Departments - Educational Services

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The Department of Educational Services has five sections: Instructional Services, Graphic Arts, Photography, Television/Audiovisual, and Editorial.

In addition, Educational Services manages auditorium and classroom scheduling and maintains the LSUSD phone book and website information.

Work requests for the services of Graphic Arts, Photography, Television/AudioVisual and updates to the website must be submitted using the appropriate form. Information concerning costs of services is provided in the 2005 Educational Services Price Guide. NEW!

Work Request form (Printable version -for Art, Photography, A/V, website updates)
On-line Work Request form NEW!
Phone Directory Update form
Telecommunication Request form

Instructional Services

Instructional Services offers form production, scanning, and data analysis for remote site clinic services, and surveys, such as quality assurance, patient satisfaction, and alumni. It provides course evaluations for the programs in dentistry, dental hygiene, dental laboratory technology, and continuing education and operates the Scantron on-line testing and exam scoring system.

Graphic Arts

The Graphic Arts section offers a wide range of visual planning, design, and production services to the faculty, staff, and students of the LSU School of Dentistry. LSUSD designers translate ideas into visual materials to further the school’s mission to provide exceptional education, research, and patient care. Services that the section provides include medical illustrations; publications, clinical form, and chart design; slide presentations; posters and poster presentations; design and production of awards and certificates; mounting and matting; and lamination. In addition, in conjunction with the department of photography, graphics arts produces the faculty and student composite layouts.

Photography

The Photography Section provides digital imaging and scanning and can duplicate high quality slides from original material, photographs, books, and journals. It offers B&W and/or color shootings on location or in the studio. Limited macrophotography and photomicrography are also available. Slides are generated using Microsoft PowerPoint. The section can save images of almost any type to either magnetic or optical media or can print images to either the Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet printer or the Epson photo printer with excellent results.

Educational Support
The Photography Section is responsible for the production of a variety of photographic material for faculty and students. These include direct photographs, copy photography, or imaging from computer-generated files. Photography works very closely with residents since much of their research requires photographic imagery and the Louisiana Academy of Continuing Dental Education and Office of Community Affairs use the Photography Section to produce a variety of visuals and related documentation for their various programs. The Photography Section works closely with researchers at the school and throughout the Health Sciences Center to produce publication-quality photographs for manuscripts submitted for publication. Photography works closely with the Graphic Arts Section in the imaging and processing of computer-generated slides.

Television/AudioVisual
Jamie Higginbotham, Manager
Jhiggi1@lsuhsc.edu
Kenneth Guichard, TV Engineer/telephone Specialist
Kguich@lsuhsc.edu

The Television and Audiovisual Section offers high-quality video recording for teaching and instructional purposes in its fully equipped studio or in clinics and laboratories throughout the school. The recording format is all digital, and editing and custom productions are now computer generated. The audio/video distribution center can send live or taped programs to and from approximately 60 locations throughout the school. An intricate closed-circuit TV system can monitor lecture halls and a Distance Learning (compressed video) classroom permits teaching students in other parts of the state and can connect to other electronic classrooms. Teaching classrooms throughout the school are fully equipped with LCD multimedia projectors, computers, 35mm projectors, VCR’s, wireless microphones, and laser pointers. Almost all types of multimedia and presentation equipment are available. The section has an extensive videotape library of approximately 800 tapes; these are available to all faculty, students, staff, and dental professionals. This section also coordinates school telephone services. The entire telephone network is programmed and operated by a certified technician who can also install fax machines and digital phones and program changes.

Educational Support
The Television and Audiovisual Section setsup, operates, and maintains all of the multimedia, audiovisual, and TV production equipment throughout the school. The section is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the equipment in the distance learning classrooms both in New Orleans and the classroom in Lafayette, La. The section provides multimedia and audiovisual services and equipment for resident's clinical and research projects. The TV/AV Section provides to the continuing education program the latest state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for presenters and attendees. Multiprojection slide programs, computer and video “large” screen projection, video recording and editing, and the ability to show “live” TV demonstrations to large numbers of clinicians are just some of the capabilities of the section.

Editorial

The Editorial Section provides editing and writing services for LSUSD faculty, students, and staff. Following the rules of standard usage and those set forth by the American Medical Association, the section editor reviews a document for correct grammar, style, clarity, organization, and development and in conference with the author suggests ways to refine the writing. The editor can edit all material that those affiliated with LSUSD produce, and this material typically includes, but is not limited to, basic-science and clinical-science research articles, chapters, books, NIH grant proposals, theses, and miscellaneous school documents, such as programs and brochures. Besides serving as editor for Dentistry, the newsletter for LSUSD alumni and friends, the editor writes and publishes LSUSD News, the in-house quarterly newsletter, is available for writing assignments, and submits press releases on faculty, student, and staff accomplishments to the mainstream and dental media.

LSUHSC I Foundation I Contact Webmaster I Privacy Policy I Disclaimer