Hi, I’m DJ. I work at the University of South Australia and we are at our Magill campus. This
is home to our Education, Creative Industries, Psychology, Social Work and Human Services
programs. We are so excited to show you just some of the facilities we have for our students.
So, join my colleagues and I as we show you a few of our favourite spaces at the Magill campus.
Hey guys, good to see you! My name’s Adrian and I work at the University of South Australia.
I’m in the Radio Studio, so this is a broad-cast-standard radio studio and this
facility is used by our journalism students and they get to practise their journalism
skills, they get to essentially produce a show. This is show is run 24/7 on Unicast
and this is played throughout all of the University of South Australia campuses
and it’s also broadcast on the internet 24/7. We are going walk into an amazing facility now,
so this is our broadcast-standard Film and Television Studio. This features one of the
largest green screen studios in all of South Australia. We've got a broadcast standard news
desk here, so our journalism students use this facility to practice their journalism skills
using the teleprompter. They also form their show reel which is used to show prospective
employees. The Film and Television students use this space as well with the more technical things,
motion capture, etc. We actually are going to meet one of our Film and Television students right now.
So, this is Ez. Hi Ez, how you doing? Hi Adrian I’m good and you?
Very well thank you. So how are you enjoying your program here at Magill campus so far?
I love the program here, it's really engaging. I love how the Magill campus is a short distance
outside the city. It's much quieter. There's lots of study spaces, both indoors and outdoors.
Fantastic and I heard you've had quite a bit of industry exposure throughout
your degree so far, which is awesome. Yeah, so currently, I'm doing my final year
with Rising Sun Pictures, as part of my visual effects specialization. Rising Sun Pictures is
an animation studio situated here in Adelaide. They worked on movies like Thor: Ragnarok,
Spider-Man: Far from Home, and the latest Mortal Kombat film. So we are taught by artists who
work on this film and they give us a first-hand experience on how a visual effects studio works.
That's so awesome. It's a pretty big industry here in Adelaide, isn't it for Film and TV?
Yeah it is. Yeah,
fantastic. So tell me a bit about this space. Yeah, so this space has a lot of things going
around here. So as you can see, there's a green screen at the back where students can film work
for the visual effects work. We also have motion sensor cameras around where we put on those
motion capture suits and we take that data to the computer, to do more animation work there. There's
also a sound editing room where students can do Foley work, as well as audio mixing as well.
Fantastic and I see this as part of your show reel behind us. So tell me a bit about that.
So this is my current show reel, it's short collection of my best work.
It chronicles my experience in my degree program. So a show reel is what you would give to potential
employees to get a job. Fantastic. So that's it from the Film and Television Studio here at Magill
campus. Back to you DJ, bye for now. We are now in the gym,
this is run by UniSA Sport and the spaces are actually designed to cater for people of
a whole heap of different abilities and different fitness levels. You can see behind me all sorts
of equipment that you can use. Our students can use these spaces, our staff, alumni and
general members of public and our students actually get really good membership rates.
Walk with me over here and I'll show you the courts. There are more than
20 different sporting clubs here at UniSA just to name a few, basketball, lacrosse,
netball. It's a great way to meet new friends, socialise and get fit! Over to you, Adrian.
Hi everyone, welcome to the Samsung Smart School. We've got some smart basketballs going on here,
these basketballs measure the speed and velocity of your shots.
This facility is an amazing teacher training facility for our teaching and education students.
As the name suggests, it's Samsung Smart School, the first Samsung Smart School in
all of Australia, and the most technologically advanced teacher training facility around.
So, this space is brilliant for our teachers to self-analyse. Students come in and use this space,
it's digitally connected. It's got an array of Samsung technology, from VR goggles,
through to large form screens, video walls, Samsung tablets, and whole range of
equipment. Our education students get to teach and self-analyse as well. So we've
got our Bachelor of Education (Honours) students here working on a range of different things. So,
tell me about what you're working on here? These are called Ozobots and they're meant to
teach coding to students. So primary school age students can use this to do basic instructions
and code different patterns, shapes, and make all the robots go around, tying it
into other STEM subjects. Cool, looks like fun, too.
