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Video Messaging
System
About Video Messaging
The Holmes Student Center’s (HSC) Video Messaging System provides an effective and fast means of communicating with students in the HSC. Each message will be broadcast to three, state-of-the-art plasma display units throughout the building as well as a big-screen TV in the Huskies Den.
System Management
- The HSC - Huskies Den will be the approving authority and clearinghouse for the message system.
- Messages with no corrections or edits will be approved within four business days.
- Special requests for custom background images may delay the publishing of messages.
Guidelines for Use
- Primarily for the promotion of services, events, meetings, programs, and special happenings taking place in the HSC.
- Exceptions to this may include: student activities, student government, or special University events open to the entire student body.
- Only one message per event, promotion, or activity is permitted.
- Messages must be broadcast for a definitive period of time not to exceed two weeks.
- Depending on utilization of the system groups may be limited to 2-4 messages at any one time.
- Verbose messages or grammatical errors will be edited or returned for revision before approval is given.
- Special requests for graphics or backgrounds must be requested and approved by the Huskies Den.
- Message crawls will be managed exclusively by the HSC - Huskies Den and be restricted to peak traffic periods.
Message/Slide Submissions
A.) Departments can design their own slides with the following specifications:
- Dimensions - 14.0 in x 7.5 in or 1008 by 540 pixels
- Supported Formats - (Preferred is PowerPoint slide, JPG or GIF) MP2 ASF WMA WMV ASX WAX PPS AU WAV XML XSL HTA MHT WMF BMP MOV MPEG PPT MPG MP3 JPG GIF SWF TXT HTM HTML
Visit http://huskiesden.niu.edu/calendar/video for templates, backgrounds and examples. (COMING SOON)
Submit to criddle@niu.edu or drop off CD with contact information at the Huskies Den front desk. Messages with no corrections or edits will be approved within 4 business days.
B.) Message information can be submitted to criddle@niu.edu for slide development by the Huskies Den staff. Be sure to include any relevant information such as location, time and date into your description. Formatting of information will be done for you, but please put the information in the general order in which you would like it displayed.
*(Due to limited amount of space on the screen, descriptions must be 250 characters or less, including spaces. **
Huskies Den will then develop the slide according to established guidelines. This method requires 10 working days for creation and posting of the message.
All inquiries should be directed to:
Chris Riddle – criddle@niu.edu -
815-753-1491 or 815-761-9785
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