculty will soon be able to use two spaces provided by InEd:
The first space is the Faculty Production Room, where instructors will be able to record lectures and other digital content for their courses. The room includes a green screen, professional video cameras, and computer equipment with the latest editing software.
The second space is the Digital Learning Studio, which will feature a curved 鈥渃ove鈥� backdrop, allowing endless opportunities for visuals, animations, and graphics in video content for courses.
The Digital Learning Studio is currently under construction and is expected to be complete by early this summer. With a large portion of classes being taught online at the Sarasota鈥揗anatee campus, these resources will be invaluable to faculty.
Get Started
Innovative Education provides everything faculty need to provide the highest quality courses, digital content, and learning experiences they can to USF students. To learn more, book a faculty production room, or get more details about the content development tools available, visit InEd鈥檚 Digital Learning Resources.