EMC – Educational Media Center

Lamakū @ HISSI 2025

The Instructional Designers (IDs) across the UHCC System are excited to invite you to our Lamakū @ HISSI! This year, in addition to the regular program of sessions at HISSI, attendees can participate in our Lamakū workshops across three themes and participate in special sessions at our Kokua Korner.

Lamakū Workshops

Our Lamakū workshop sessions include topics from content design of modules to assessments to interactive tools. Drop in at any session that piques your interest throughout the day.

Kokua Korner

Sessions at our Kokua Korner will be during the first two time blocks at HISSI from 10:55-11:55 a.m. and 1:15-2:15 p.m., featuring:

Course Walk: Want to see how others are teaching with Lamakū? Instructor presenters will showcase their Lamakū courses in a poster/laptop session format. Move from station to station to explore various approaches to designing and facilitating your course in Lamakū. (see presenters and descriptions)
Instructional Design Support: Meet one-on-one with an instructional designer for assistance with course design, Lamakū tools, or any questions you may have. Support is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Technical Support: Have a technical question about IDAP, LTI, or related topics? Consult with our expert from UH ITS.
D2L Product Idea Exchange (PIE) Korner: Have an idea for a feature or tool D2L should consider? Share it at the PIE Korner, and we’ll submit your suggestions to D2L!

Check out the full Lamakū @ HISSI Schedule & Program.

Register for HISSI

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There’s no need to register separately…

Just Register to Attend HISSI and join us for as much Lamakū learning and fun and you care to infuse into your day at the event!

Lamakū Learning Leaders

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The Leeward CC Instructional Design Unit (Brent, Chelby, Lauren, and Rachael) will be at the event sessions to support you. A special mahalo to our Leeward CC presenters who will be sharing their insights and skills!

Session Presenter:

Lauren Lum Ho (Sessions: “H5P (in Creator+)” and “Discussions Tool: Design, Engage, Assess”)

Course Walk Presenters:

Donald Carreira Ching (ENG 100)
Anika Gearhart-Edwards (PSY 212)
Anuschka Faucci (ZOOL 101)
Heather McCafferty (AG 200)

We look forward to seeing you at HISSI!

AV Services, EMC, TEC

TEC Updates 2024

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By the end of 2024, several updates or modifications were made to the Technology Enhanced Classrooms (TECs) due to feedback from the campus technology needs assessment and instructors. These included:

Removing the temporary, grant-funded, hybrid kit equipment from select TECs based on instructor feedback.
- A select few rooms opted to keep a modified hybrid kit consisting of the (Elmo) document camera connected to the computer, the (Wacom) graphics tablet, and the (Zoom Q2n4K) video recorder with tripod.
Permanently installing the (Elmo) document camera into the TEC room system as an input device you can select from the AV control panel.
Adding a moveable monitor arm and laptop riser in several TECs (with more planning to be installed in 2025).

AV Services, EMC, TEC

New Technology Room Resources (2024)

The EMC is excited to share with you new resources for the supported technology rooms on campus, notably the Kaʻala Room (GT 105) and the Technology Enhanced Classrooms (TECs). These were developed in response to feedback from the campus technology needs assessment.

Kaʻala Room

Our Kaʻala Room (GT 105) quick guide has been recently updated for you to view/download and is available on the podium in the room for your convenience. You can find this and more resources on the Technology Rooms website.

Technology Enhanced Classrooms (TECs)

TEC computer and control panel.

In a collaborative effort, the EMC created a new self-help website, Technology Tool Profiles (featuring TEC tool profiles), to help instructors and staff using the TECs familiarize themselves with each piece of equipment or tool. The website resource includes a profile for each TEC tool, which includes detailed 360 videos, close-ups of buttons, and a teaching example.

As an accompanying resource, we also designed Quick Cards for each TEC tool, which you can print for yourself. Alternatively, you can print them at our Copy Center for a reasonable cost. Each card has a QR code leading to the how-to videos for the TEC equipment, you can scan and watch the videos via your phone, as needed, and jot down notes for yourself on the card.

Technology Rooms

Need to look up what a room has? The Technology Rooms website has a link to a spreadsheet with all the information. Contact the EMC’s AV Services unit for additional assistance.

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AV Services, Copy Center, EMC, Instructional Design, TEC, Video Production

Technology Tool Profiles feat. TEC

In a collaborative effort within the Educational Media Center units, we developed a new way to support faculty and staff using our campus technology equipment via a pilot project called, Technology Tool Profiles.

The pilot is focused on our campus’ Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) technologies. Each technology tool profile features an introduction, an interactive visual, an example of how it can be applied to active learning, optional print blank note cards, and supporting documentation. Here’s a quick video example:

Please explore the website and learn about the four ways it can be leveraged to support your learning. Then, submit your feedback to help us improve on this resource.

TEC Orientation

If you would like to attend an in-person orientation after viewing the TEC tools shared on the Technology Tool Profiles website on Friday, August 23, 2024 at 3 PM, please RSVP. The first ten people to show up will receive a professionally printed pack of TEC Quick Cards.

