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Revision as of 08:43, 28 September 2007
The Culpeper Language Center is an integral component of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. The Center is a specialized language learning computer and multi-media lab which provides students access to resources and materials in and about foreign languages. The center consists of a Macintosh-based computer lab and multimedia classroom, a media development station, a international television and DVD viewing station, a reading/studying lounge, and the office of the Culpeper Center.
The Culpeper center is maintained by the Culpeper Director and is staffed by approximately a dozen Culpeper student employees. All members of the Culpeper staff are trained to support all the equipment in the labs, with specific focus on the computer programs most heavily used by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
The Culpeper Language Center is funded by the Culpeper Foundation and the Barbara Osher Foundation for the study of foreign languages.
Contents
Location
The Culpeper Language Center is located on the first floor of Vickner Hall in room number 108.
Center hours
- Mon–Thurs: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Fri: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Sat: Noon–6:00 p.m.
- Sun: 1:00–10:30 p.m.
Calendar of reservations and events
The Culpeper Center is routinely reserved for classes and other events, and is also the meeting place for most of the foreign language tutors.
Please contact the MLC department administrative assistant for more information.
Contact information
- Culpeper Director
- Phone: 507.933.6248
- E-mail: culpeper-dir@gustavus.edu
- Center Assistants: 507.933.6247
- Fax: 507.933.6066
Equipment
The Culpeper Language Center computer lab currently contains 25 Macintosh-based computers, one Epson scanner, one[HP Laserjet 4100 printer, a digital projector, DVD player, VCR and media cart containing a television, international VCR and DVD player. The Center's international television and DVD viewing station is currently under construction, but will soon contain a 42 inch LCD flat screen TV, connected to an region-free DVD player, multi-region VCR, and DISH Network receiver. The Culpeper's DISH Network subscription includes international programing for Spanish, German, French, Russian and Japanese. The Center's media development station includes two ReplayTVs, and three DISH receivers, an international VCR, DVD, and MiniDV dubbing system as well as a Macintosh computer containing media editing programs such as iMovie and iDVD, as well as an iSight webcam and microphone for video/audio chatting and pod/vod-casting.
Hardware & Software Documentation
The computers in the Culpeper Language Center are equipped with many programs and tools which are commonly utilized by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, these include, but are not limited to:
- Adobe GoLive - Website creation
- Adobe Photoshop - Digital photo manipulation
- Audacity - Audio recording to mp3s
- DISH Network Receivers - International Television
- DVArchive - Choose, record, and download international TV programs
- DVD2one - Copy DVDs
- ePortfolio Templates - ePortfolios for language students, primarily in French
- EPSON Scanner - Basic photo and text scanning
- FfmpegX - Converting video file-types
- Firefox - Web browser
- Garageband - Audio recording and mixing for podcasts
- iChat - Online text, voice, and video chat
- iDvd - Burning DVD movies
- iMovie - Importing, editing, and saving/compressing video
- iTunes - Listening to audio files
- iWeb - Website creation
- Language Inputs - Typing in foreign languages like Japanese and Russian
- Mac the Ripper - Copying DVDs
- Media development station documentation
- Extensive documentation on how to use the equipment in the room, and which programs to use for specific projects, such as copying DVDs, converting video-types, using the ReplayTVs, etc. (written for Culpeper student employees)
- Microsoft Powerpoint - Creating and using Powerpoint presentations
- Microsoft Word - Creating and using text documents
- Moodle
- Extensive documentation on features and uses of Moodle, 鶹Ƶ's online course management system, such as assignments, grading, journals, etc. Created for the entire 鶹Ƶ community.
- Readiris - Text recognition document scanning software
- ReplayTV - Choosing and recording international television for the MLC department
- Rikaichan - Japanese web browser dictionary plug-in
- Robosensei - Japanese grammar exercises
- Safari - Web browser
- VideoCue - Quick video capturing, ideal for Vodcasting
- Video Lan Client (VLC) - Viewing video files and streaming television
Click on one of the links above to find helpful documentation and resources for using that product. Please feel free to edit the Wiki to help make the documentation more comprehensive.