What is the USD Faculty Teaching Studio?
This studio is designed to accommodate the hybrid, hyflex, and remote teaching so faculty can have more options to produce instructional videos, mini-lecture series using Panopto to flip their class, or use the Learning Glass to depict concepts or prototype processes. Watch the video to take a tour of the studio in action.
Hours
Monday-Friday
Available starting at 9:30 a.m. with the last available start session at 4:30 p.m.
Location
Maher 188
across the hall from the Maher Media Lab
Available for
Part-time and Full-time faculty
Jan 2026 Update: Station 1 has new cinema cameras and a presentation table for recording sit-down presentations and guest interviews.
Each station features a professional camera, lighting, and microphone technology so faculty can use the stations on their own. Watch short clips created by faculty at each station below.
Each station provides self-guided recording instructions, sanitizer, and is cleaned after every use.
Station 1: Classroom Instruction
Station 2: Learning Glass
Station 3: Web Presenter
Station 1
Classroom Instruction Station
The Classroom Instruction Station allows you to record as if you were standing in front of a podium in the classroom with unobtrusive professional lighting and microphones above. You can record with Panopto using the Mac computer or connect your own laptop to the built-in camera and microphone. You can also sit down at a table and speak with your notes and laptop in front of you.
Why use the Classroom Instruction Station?
- Teach lecture style using the only the podium, whiteboard, or both
- Show the document camera, computer screen, or your own slides
- Stand at the podium or walk anywhere in front of the whiteboard
- Write directly on the monitor screen with the podium stylist pen
With this station you can also record with a:
- Teleprompter after providing a script to a staff member
- Green screen backdrop so you can edit in backgrounds later
- Wide presentation table so you can sit down and deliver your lecture
- Single or multiple microphone and camera setup for podcasts and guest interviews
Along with being able to record directly into Panopto, you can also record HD MP4 files directly into the computer and take the files with you or upload to Google Drive to edit later.
Station 2
Learning Glass Station
The Learning Glass Station gives you the ability to write out material while facing towards the student, giving a more natural and interactive viewing experience. You can choose to record the Learning Glass, your laptop, or both simultaneously. The image is then inverted while recording so your students watching the lectures see the written information the correct way.
Why use the Learning Glass Station?
- Give the look of a one-on-one review session where you can be seen and heard just as you would in class
- Explain concepts that may be easier to convey in graphical formats, icons, and symbols.
- Talk and write without turning back and forth to a traditional whiteboard
- Break up lectures into smaller partitions with the glass size being limited to how much can be written
Insert a USB drive and start recording. If you don't have a USB to start the recording, Media Services can provide one. When you are finished you can leave with the MP4 video file on your USB drive or upload the file to your Panopto lecture capture software or Google Drive to edit later.
Station 3
Web Presenter Station
The Web Presenter Station allows you to sit down and start recording with Panopto on a Mac laptop or by connecting your own laptop. The system turns on a cinema camera, microphone, and lighting with the push of a button.
Why use the Web Presenter Station?
- Create microlectures around training and education topics
- Record presentations for asynchronous learning
- Give a professional HD video look and feel to your videos
You can also bring your own computer to record as long as you have available an USB or USB-C inputs on your computer.
Book a Station
Support
Contact ims@sandiego.edu if you have questions about the studio. When you book your station a staff member will prep your station ahead of time. If it is your first time a staff member will be available at the beginning to walk you through the station. Our staff will be on standby for support at the beginning of the scheduled time every time you book beyond that and depending on the request can continue to meet you in the studio if you require assistance.