Navigation Aids

You are in the Ideas directory of the WIC site. This site has 5 main directories:
Home, About, Facilities, WICshops, and How Do I?
 
 
 
 
 
David B. Weigle Information Commons
FindIt:
*

Sidebar

Google Search WIC
Reserve a Room
Borrow Equipment
Desk: 215-746-2660
Lab: 215-746-2661
wic1@pobox.upenn.edu

Main Content

How Do I...?

Design a Poster?
You can design a poster in PowerPoint or using professional software such as PhotoShop, InDesign or Illustrator. We print posters in our Media Lab and we offer workshops on graphic design software. Our lab consultants can guide you on photo and graphic editing.
Create a Video?
You can make a video:
  • of a small group activity on DVD easily in our video-recording rooms.
  • of your face easily using the webcams on the laptops in our Data Diner Booths, Group Study Rooms, Seminar Room or Lab.
  • with a borrowed videocamera anywhere.
You can edit a video:
  • using free Windows Movie Maker software in our Data Diner Booths and Group Study Rooms
  • using iMovie in our Media Lab and Seminar Room
  • using Final Cut Pro in our Media Lab.
Videoconference?
You can use Skype and the webcams in our Data Diner Booths. You can use Skype and our wireless microphones for group-to-group communication in our Seminar Room.
Record audio?
You can record your voice:
  • using the built-in microphones on the laptops in our Data Diner and Group Study Rooms.
  • using the ceiling-mounted microphone in our video recording rooms.
  • using microphones and audio recorders from the equipment lending program
  • using the Glossberg Recording Room on the fourth floor
You can record music:
  • using the MIDI keyboard in the Lab.
  • using the keyboard in the Glossberg Recording Room.
You can edit audio:
  • using Audacity on all PCs and Macs in the Commons
  • using GarageBand in the Lab
Collect student feedback and assessment?
You can use clickers in our Seminar Room for live audience response activities.
*