Services include LaserJet and LaserJet color printing, scanners, Internet access, Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, and specific course software. Faculty may request to have specific software installed in the labs. Training classes are offered on subjects including FrontPage, Scanning, Introduction NT and UNIX, Introduction to Macintosh, and PowerPoint. In fall 1999, RU opened the Multimedia Center, which is housed in McConnell Library and which has the latest multimedia development software available and offers a full range of training opportunities, workshops, and individualized support. Students can find all the tools to create portfolios and presentations.
Faculty can find tools for creating on-line course materials and other class enhancements.
Today's technological boom has allowed us to merge video and audio. The Multimedia Center is equipped with two video editors and a professional audio editor. The Multimedia Center also has, for check out, a digital video camera. This high end, professional device is for the project that requires exceptional quality. For example during the 1998-99 academic year, the Technology Team of the Faculty Development Center sponsored 43 programs involving 428 faculty and staff in training opportunities.