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News and updates from the Learning Studio
New LS videos showcase student trips to NYC
Over Spring Break, a small team from the Learning Studio traveled to New York alongside ACU students and faculty in the departments of Art & Design and Theatre, to document their experiences on film. The result is a series of three short videos we’ve titled “ACU in New York” that show prospective students the high caliber of experiences these programs offer beyond the classroom.
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LS Productions
Your Story Starts Here – Learning Studio trailer
Dutch Lady – faculty member discovers new play
Vision in Action – spotlight on Halbert-Walling project
Cup of Coffee – Chandler Graf’s talk for TEDxACU 2017
FilmFest training workshops
This semester we're working with the FilmFest folks to lead off their 24-hour FilmFest events with a workshop introducing crucial techniques. We'll kick off the series this week with our first on Friday. How to Get Great Sound in Your Film In filmmaking, good...
Upper Level 360
Thanks to Mathew Bardwell in the Learning Studio for capturing the final stage of the progress of shifting collections from the top floor of the library to the new compact shelving downstairs. Library staff moved 12,012 shelves in the last month, just over 35,000...
Lynda for iPad and iPhone
Lynda.com also offers mobile access for smartphones and tablets, providing full access to all their courses wherever you are. 1. First Log in to Lynda.com — you MUST login on a desktop browser BEFORE iOS apps will work. 2. Next download the Lynda.com App for iOS 3....
How to Shoot Video with a Canon 60D
http://vimeo.com/88694434 So you just checked out one of the Learning Studio's Canon DSLR cameras, and you go to shoot your first short film. But the process is a little trickier than you expected. DSLRs were originally built for still photography, but today many of...
Storytelling with Study Abroad
Again this spring we worked with students at ACU's campus in Leipzig, Germany, as well as with on-site faculty Derek and Rachel Brown to take digital storytelling overseas. Students spent two days in workshops developing scripts, recording audio, and editing stories...
Adobe CC coming to campus
For the last few years access to Adobe software like Photoshop and Illustrator has been limited to a handful of computers on campus. This summer that will change as the university signs a campus license for all software packages in Adobe Creative Cloud. Students and...
eBooks for iPad: Faculty Resources
Those of us in the library monitoring ebooks closely wanted to share some details as many of you begin making textbook decisions for the fall. By now the majority of students on the ACU campus have access to an iPad, presenting ACU faculty with a unique opportunity to...
Honors Short Film projects
Last fall we had a chance to work with a number of students from the Honors College taking HON 401: Short Film Production. Wanted to make sure we took the opportunity to share the remarkable work, produced in teams within a short 5-week semester. They tackled...
Pursuit Spotlight, Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker
A few weeks ago we enjoyed sitting down with Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker, associate professor of Psychology and director of faculty enrichment in the Adams Center to talk about her work with undergraduate research. Her study investigates gendered marketing of Lego blocks...