The Learning Lab is an intergenerational team and a studio space built to support faculty in creative approaches to teaching and learning. The Learning Lab team collaborates with Harvard faculty to explore, design and build materials, assignments, and activities for Harvard courses. Contact your professor to see if your class is being supported by the Learning Lab.

The Media Lab is your one-stop shop for media creation. Don’t know how to get started? Student Media Consultants are available during help hours (9am-10pm Mon-Fri and 10am-10pm Sat & Sun during the academic year) to help you with any aspect of your media projects, from capture (filming, taking photos, recording audio), to editing in software you use on your machine or our machines. They also offer one-on-one consultations, workshops, and classes.

In the lab, you can:

• Import/Export Media: CDs, LP/records, cassette tapes, DVD, VHS, camera footage, Photos, slides, filmstrips, and positives/negatives
• Create Media: Use USB midi keyboards and music notation software to create music; Make videos, animations, visualizations, photos, posters, etc.; Use external monitors with your own machines
• Borrow Video/Audio Recording Equipment: 24-hour equipment checkout will provide you cameras (DSLRs, HD camcorders), SD cards, photo and video tripods, tripod phone mount, large LED lights with stands, green screen, black and white backdrops with stands, and snowball and yeti mics for USB recording

There are two media studios located in the basement of Cabot library. These studios are designed to provide high-quality audio and video recordings with only minimal training. Media Studio A is outfitted with a green screen, while Media Studio B is set up with a large digital display.

The studios are open to the Harvard community for 2 hour bookings during supported times. Please note that a training orientation is required prior to your first use of the studios. Trainings are offered Mondays - Fridays between 9am-5pm by appointment. Email Cablib@fas.harvard.edu for more information.

LinkedIn Learning provides current Harvard students, staff, and faculty with access to thousands of courses on computer software, business skills, IT, web design, audio/video tools, and more. LinkedIn Learning is a great first place to go for help learning new media software, and we highly recommend the trainings on iMovie, GarageBand, and Final Cut Pro X to complement the services we offer at the Learning Lab.

To access LinkedIn Learning:

1. Go to LinkedIn Learning
2. Click "Sign in", then “Sign in with your organization account”
3. Type in your Harvard email address and log in with your Harvard Key
4. When you log into LinkedIn Learning for the first time using Harvard's Single Sign On, the system will give you the option to connect a LinkedIn account to your LinkedIn Learning account. If you do not have a LinkedIn account, you will be able to create one. A LinkedIn account is not required to use LinkedIn Learning, click here to learn more about the benefits of connecting your LinkedIn Profile to your LinkedIn Learning account.
5. Search for the software of your choice and click a tutorial that corresponds with the software version you have