TECHNOLOGY Tools & Resources Within Reach

Baylor students use and have access to a lot of great technology resources, allowing you to have more control of your educational experience. You will take advantage of many of these programs and offerings every day, so it’s important to begin to familiarize yourself with these resources early in your Baylor journey.

"Students need to take responsibility for accessing that technology and finding out where it's located, and they need to make sure they use it, because that is one of the perks, one of the advantages of being a student here at Baylor University. It's here so you need to make sure you take advantage of it. For example, in the Journalism department, we have many different items that you could check out, such as cameras, lights, audio, and you just need to have your student ID. Make sure you check your email, Canvas, and any other platform that your professor provides for you, frequently. And if you’re not checking your email, you may miss out on something important. If I cancel a class, I usually reach out to students via email. So if you’re not checking your email, you won’t know that class has been canceled, and that’s something that I’m sure you would want to know as a student!"

"One great thing about the college experience is that you have access to a really broad form of technology. Some technologies are very new, mobile devices, data visualization software, things like that. Try during your college experience to broaden that use of technology to some older technologies and learn how to use those too. Take a picture with a camera that uses real film and develop it with chemicals instead of doing digital photography. Go to the library. It's the big building with all the books in it. A revolutionary technology 500 years ago, changed the world, still pretty effective. You don't have to plug it in. You can read it on airplanes still. It works very well. Broaden your technology scope because as you go back to some of the original technologies, it can inspire you to do some original things with new technologies. And this is a consistent pattern that we've seen among creative people."

Some of the technology available to you includes things like equipment you can check out, specialized software you can use, or high-tech spaces that let you take your project to the next level. Other resources will become part of your everyday routines. Let’s take a look at what you need to know to make the most of technology on campus.

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