Webcasting
All webcasting is handled by media services staff in our central control room. To webcast a law school event or classroom lecture please fill out our media requests form. Additionally, you may also want to review the law school recording policy.
Videoconferencing
All classrooms except 4040 have access to the video conferencing equipment contained centrally in the control room. The law school also has a portable videoconferencing unit, which can be used for Internet-based videoconferencing in other rooms. If you wish to learn more about how to make use of videoconferencing in your courses, please contact Educational Technologies for consultation. [ To schedule videoconferencing sessions, you should make an appointment to discuss the event with media services as far in advance of the preferred date as possible, and at least two weeks before you wish to have a session. ]
SmartBoard
You can touch the screen to move the pointer. You can take special "pens" out of the drawers and draw on the computer image - great for marking up text or highlighting something on a Web page. Available in rooms 4044, 4046, and 4049.
Document Camera
Photocopy a page from a book - or put the book itself under the camera. You can also write on a sheet of paper while displaying it.
Tablet PC
We have a small number of Tablets that you can use during class. The special tablet pen acts as a mouse, or use it to access the built-in annotation features of Word or PowerPoint. There is also a small application that allows you to highlight in any application, just like a Smartboard. Room 4047 has a Tablet PC built into the lectern itself.
Personal Response System ("Clickers")
Educational Technologies has a set of 20 "clickers" and a USB receiver, from Turning Point Technologies. Instant polls can be set up using Turning Point's free and downloadable software (use Turning Point 2008 software). To arrange for the clickers for one class session or multiple, contact Wayne Miller or "Media Requests" (media@law.duke.edu).
Video Camera
The Educational Technologies Department has 2 VHS video cameras and two digital cameras available for the use of the law school community for class related projects as well as law school sponsored events. Arrangements for borrowing the videotaping equipment can be made by emailing media@law.duke.edu. Equipment is generally lent with the intent that it stays within the law school building. Videotapes can be viewed using the LCD projectors installed in the classrooms.