The digital media lab at Bainbridge College

Abstract

This project describes the development of an audio and video production facility at Bainbridge College, a small community college in Bainbridge, Georgia. The Digital Media Lab provides faculty, staff, and students with the ability to create audio and video resources for classroom use, research, training, and outreach. The principal steps of this project were a literature review, a needs analysis, the equipment selection process, and implementation. The literature review included examples of how video is used in higher education, information about current trends in technology, and faculty development strategies. The needs analysis determined that the facility should support both analog and digital media and that a facility where users could work independently was most practical. A list of equipment, user guidelines, outlines of current workshops, and samples of quick reference materials used in the lab are also included in this report