EMC, Video Production

Leeward Culinary Assembly: Visiting Chef series

Grace demonstrating how to cut cabbage to a student — Grace Young and Leeward Culinary Student. (photo credit: Hawaii Culinary Education Foundation)

The Leeward Culinary program hosts a student assembly every semester in which students have the opportunity to meet the program’s Chefs/Instructors and hear announcements of upcoming volunteer events. In addition to the general housekeeping items, the program partners with Hayley Matson-Mathes of Hawaii Culinary Education Foundation to provide the students with an opportunity to learn from some of the best Chefs and culinary professionals in the industry. The visiting Chef provides a demonstration of their talents and insight into their experience in the industry, followed by a question and answer portion. The Visiting Chef series provides an invaluable service for our culinary student population who stands to gain insider knowledge of culinary techniques and industry trends. The Spring 2024 assembly hosted Grace Young, an award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and filmmaker. Grace shared her insight on her stir fry wok techniques. Student volunteers had the opportunity to stir fry alongside Grace during the demonstration.

The EMC Video Production Unit provides services that enhance the live demonstration experience. The team documents the entire event with a multi-camera and audio recording setup. An overhead camera captures every aspect of the demonstration area that is displayed in real-time to a large screen monitor. The monitor also serves to show videos or presentations. The final product is an instructional video program that includes post-production editing, graphics, and closed-captioning services.

Director facing a muliti-monitor with various video sources displayed — Jordan directing the Culinary Assembly

If your organization would like to inquire about capturing an event for instructional and promotional purposes or if you have an idea for instructional videos to supplement your courses, please feel free to fill out our Video Services Request Form.

Ed Tech, EMC

Want Engaging Online Content?

H5P is a software ecosystem that provides instructors with 53 tools to create engaging learning activities for student learning. The web based activities are responsive and adjust to either desktop, laptop, mobile device, Safari, Chrome, Firefox. Take a look at the course samples created and shared in the UH H5P Interactive (Faculty) Gallery. H5P + Laulima is officially supported by the UH ITS Helpdesk, The learning activities are capable of being embedded in Laulima course sites and automatically registers student interaction scores in the Laulima Gradebook.

For the past few semesters the EMC has been participating with the UH System H5P work group to bring H5P to instructors. Many Leeward CC faculty have participated in the UHOIC H5P + Laulima program, currently on cohort three of faculty adopters with several alumni participating in the I Mua community support group. Over the summer the university announced that faculty can purchase H5P licenses directly from UH ITS Site License office (with departmental funds).

Be on the look out for upcoming EMC hosted H5P workshops this semester. To learn more about H5P please take a look at the recently completed Practical Guide to H5P.

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Fun with Functional Anatomy

The following is a guest blog post from Allision Beale.

After the successful production of 19 OER demonstration and dissection anatomy videos for our A&P students in 2022 (check out the PHYL 141L playlist and PHYL 142L playlist of videos), Dr. I-Chia Shih and I began to tackle the production of functional anatomy videos. Our latest collaboration project encompassed producing approximately 40 short videos demonstrating the assessment of skeletal muscles covered in our PHYL 141L course. These videos are used in a functional skeletal muscle lab activity that mirrors a standard nursing school activity. The amazing results may be viewed in the Functional Anatomy playlist.

Allison shows Theo how to feel for the biceps tendon in the cubital fossa

The EMC Video Production unit provided video support for this project. Production services included: lighting, photography, audio voice overs, and post production editing and graphic treatments. The team included: Camden Barruga and Theopholius (Theo) O’Neal, with Camden serving as photographer, sound, editing and remastering, while Theo turned into a phenomenal model alongside his regular duties assisting in the production process.

Theo flexes to feel for his biceps tendon in the cubital fossa

We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the EMC making additional videos to support lab activities in both PHYL 141L and 142L. In the near future, we hope to collaborate in the production of video lectures to support the new OER A&P textbook Dr. Shih and I are in the process of developing.

Note: For more information on how the EMC Video Production unit can serve your instructional video needs, please contact Camden Barruga at ext. 640, email camden@hawaii.edu, or simply fill out a video production service request form. You can view the EMC’s YouTube playlist on their website for a sampling of the types of videos they have produced.

EMC, Instructional Design

DE Course R&R Pilot Program Concludes

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The DE Course R&R: (Re)design and Review Pilot Program has completed its one-year term (2022-2023) of three cohorts and a fast-track group. This pilot program was intended to ensure and improve existing and newly becoming DE courses to meet Leeward’s DE Guidelines and accreditation requirements. During the program, DE instructors were guided through a course design process by the EMC’s Instructional Designers. After weeks of hard work, they created a high-quality DE course that they could be 100% confident is “Ready for Delivery” (“RFD”)—meaning, a course that aligns with our Leeward CC DE Guidelines and has passed a team course review.

