STUDENT

INSTRUCTIONAL

MEDIA PRODUCTION

CENTER

(SIMPC)

SIMPC LibGuide:

http://libguides.northseattle.edu/content.php?pid=182054

http://facweb.northseattle.edu/zmumford/index.htm

ABOUT THE SIMPCThe Student

Instructional Media

Production Center,

or SIMPC, is on the

upper floor of the

NSCC Library.

The SIMPC provides

students with

access to media

resources and basic

instruction enabling

them to incorporate

digital and analog

audiovisual media

into their course

assignments and

presentations.

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• Many NSCC

courses involve

group projects.

These groups

are using the

large poster

tables in the

SIMPC work

area.

SIMPC MEDIA RESOURCES

• Video and photo equipment

• Digital video editing

• Scanner

• Basic audio recording

• SMART Board Collaboration

Studio

• with interactive whiteboard

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OTHER SIMPC MEDIA

RESOURCES

Color printing (linked to student PaperCutaccount)

Poster creation tools

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COLLABORATION STUDIO

Students may use the

Collaboration Room camera to

videotape themselves speaking

or using the SMART Board and

record it on DVD.

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Instructors may reserve the

Collaboration Studio for student

presentations.

The SMARTBoard has a

touch interface. Students

create PowerPoint

presentations and may use

digital pens to make virtual

notes within a presentation.

Presentations may be saved

using SMARTBoard

software.

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SIMPC COMPUTER RESOURCES

Desktop PCs: 2 desktop

PCs with Microsoft

Office, Adobe Creative

Suite software,

Windows Live Movie

Maker, and moreiMac with video editing,

audio editing, image

editing, and word

processing software

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OTHER LIBRARY AND SIMPC RESOURCES

P H O T O C R E D I T : G _ K A T 2 6 ,

F L I C K R

Students may check out digital

cameras, Flip video cameras,

and digital audio recorders at

the NSCC Library reference

desk. These media tools may be

checked out for up to three

days.

Students are directed to the SIMPC

for assistance in editing,

reformatting, and manipulating

the media files they create.

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Student projects may be

useful as part of a

portfolio to show to

employers.

The SIMPC functions within the NSCC Library as an effective multimedia resource center for interdisciplinary, collaborative learning.

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BENEFITS OF THE SIMPC

VISUAL LITERACY

Visual literacy is a set of abilities that enables an individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images and visual media. Images and visual media may include photographs, illustrations, drawings, maps, diagrams, advertisements, and other visual messages and representations, both still and moving. Visual literacy skills equip a learner to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, and technical components involved in the construction and use of images and visual media. A visually literate individual is both a critical consumer of visual media and a competent contributor to a body of shared knowledge and culture.

This working definition of visual literacy developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Image Research Interest Group (ACRL/IRIG).

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COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE

All members of the NSCC community are expected to obey

United States Copyright Law and to take personal

responsibility for copyright compliance.

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Information about Exceptions for Instructors in U.S. Copyright Law

Instructors may wish to consult this resource by Michael

Brewer & the American Library Association Office of

Information Technology Policy:

http://librarycopyright.net/etool/toolcovers.php

FAIR USE

Section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law contains a list of the various

purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be

considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting,

teaching, scholarship, and research. See:

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not

substitute for obtaining permission.

The safest course is always to get permission from the copyright

owner before using copyrighted material.

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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE

There are many royalty-free sources of moving and still images,

music, sound effects, and other media available online. Some

of these resources may be copyrighted, but are available

under the Creative Commons license; see the SIMPC content

resource list for more information. The creators of these works

request that you give them credit if you decide to use their

pictures, sounds, or other content.

http://facweb.northseattle.edu/zmumford/content_resources.html

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Students are asked to

sign in so that we may

track usage rates and

hours. This information

proves that the SIMPC

continues to be a useful

resource.

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HOW TO USE THE SIMPC

Reservations for the Collaboration

Room and use of other resources

must be made in person. Sign up on

the calendar board.

SIMPC Coordinator: Zola Mumford, MLISPhone: 206-934-0070 / ext. 0070 from NSCC campus phones

zola.mumford@seattlecolleges.edu

SIMPC LibGuide: http://libguides.northseattle.edu/content.php?pid=182054

Hours of operation are subject to change.

Please check the SIMPC web page for hours of operation.

N O R T H S E A T T L E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y S T U D E N T I N S T R U C T I O N A L M E D I A P R O D U C T I O N C E N T E R 16