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What have you created this semester? Show it off! 

Digital CSU again invites students to submit digital and multimedia projects to its Digital Student Showcase, which will take place on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024, from 11am-1pm in the Student Center Atrium.

The Digital CSU Student Showcase is an opportunity for students to present finished or in-progress digital projects created for their courses in a poster session style event, where presenters display their work on an electronic device and share their process with faculty, staff, and their peers in a casual, conversational setting. 

Digital projects might include websites, video or audio productions, presentations, podcasts, interactive visualizations, lesson plans, or maps.
 

Register today at: https://forms.office.com/r/5u0Mb79dmU. You must be prepared to share your texts digitally, which requires that each participant brings the necessary equipment (e.g. laptop, power cords, headphones, speakers, etc.). We also encourage your to provide supplemental materials such as handouts about your design process, research methods, or other relevant documents; however, this is not required.  Faculty: please share the invitation and submission form with your students!

DIGITAL CSU SHOWCASE FALL 2023 WEB SITE
 

All submissions will be permanently posted in a gallery on EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University.

Questions about the showcase, or digital or multimodal projects? Please contact Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu.

DID YOU KNOW?

Students can check out cameras, camcorders, microphones, and more at the Digital Design Studio, on the 3rd floor of the Michael Schwartz Library. Here students can use multimedia software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as use our new Podcast Studio. Need assistance with a multimodal project? Check out this research guide: https://researchguides.csuohio.edu/DDSproject

Questions about the showcase, or digital or multimodal projects? Please contact Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu

The Digital Student Showcase
is sponsored by the Michael Schwartz Library.

Want to learn about free video, graphic design, or audio and music software?
The library is offering more free sessions in March & April!

Attend a beginner session in the library to get started. These workshops will provide an introduction to working with video software Clipchamp, graphic design software Adobe Express, and music and audio software Soundtrap. All three software packages are web applications and are free to use.
 

• Tuesday March 5th 11:30am-12:30pm - Clipchamp Video Software
• Thursday March 21st 11:30am-12:30pm - Soundtrap Audio (Music and Podcast) Software
• Tuesday April 2nd 11:30am-12:30pm - Adobe Express Graphic Design Software

Workshops will take place in library room RT-502. Bringing your own laptop is recommended but library laptops will be provided.

Sign up using this form:

https://forms.office.com/r/FEjwBHz3kq

What have you created this semester? Show it off! 

Digital CSU again invites students to submit digital and multimedia projects to its Digital Student Showcase, which will take place on Tuesday, December 5^th, 2023, from 10am-1pm in the Student Center Atrium.

Students are welcome to exhibit their digital, multimedia, or multimodal works in a ‘poster session’ format, where presenters display their work on an electronic device and share their process with audience members in an casual, conversational setting. Students creating websites, podcasts, videos, infographics, interactive data visualizations or maps, and any other digital or multimedia project should consider presenting their work in person at the Showcase.

Register today at: https://forms.office.com/r/ZKFadpEtqP. You must be prepared to share your texts digitally, which requires that each participant brings the necessary equipment (e.g. laptop, power cords, headphones, speakers, etc.). We also encourage your to provide supplemental materials such as handouts about your design process, research methods, or other relevant documents; however, this is not required.  Faculty: please share the invitation and submission form with your students!

DIGITAL CSU SHOWCASE 2023 WEB SITE

All submissions will be permanently posted in a gallery on EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University.

Questions about the showcase, or digital or multimodal projects? Please contact Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu.

DID YOU KNOW?

Students can check out cameras, camcorders, microphones, and more at the Digital Design Studio, on the 3rd floor of the Michael Schwartz Library. Here students can use multimedia software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as use our new Podcast Studio. Need assistance with a multimodal project? Check out this research guide: https://researchguides.csuohio.edu/DDSproject

Questions about the showcase, or digital or multimodal projects? Please contact Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu

The Digital Student Showcase
is sponsored by the Michael Schwartz Library.

Students:  did you miss this semester's Digital CSU Student Showcase?
Want your work from Fall 2022 archived in an online collection of student multimedia and digital projects?

