Services Available

Media Production
Faculty, staff and students can receive assistance in producing video projects, audio programs and presentations free of charge, excluding materials, for classroom or educational use. Media Services houses two television studios, Media 100 non-linear editing system and remote equipment.

Interactive Television
Media Services maintains four local interactive television (ITV) sites which connect to two ITV networks: University of Minnesota network and the Southwest Education Organization for Telecommunications network (SHOT). The UM network connects campuses in Morris, Duluth, Crookston, Rochester and Twin Cities, while SHOT joins a statewide network of higher education institutions.

Multimedia and WWW Production
Media Services provides graphic design, image file conversion, image scanning and video and audio digitization for creating multimedia and world-wide-web projects. Media Services utilizes RealProducer from Real Networks for video and audio digitization and can create streaming media files from videotape or Media Services can shoot custom video for your project.

Photography and Slide Production
Full-color slides can be created from many computer software drawing packages including Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Photoshop. A new lasergraphics film recorder has been purchased by Media Services through the UMM Technology Fee which creates slides from Windows 95/98/2000 and Apple Power Macintosh platforms. Copyright laws do apply.

CD/DVD Creation
Creation of audio and data (text, pictures, etc.)Compact Disks is available, as well as video and data Digital Video Disks. Copyright laws do apply.

Tape/DVD Duplication
Duplication of 1/4" reel-to-reel, audio cassettes, 3/4" U-matic, S-VHS, VHS, Mini-DV, and DVD is available. Copyright laws do apply. Media Services also provides catalogued storage of master videotapes owned by individual departments.

Off-Air Television Recording
Media Services can legally record broadcast programs for classroom use when appropriate copyright permission is obtained by the requestor. Assistance can be provided by Media Services staff to instructors interested in gaining copyright clearance necessary to keep a permanent copy of the program.