The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is a public four-year university located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with a Communications division offering majors in video journalism and production. Its programme focuses on training students to develop career- ready, bilingual multiplatform storytelling skills. UTA produces multiple English and Spanish language student newscasts per week. UTA first acquired core Ross solutions for multicamera video studio productions including a Carbonite Switcher (Vision Mixer), XPression Graphics & Video Playout Server plus the educational version of the Ross browser-based Inception newsroom system for accessible, collaborative pre-production planning and live production. This gave a strong technology set to teach video journalism production skills utilising industry- standard solutions for fundamental, connected and traditional manual workflows where students staffed each production position. UTA noticed that the majority of television station groups hiring students had either adopted or were planning to adopt Ross OverDrive for Automated Production Control (APC) with repeatable, high-quality newscasts. To stay ahead, UTA began to plan long-term curriculum changes for adoption of this tech, preparing students to graduate with careers. When Ross began offering an educational version of OverDrive to schools, UTA’s School of Communication began to budget for OverDrive adoption. UTA eventually approved their funding request, citing measurable market demand for operators, adoption of the solution and a strong customer experience working with Ross. OVERDRIVE COMES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON our product portfolio,” adds Peschau. “As a result, we actively connect regional educational institutions with commercial employers that might be good candidates for their students. “Ross also works diligently to facilitate professional development opportunities for both professors and instructors through global education associations for video and live production educators. Members of these organisations get hands-on chances to brush up on their skills and maintain them at a high level.” To learn more about what Ross Video offers within the education field, head to go.rossvideo.com/education- solutions . Follow the journey of a recent graduate that was hired immediately because their school invested in Ross Education Solutions educators to familiarise students with industry-standard best practices
“Our solutions familiarise students with the industry-standard workflows they can expect to be exposed to – and required to be proficient in once they start their first jobs. “On top of this, there has been a growing number of schools who are developing specialised curriculum and programmes, teaching students how to produce things like live sports, live events, esports competitions and more using our range of products.” It is evident that Ross’ solutions allow for a seamless transformation of a control room to suit many types of production. From news, sports and live productions, the flexibility
on offer gives students substantial experience, paving the way to future job opportunities. A deep portfolio of products enables schools to begin building however they wish – even if that’s by starting small and gradually adding equipment as that educational programme flourishes. ROSS TRAINING THE TRAINERS As Ross’ solutions are the industry standard, proficiency in them has become a qualification of its own. “Our industry customers often reach out to us to help them identify the educational institutions from which they can hire recent graduates that are trained up on our technology, as it’s our solutions they are already invested in. They often wish to strengthen that investment by hiring a workforce thoroughly trained on
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