It's not too late!  The online showcase is an opportunity for students to present finished or in-progress digital research projects created for their courses in a poster session style event to their faculty, staff, and their peers. Digital or multimodal research projects can take many forms, but they include: websites, video presentations, ebooks, infographics or other data visualization projects, lesson plans, maps, timelines, podcasts, research articles, or other digital compositions and multimedia work. 

HOW TO GET LISTED:

Upload your work to an appropriate host (YouTube, Soundcloud, your own cloud storage, etc.) and submit using this form.

The collection will be shared and archived on the university's institutional repository, EngagedScholarship.

Digital CSU is happy to announce the Digital CSU Student Showcase in partnership with the Michael Schwartz Library!

The Showcase will take place in the Student Center Atrium on Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 11:30 am-1:30 pm. Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome to stop by to see the work CSU students who have completed digital or multimedia projects, including websites, digital news stories, films, and more. Learn more about the showcase here: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/student_showcase_fall2022/
 

Are you a student who still wants to register? Don’t worry, there’s still time!  Follow this link: https://forms.office.com/r/PepNAUiDnZ

What have you created this semester? Show it off! 

Digital CSU invites all undergraduate and graduate students to submit digital or multimodal projects made for Spring 2021 classes or current research projects to the Digital CSU Student Showcase, to be archived and displayed in the University’s institutional repository, EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University.  Submissions will remain open through the end of the semester, but submissions received by April 26th will be included when the gallery goes live on May 3rd.

Digital or multimodal research projects can take many forms, but they include: websites, video presentations, e-books, infographics or other data visualization projects, lesson plans, maps, timelines, podcasts, research articles, or other digital compositions and multimedia work.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK
Students should submit their work when they are ready by filling out this form. Once received and processed, submissions will be posted in a gallery on EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University.

Submit your project today

Questions? Email Ben Richards at b.c.richards@csuohio.edu

The Digital Student Showcase
is sponsored by the Michael Schwartz Library.

Digital CSU is happy to announce the third Digital CSU Student Showcase in partnership with the Michael Schwartz Library!

The showcase is a poster session where students share their digital work with fellow students, faculty, and staff.  The event will take place in the Berkman Hall Atrium on Tuesday, November 26 from 11:30 – 1:00 pm.  Light refreshments will be provided.  

Digital CSU is a low-stakes environment to learn about digital methods in research & teaching across disciplines and colleges at Cleveland State University. It convenes once a month during the academic year. Digital CSU conveners: Melanie Gagich and Ben Richards. For more information about Digital CSU, including the monthly meeting schedule, visit http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/digitalcsu/.

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Digital CSU Lightning Round

Thursday, November 14

11:30 – 12:30

Rhodes Tower, Library room 401

In collaboration with the Center for Faculty Excellence. Moderated by: Chris Rennison, Sr. Instructional Technologist, CITDL. In this session, several presenters from varied disciplines will showcase their work in the areas of digital pedagogy, research or content creation. Each topic will be presented in three slides within three minutes. Toward the end of the hour, there will be an opportunity to mingle and converse with presenters in order to inquire further about their topics.

Registration is required to receive a lunch, however, walk-Ins are welcome!  Registration closes 11/12/19, 12:00 pm. 

Faculty and staff--Are you interested in trying our new technology in the classroom? Do you use digital methods in your research?

Students--Do you enjoy getting to use digital technology in your learning? Are you excited about learning new creative and digital skills?

Drop in during Digital CSU's Digital Expo on Thursday, September 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on the 1st floor of the Michael Schwartz Library, located in Rhodes Tower. Come check out cool technology and software exhibited by passionate members of the CSU campus community, including virtual reality, citation tools, digital light boards, GIS mapping, and more!

RSVPs are encouraged!

Enjoy a snack, chat with exhibitors, and try out some new gadgets, apps, and software!

--by Ben Richards, Business and Communication Librarian

Digital CSU is a low-stakes environment to learn about digital methods in research & teaching across disciplines and colleges at Cleveland State University. It convenes once a month during the academic year. Digital CSU conveners: Melanie Gagich and Ben Richards. For more information about Digital CSU, including the monthly meeting schedule, visit http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/digitalcsu/.

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