Bring your BU Terrier ID or Evergreen card to the checkout window located on the fifth floor of the CAS building to watch a video in one of our carrels. All videos must be watched at the Center.

Instructors may sign out a video for use during class time by bringing it to the main office and having a full time staff member sign out the video. Students needing to borrow a video for a class presentation should have their instructor make arrangements with the lab ahead of time.

Yes. Check our catalog to see if we have the video. Then fill out the reservation form, or call the lab at 617-353-2640.

Teachers often place video here on temporary reserve for periods of time. If the movie you have been assigned to watch is not in our catalog then it may not be here yet. Check the videos on reserve listing.

Teachers sometimes schedule multiple screenings of assigned videos in one of our viewing rooms. No need to reserve a space for one of these – just show up. If you can’t make a group showing then you can make a reservation to watch the film another time.

Teachers usually provide this information to their students. Also, check the reservations section of our website. Bulletin boards in the hallways of the Center also say what”s playing that day.

No, sorry. We’re pretty strict about this policy.

Sorry, we don’t lend videos out. Please have your teacher give us a call so we can clarify the matter.

Maybe. Your group should bet registered with the Student Activities Office in the Student Union and you’ll need a faculty advisor to sponsor you.

We have two stations in the lab that have region-free DVD players. Also, any computer in the lab can play PAL DVDs using VLC player, a software program loaded on all of the Center’s Mac and PC computers.

Our computer lab has computer stations with headsets and microphones. You just need to come to the lab and use RecordPad, an audio recording program. Using the program is pretty self-explanatory. Ask at the front desk if you need assistance.

We also have a more advanced audio editor called Audacity available. The instructions for Audacity are located here.

If you have a microphone, yes. Either download Audacity from Soundforge, then follow the instructions above, or use the web-based audio recorder, Nanogong, which is located in the lab materials section of the website. Apple Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) users can also use Quicktime X, which is bundled with the operating system. Choose New Audio Recording from the Quicktime File Menu.

We have several digital tabletop microphones that you can borrow and use in class. You also can make an appointment to record yourself in the Audio Studio if you need to record selections for the web or an exam.

We call a video recording of a class in the video studio “a shoot”. The recordings of individual or group presentations are “skits.” Instructors can schedule a shoot for their class during class periods. We can provide a camera operator or train you in camera use.

We can make a DVD video of the entire shoot, provide a DVD data disc with Quicktime (H.264) files of the individual skits, or stream the skits on the Geddes website.

Yes, however due to the file size limits on Blackboard we recommend streaming the recordings either from the Geddes website or from another video provider (such as YouTube). Geddes can provide embed codes for videos hosted on the Geddes website that can be copied and pasted into Blackboard. Please ask for details.

We recommend using the studio if possible due to superior lighting and sound, however we do have a small miniDV camera as well as five Flip cameras that you may borrow. Both have tripods available. The same delivery options are available.

Recordings can only be done during class time. Please have your instructor schedule a make up time during your class.

We have a main computer lab that is open to the BU community. The lab has 22 Windows and 12 Mac computers. Instructors can reserve stations for class use, however the lab is not a teaching lab per se and is not closed during reservations. We also have a three station computer workspace for faculty and graduate students in CAS.

You need to link your BU username and kerberos password to the BU CAS Active Directory OU. You can do so by filling out this form online.

Undergraduates are given $2.00 free printing per semester. Graduate Students and Faculty who are teaching a language course are given $50.00 in printing per semester.

Greyscale printing is $.10 per sheet. Duplex printing is available.  Students wishing to add money to their account need to bring cash to the checkout window. Graduate Students and Faculty should see the Director for any additional printing needs.

Yes.  You need to add the lpr/lpd printer called ‘glclpr.bu.edu’.  The queue name is CONSOLE.  Windows users need to enable the lpr/lpd print service in the programs and features control panel.  Please note, print quotas still apply.  You won’t be able to see your quota unless you log into a lab computer.

We do have a color laser printer. If you wish to print in color please see a staff member. We charge $.50 per page.

Visit the IT Help Center at the Mugar Library at 771 Commonwealth Avenue to obtain a BU login name..

Here are handouts for Mac OS and Microsoft Office for Windows.

You can save to the lab computers, but you should not use the computers for long term storage. The software we use requires that user accounts be automatically erased any time there is a major software update. Software updates happen automatically without human intervention. You may have materials stored on a desktop for weeks then have it gone overnight.

If you need to save material on one particular computer for a short period of time (a week or so), please contact the Systems Administrator using the contact us link on the bottom of the page to discuss options. If you need long term storage you should obtain a CAS fileserver account.

The classroom computers in Geddes classrooms are erased after each semester to have updates installed. The software is not updated throughout the semester automatically unlike the lab computers. However, hardware failures do occur. You should have a backup of your material somewhere. It is best not to store your materials only on the classroom computer. We recommend a Flash drive or the CAS fileserver.

The CAS file server, casfsa.bu.edu, is a server where instructors can share files with each other or have students submit files electronically.

Students should follow the instructions in this PDF to connect to the RS_Courses or MLCL_Courses share.

Instructors should follow the instructions in this PDF to connect to the RS or MLCL share.

Geddes maintains all of the equipment in CAS 427, 430, 530, 534 and 538. Geddes maintains the computing equipment in 426, 428, B14, B18B, B20, B252B and B27.

Classroom Support Services maintains all other rooms and the projection/audio equipment in the basement rooms listed.

We are happy to help with all rooms as much as we can.

You need to have an Active Directory account to log in. Most BU accounts created in the last few years have AD access automatically, but if you’ve been at BU a while you might need to fill out this form before you can login.

The screening rooms CAS533B and CAS537C and the classroom CAS530 can play non-US region (PAL) DVDs via the DVD player. All of the Geddes classrooms can play non-US region DVDs via the VLC media player on the computer.

A majority of the CAS building does have wireless intrnet installed in the classrooms. Look up. If you see a white box in the ceiling with a small green light then yes, your classroom has wireless internet. Currently the Geddes lab and classrooms on the fifth floor (CAS 530, 533, 534, and 538) do NOT have wireless internet. We have been told that it is scheduled to be installed sometime during the summer 2012 semester.

Classroom support services maintains a database of rooms and their features here. This does not include Geddes classrooms. To see the features in the Geddes classrooms see our Facilities page.