Congratulations New Media Studio! September 2025 DoIT Gritty Award Winner

We are proud to announce that the New Media Studio Team: Dustin Roddy, Matt Baker, Mary Arsenault, and Lenny Frieson have been awarded the DoIT Gritty Award for their critical support of the campus-wide events from convocation to athletic events. Since the beginning of the Fall semester, the New Media Studio team has completed 163 videos, productions, and live events, in addition to onboarding and training a new student team!

Black and Gold Award certificate for the Gritty Award. A dog trophy and stars are besides the winner's names "New Media Studio Team, Mary Arsenault, Lenny Frieson, Matt Baker, & Dustin Roddy"

Below are a few examples of the incredible work that was completed by the New Media Studio Team since the start of the semester:

Video camera is aimed at a speaker being interviewed in front of a geometric screenA laptop and screen sitting on a table with many wires and AV equipment in the backgroundWide lens view of Convocation in the Retriever Center. Faculty, staff, and students sitting in rows of chairs listening to the convocation speakers on stageDigital display and sound board of an athletic gameStudent employees in the soccer recording studio watching the game and running production

The Gritty Award is in recognition of outstanding work within the Division and beyond. Full-time DoIT employees, DoIT student employees, and teams are eligible to be nominated for going above and beyond! Anyone in DoIT can nominate someone for the Gritty by completing this short Gritty Nomination Form. 

For their exceptional efforts and commitment to excellence, we are proud to present the New Media Studio team with the DoIT Gritty Award. Congratulations!

Thank you for your outstanding teamwork, strategic planning, and commitment to high-quality production!

The DoIT Community & The DoIT Gritty Committee

Erica D'Eramo
Ada Crutchfield
Andrew Shebest
Anthony Finneran
Carlos McKinney
Daniel Loftus
Dave Souder
David Toothe
Debbie Michaels
Dondre Hatef
Josh Abrams
Khalil Alston
Matt Baker
Nick Beech
Peter Ariev
Susan Biro

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As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the digital learning environment and support accessibility, all media content must be hosted in Panopto rather than Blackboard as of May 23, 2024, starting with the summer term. Media content includes video, web conference recordings, audio clips, etc. Existing media should be migrated to Panopto as soon as possible, and new media can no longer be uploaded to Blackboard.

Blackboard is a useful system for course management and content delivery. However, it is not designed to perform as a media streaming service. DoIT introduced Panopto in 2018 to support video and media distribution following the discontinuation of TechSmith Relay. Media platforms like Panopto provide a better experience for faculty and students alike.
  • Optimize Media Streaming: Panopto and other media streaming platforms offer streaming capabilities that adjust to the bandwidth of each viewer, ensuring that all students, regardless of their internet speed, can access the content smoothly and without interruption.
  • Accessibility: Videos on streaming platforms provide more accessibility options including machine-generated captioning, adjustable playback speeds, notetaking, chapter breaks, searchable video, and transcripts.
  • Scalability: Media streaming platforms like Panopto can handle a wide range of large media files without impacting the Blackboard course quota. Video, for example, can be reused across multiple courses and terms or shared externally with non-UMBC viewers.
Video platforms, including Panopto, also offer tools for lecture capture, editing, quizzing, and student content creation for video assignments.

Options for Media Hosting

Instructional Technology offers extensive guides, training and support to faculty. Faculty can also request a consultation via RT ticket. 
  • Faculty and students have access to Panopto for uploading and sharing media content while affiliated with UMBC. 
  • Panopto can host a wide range of media content including video and audio.
  • Both Panopto and VoiceThread support media assignments and provide captioning.
  • Cloud storage is also available, but storage quotas should be considered before saving large video files. Additionally, cloud storage, like Blackboard, does not optimize the video for bandwidth. As such, Panopto is a better option for sharing media with students.
The shift towards using a dedicated media hosting platform reflects our commitment to providing the best possible tools and technologies for education at UMBC. By making this change, we ensure students have an experience with media that is accessible and reliable. 

Connect with Instructional Technology
As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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A year ago, Athletic Director Tim Hall and VP of IT Jack Suess had a vision to bring together UMBC students, young alumni, and outside professionals for sports production. Eli Eisenberg, President of VPC, Inc., and '86 alum, would act as a liaison between UMBC and ESPN, along with helping to train the students in what goes into a broadcast.

In a typical broadcast, there is a crew of 24 people, 14 of which are students. Each student has their own role, from cable management, to being a camera operator, and even mixing the game audio. What results is a high quality production that looks just as good as other ESPN college broadcasts across the country. 

Watch the video below to see the behind the scenes of how it all came together.


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