We would like to acknowledge the following 21 completers who have created “RFD” DE courses and their commitment to quality DE courses at Leeward. What an accomplishment! 🎉

Fall 2022 R&R

Ann Berner (LA) – ENG 100
Anuschka Faucci (M&S) – ZOOL 200
Jessie Hoffman (M&S) – OCN 201L
Sharolyn Pastor (LA) – SP 151
Evelyn Wong (BUS) – ACC 132

Spring 2023 R&R

Donald Carreira-Ching (LA) – ENG 100
Chris Rho (BUS) – BUS 101
William Wright (M&S) – ICS 170

Spring 2023 Fast-Track

Eunice Brekke (SS) – SOC 251
Merissa Bunton (LA) – SP 151
Cara Chang (LA) – ENG 100
Anika Gearhart (SS) – PSY 212
Bruce Lindquist (SS) – GEO 101
Heather McCafferty (M&S) – AG 100
Marie McKenzie (SS) – GEO 101L
Janet Wang-Lee (M&S) – BIOL 100
Susan Wood (LA) – ENG 100

Summer 2023 R&R

Lilian Rebamonte-Smith (SS) – ED 330
Dayle Turner (LA) – ENG 100
Sheri Wang (BUS) – ACC 124
Igor Nikitin (M&S) – MATH 135

A big mahalo to our DE Leads over the semesters for their collaboration and partnership in the development of the program and for their coordination of the course review phase.

Kelsie Aguilera (SS)
Evelyn Wong (BUS)
Cara Chang (LA)

We will be taking a short break as we look to refine and improve the pilot program into a regularly offered summer program. Stay tuned!

AV Services, EMC, Video Production

Introducing the Media Center Mobile Studio/Control Room (MCMS/CR)

The Media Center Mobile Studio/Control Room (MCMS/CR) was created in response to the increasing video demand during the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing protocol. The MCMS/CR has been instrumental in providing various live-streaming and pre-recorded campus and instructional programming including but not limited to: Convocation, Graduation, Board of Regents Meetings, Culinary Assemblies, The Reading Room series, Professional Development programs, Community Outreach and Marketing initiatives.

Tricaster TC-2, video production platform

After the pandemic, the MCMS/CR equipment upgrade has improved our studio setup while affording us the mobility of shooting on-location. Prior to the MCMS/CR equipment upgrade, in order to “take the show on the road,” the EMC staff had to disassemble and reassemble equipment from the Media Center Control Room and Studio to create a make-shift, mobile control room in order to provide a full-multi camera production on-location. The MCMS/CR eliminated the reconfiguration of equipment by consolidating them into a specifically designed mobile cart. It was a necessary step to providing a streamlined, flexible workflow to meet campus video production needs.

Designed with portability in mind, MCMS/CR allows our limited personnel to safely, effectively and quickly transport the main components of a professional control room to provide broadcast quality video production capability to remote locations on or off campus (e.g. Theatre, laboratory classrooms, and event halls).

Leeward Convocation: Production crew theatre backstage in the control room. — Convocation: Production crew backstage of the theatre.

At the heart of the MCMS/CR is the Tricaster TC-2, video production platform. One of the stand out features of the TC-2 allows for seamless streaming service compatibility with platforms such as Zoom, Skype, MS Teams, etc. enhancing the participants’ experiences providing two-way communication from the Media Center Studio to participants joining remotely. Additionally the TC-2 allows for delivery to most popular streaming services, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and other social platforms. This built-in streaming feature was integral during the pandemic to provide information to the masses when in large in-person events were restricted. At its core, the TC-2 is a multi-source video switcher for cameras, computers, etc. In addition, it has the ability to store and playback multimedia assets such as video roll-ins, graphics and audio. Additional systems allow monitoring, handling additional tasks for teleprompting, audience and production asset management from the control room and studio floor.

Production crew setting up for Culinary Assembly. — Culinary Assembly in The Ka’ala Room (GT 105).

While the MCMS/CR functions as a mobile solution, its primary function is for in-house production in concert with the EMCʻs studio floor and lighting system. While “docked” to the EMC control room console, the MCMS/CR continues all capabilities formerly present in previous studio set up while also extending its capabilities to include variable video resolutions, more audience interactivity, extended quality assurance and streamlined operations. In addition to its mobile capabilities, the studio/control room is available for instructors to create various media deliverables to enhance and compliment their in person and online courses.

The Reading Room: Production crew at the control room council. — The Reading Room: In-house EMC Control Room.

More information about the TC-2’s features and a few highlights:

Allows the audio operator the ability to control sound to studio for video playback
Live-streaming (Zoom web conferencing, YouTube, etc.) from studio and control room
Allows for talent on the studio floor to communicate and respond to web conference attendees (Zoom)
Ability to control studio lighting from the control room
Ability to prompt talent from the control room, off-air (with a teleprompter)
Ability to have cameras on-location and switch from the studio (remote studio)

Have an idea for videos that supplement course material or interested in a tour of our facility? Please contact Camden Barruga at extension #604 or email camden@hawaii.edu.