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News from campus ETS

Our campus ETS is in the process of phasing out slide 
projectors in the classrooms. It looks as though all 
projectors will be removed from the classrooms as of 
Spring 2010.

Below is the e-mail they are distributing
announcing their plans for the art history classrooms.
You can also view this PDF for more information
about the changes in their equipment loan program.

Starting in Fall 2009 ETS will no longer loan slide projectors. This
includes the checkout equipment in DW 44 and the ETS closets.

We will also be phasing out slide projectors in classrooms. Here is a list
of rooms that will have slide projection for Fall 2009.

Moffitt 101, 102, 103, 106
Kroeber 160, 155
VLSB 2050
Dwinelle 155
Wheeler Aud (150)
Tan 180
LSA 101
PFA/Hearst Annex 1

Each room should have two working projectors, one dual wireless
remote and signage stating as of January 2010 we will no longer be
supporting slide projection in classrooms. Over the winter break we
will remove them from the above rooms.

Clients can contact ETS to have equipment transferred to their
department if they choose to continue to use this media. 

Loading presentations to bspace

Would you like to load your class lectures up to bspace for student review? If the lectures were created with PowerPoint, it is preferable to convert the files to PDF format first. PDF files are easily readable by using the free Adobe Reader application, whereas PPT files usually require the (not free) PowerPoint application for viewing.

Follow these instructions to convert a PPT file to PDF. If you are using a Mac, the PDF file is not automatically compressed and can be too large for bspace to accept. Follow these additional instructions to compress PDF files if you are on the Mac platform.