Equipment Checkout | Digital Creator Lab
The Digital Creator Lab offers equipment checkout at the Mary Idema Pew Library and Steelcase Library service desks for all GVSU students regardless of major. Equipment checkout is first come, first served (reservations are not available).
Below are the items available for checkout. Next to each item, there are suggestions of additional equipment, either personal equipment or checked out from the DCL, to use for quality production. SD cards (memory cards for storing digital photos, videos, and audio files) and readers will be supplied for items needing storage.
Before checking out equipment, please review the user Terms of Agreement and Expectations of Care.
Questions? For questions, please visit the Digital Creator Lab or email Avery Olearczyk, Digital Literacy Librarian.
Checkout Equipment
Equipment can be checked out from the Mary Idema Pew Library service desk in Allendale or the Steelcase Library service desk downtown.
Canon Rebel SL3 Camera + Shotgun Microphone
A digital SLR camera, which includes 4k video and time-lapse movie. The attached shotgun microphone is used for recording audio from a distance while using the camera. SD cards and readers included upon checkout.
Types of projects: Video essays, documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, video reviews, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Tripod, Gimble, Yeti Microphone, Lighting Kit
Tripod
A three-legged stand used to support a camera, phone clamp / clip, and other devices.
Types of projects: Video essays, documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, video reviews, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Camera + Shotgun Microphone, Smartphone Clamp, Gimble, Yeti Microphone, Lighting Kit
Smartphone Clamp
A device used to hold a smartphone in place. It is often used with a tripod.
Types of projects: Video essays, documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, video reviews, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Tripod, Lighting Kit
Ring Light
A lighting tool that is often used in photography and videography because it provides a consistent, even light.
Types of projects: Photography, video essays, documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, video reviews, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Camera + shotgun microphone, tripod, smartphone clamp, gimble, yeti microphone
Blue Yeti Microphone
Professional-grade microphone that produces studio quality audio.
Types of projects: Interviews, voiceover (audio for video content), podcasts, and more.
Additional items to consider: Pop filter
Pop Filter
A device that helps to reduce plosives (hard "b" and "p" sounds) when recording audio.
Types of projects: Interviews, voiceover (audio for video content), podcasts, and more.
Additional items to consider: Yeti microphone
H1N Audio Recorder
A portable, versatile high quality audio recorder that has a built-in microphone.
Types of projects: Interviews, podcasts, audio for video content, and more.
Lighting Kit
A set of professional lights and stands that heightens video and photography production by providing adequate and consistent lighting.
Types of projects: Documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, video reviews, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Camera + shotgun microphone, tripod, Lighting Kit
*The lighting kit comes with two lighting panels
Gimbal
A device that stabilizes and supports a DSLR camera, which allows the camera to capture smooth footage.
Types of projects: Documentaries, how-to-videos, vlogs, b-roll, skits, social media content
Additional items to consider: Camera + shotgun microphone
Wacom Pen Tablet
A device that allows users to draw by hand on the tablet using a digital pen, which captures an image / graphic in digital form.
Types of projects: Graphic art, photo editing, social media content
*This item is not a stand-alone device and requires a PC, as well as the latest Wacom Driver. You can use your personal laptop or one of the PCs in the Digital Creator Lab.
Need Help?
Digital Skills Consultation
Digital Skills Consultants can help students on their digital projects. Schedule an appointment for a future date, or drop in during open Digital Creator Lab (DCL) hours.
Online Tutorials
The Digital Creator Lab offers open access, asynchronous tutorials provide that brief overviews of the equipment and software offered through the Digital Creator Lab (e.g. Davinci Resolve).
Don't See What You're Looking For?
The Digital Creator Lab aims to provide students with the hardware / software to complete their academic and personal projects. Please complete the Equipment Purchase Request Form if the Digital Creator Lab does not currently offer hardware / software that you are looking for. The DCL will review equipment requests and make updates to include requested hardware / software, if appropriate. Faculty and staff are also welcome to submit requests for equipment purchase by the DCL.
Thank you to GVSU student Will Byrd for providing the photos of equipment.