Equipment loans in the Learning Commons are available only during the semester. Loans will resume on Saturday, January 12 when the Spring semester begins.

Are you feeling frustrated with the progress of your research? Join us, and we will help you choose and narrow the topic of your paper. Attend this workshop “Conquer Your Research Woes: Focus the Topic of Your Paper” on Monday, October 15, from 2-2:50pm in Room 1306, Perry Library Learning Commons. Presented by Perry Library and Academic Enhancement.

Plan on checking out any equipment from the Learning Commons this fall? Beat the crowd and complete the Equipment Loan Agreement Form early. The Equipment Loan Agreement Form must be completed by all ODU students, faculty, and staff once per academic year before any equipment is checked. Once you click on the link below and agree to the terms, you will not have to complete the form again until fall 2013!

Any questions regarding the form can be directed to the Learning Commons at 757-683-4178 or by email at the learningcommons@odu.edu.

Equipment Loan Agreement Form (Login with your MIDAS username and password)
http://odu.edu/ao/learningcommons/equipment.php

Please note:

• All equipment checked out Thursday, August 2-Thursday, August 9 will be due back on Thursday, August 9 by 10:00pm.
• From Friday, August 10-Friday, August 24, all equipment will be unavailable.
• Equipment loans will resume as normal Saturday, August 25 (first day of the fall semester).

When classes are not in session, equipment is unavailable so that staff can inventory, service, and prepare the equipment for the upcoming semester. If you have questions or need further information, contact Kathryn Boone kboone@odu.edu or Kathy Nguyen klnguyen@odu.edu

Effective July 2, 2012, the study rooms on floors 2-4 will move to the Learning Commons online reservation system.

Students will be able to reserve the room on the Learning Commons page or by using one of the room reservation kiosks (on the first and second floors). No more going to the Circulation desk to show an ID and pick up a key.

The policies that apply to the Learning Commons collaboration rooms will apply to the study rooms on floors 2-4 starting in July.

The premier video editing software, Final Cut Pro, is available to students, faculty and staff in the MultiMedia Innovation Lab, located in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library. Features such as the Magnetic Timeline, Multicam, Compound Clips, and Clip Connections provide powerful, flexible editing. It also offers dynamic ways to organize your media and find the clips you need through Content Auto-Analysis and Range-Based Keywords.

Read more about Final Cut Pro X here!

Beginning Sunday April 22, the Learning Commons will be open continuously through the end of finals on Thursday May 3. This extension is in response to feedback received from our users.

During Spring Break, equipment loans will still be available at the Learning Commons Help Desk.

7-day loan equipment that is checked out Friday March 2 - Sunday March 4 will have a due date of Monday March 12.

Come to the Learning Commons Conference Room 1 (1310) for an instructional training session on how to remove viruses and malware from your computer using McAfee Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes Anti-malware. You'll also learn how to perform your Operating System updates.

OCCS (Office of Computing and Communications Services) is providing this training at the following times:

    Wednesday 02/29 @ 11am
    Thursday 03/01 @ 3pm 2pm
Mark your calendar!!