So I've got something else going on over here. It looks like fun.
Yeah, we've got a robotic car that you can code to drive in circles, it flashes, makes some noises.
It's really good for primary age students, because it's a really simplistic way of coding.
Brilliant. As you can see, it's all about keeping the fun in learning here at
the Samsung Smart School, we've got some VR technology going on over here looks like fun.
We've got another one of our students over here. So what are you working on over here?
Oh, we're just messing around with some augmented reality. So moving an avatar throughout a school
that's actually not really there. Cool. Very good. Another one over here.
So here we have a 360 camera, it can be positioned in a room and see the whole room
from your phone. Here we have a photograph of the area just outside the Smart School
and you're able to move it around and look at it from the point where the camera was.
It's a good tool to help students with mapping and also coding as well.
Great. So that's it from the Samsung Smart School here at the Magill campus. Back to you, DJ.
Thank you, Adrian. We are now in our student lounge and cafe space. So over on this side,
we've got a pool table, we've got a tennis table, we've got some kitchen facilities, sinks,
toasters, anything you might need to fix up your lunch. Behind me we've got a cute little eatery,
you can buy any food, gluten free, vegetarian, you name it, we've got it. Over on this side here,
we've got a lot more social spaces. So we've got a student lounge,
you can tune in to watch a TV show, you can come here in between your lessons,
socialise with your friends, or just come and chill after a long day.
As we walk further down here, we've got another café. This offers more options.
So you've got your sandwiches, you've got your cakes, you've got really amazing coffee. Since
I met Harry, this is the place to be, I might as well go and get my coffee! Over to you, Adrian.
Hey everyone, welcome to our Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. This space is used by our
Bachelor of Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) students, along with researchers. And really
within this space, they explore the relationship between the brain and human activity and our
cognitive abilities as well. So in here we do some really sort of safe experiments. So in this room,
we've got Harley. Hi, Harley, how you doing? Pretty good, thanks.
So Harley’s wearing an EEG cap which measures the electrical activity going on in the brain
and also the blood flow going on in the brain as well. This is just one of the many experiments and
initiatives that we do within this Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory. So, back to you, DJ.
Okay, so I'm here to talk to you about our Student Engagement Unit and Campus Central.
Here behind me, you can see Campus Central, they're really the first point of contact for you
on any matters relating to your study life, whether it be enrollment, academic policy,
or any other questions you may have while studying with us. You can contact Campus Central via email,
phone or online chat. Student Engagement really look after your well being and
learning needs during your journey at UniSA. They also organise a lot of events
on campus and virtually so you can sort of check in and speak to your classmates, even virtually.
What else do I tell you about Magill campus? Well, it is less than 20 minutes away from the
city centre. A lot of students choose to have accommodation nearby campus,
a lot of students use public transport and a lot of students choose to drive in,
which is really great, because the one of the many benefits of Magill campus is the parking here.
So it's only $2 a day, which is less than a cup of coffee here in Adelaide. That's pretty great.
Magill campus is so beautiful, green, and lush. And if you look high enough,
for long enough, you may just spot a koala. Let's check out what Adrian is up do.
Hi everyone and welcome to one of our Social Work Studios here at Magill campus.
As you can see, there's a two-way mirror. There's also video recording technology. So the classroom
is back there, the class observe mock interviews going on here. So we've got a couple of students
here working on their communication, interview skills and social work skills in a really safe
and supportive environment. The great thing about the technology in here is that enables
us to play it back and just work on areas for improvement for future. As I said, as well,
it does give them the opportunity to build up that confidence and those skills prior to going into
one of their placements. So they do have a lot of placement hours in a real environment. So yeah,
this is a perfect opportunity to build up those skills. We have the interview space here and also
the office space over there. So this is our Social Work Studio. Bye for now back to DJ.
Thanks, Adrian and thank you all for joining us on the tour of our Magill campus.
We hope you enjoyed it and that we'll see you on campus soon.