Undergraduate Media Presentation and Meeting Room
Room 220 has been used for the past 35 years as a campus-wide meeting, lecture, seminar,
training, and presentation room, seating 100. To accommodate and capitalize on the digitization
of multimedia and presentation materials and the great need for flexibility in campus spaces, UW
Design Services has created an exciting plan to renovate the room for campus use.* Included in
the plan is adjustable lighting, appropriate for lectures, media, and presentations, improved
screen and darkening window treatments, a smart podium, sound proofing to minimize exterior
noise and a more modern sound system for media delivery in addition to flexible furniture. With
these improvements, the room can be utilized far more than it is, given its central location and 24
hour access. A commitment of $100,000 for design and construction documents and oversight
was approved in 2006.
* Pre-Design Report Included: Project No. 201855
Catalyst Learning Studio
The University should have an experimental learning studio to accommodate new types of
courses and new styles of student learning. The funding requested will enable Catalyst/CSS/UW
Libraries to collaborate on the design for an innovative learning studio building upon ideas found
at the NC State Scale-Up and MIT TEAL studios. The UW studio will incorporate data based on
the research completed on the use and effectiveness of these type of rooms as well as the
unique needs of the UW students and teaching faculty.
Course Response License Fees
The University has adopted the Turning Technologies student response system (aka “Clickers”)
for use by instructors in large lecture classes. The demand for the clickers has exceeded the
original estimate. This funding will cover current license fees due under the current agreement.
(A perpetual license agreement is currently under negotiation between the UW and Turning
Technologies.)
Film & DxArts-style Classroom
Certain courses have specialized technology needs unmet in typical multi-media classroom
environments. This funding will allow the University to invest in more specialized audio system/
data projection equipment for a small, 30-seat classroom.
Coursecasting Expansion
Coursecasting at the UW has been an immediate success with students enrolled in courses that
have been recorded. While most of the 200-plus upper campus classrooms have been equipped
with automatic audio recording equipment, many of the large health science lecture halls remain
to be equipped. The true growth in coursecasting, however, resides with adding video-capture
capability to the audio capture. Additional funds will enable larger lecture halls to be equipped
with video capture equipment and will provide back-up equipment and servers to support the
additional and larger sized course recording files.
Permanent, Fulltime Positions Needed
Software Engineer
1 FTE; Annual Salary & Benefits: $85,000/yr
The Software Engineer will help maintain the expanding code base for the Catalyst Courseware
and WorkSpace project. As the number of Catalyst Web Tools users continues to expand,
existing engineers are pulled from active development and innovation to perform system
maintenance activities.
This position ensures both a high level of performance for Catalyst Web Tools and ongoing
innovation and exploration of partnerships with corporate, open source, and higher education
software engineers.
WWAMI/RIDE and general Catalyst Consultant
1 FTE; Annual Salary & Benefits: $55,000/yr
The Catalyst Consultant will work with faculty and staff utilizing Catalyst Learning Spaces, online
tools and resources, and will be responsible for operations in Catalyst Learning facilities including
WWAMI/RIDE classrooms and videoconference facilities.
Information Technology Specialist 3
1 FTE; Annual Salary & Benefits: $60,000/yr
The IT Specialist 3 position will help expand the coursecasting and no-fee video conferencing
instructional activities. The IT Specialist will be installing hardware, writing and designing
software and providing day-to-day support of classes. This position is required to support the
heavy workload created by the growing demand for coursecasting, particularly video streaming
and classroom-based videoconferencing.
Program Coordinator
1 FTE: Annual Salary & Benefits: $50,400/yr
We request funds for a Program Coordinator position, which will be the point of contact and
technical expert to support applications of higher-technology equipment, providing on-location
service and support, as well as training for faculty and Health Sciences Classroom Services staff.
This position will be responsible to stay ahead of the learning curve, in order to ensure effective
support in the Health Sciences teaching environment. The Program Coordinator would also
support any new ATAC designs and installations, in conjunction with the Manager of HS CRS.
Hourly Salaries Needed
Catalyst Undergraduate Consultants $24,480/yr
CSS Student Employees $20,700/yr
As the number of users for Catalyst Web Tools increases, so does the demand for timely email
and phone support for end users. The additional student employees will support this demand.
The technology being deployed to classrooms continues to increase the need for timely
maintenance of the equipment. CSS must have the ability to quickly dispatch support staff to
solve emergency classroom technology problems and to staff the CSS Help Desk.