In order to demonstrate the effect of music in video, a University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP) music professor needed to transport large numbers of video and audio tapes back and forth to his class. In addition, for every tape (example) he wanted his students to see or hear he would have to run up and down two sets of stairs to a projection booth, located at the very top of the auditorium-like classroom, to insert a new tape. Each interruption would break the mood he had worked so hard to create. Could technology help? In the fall of 1998 with little, if any, fanfare UWSP streamed its first audio for the Music in Video course. Six months later streaming video was added; all audio and video for the course could now be accessed from the course web site. The professor no longer carries tapes to class nor does he have to interrupt his class to change a tape. With the push of a button his audio and video examples are instantly available as he demonstrates how music in video creates an environment that affect how and what we see.

In retrospect, the activities leading to and from that event are momentous and have influenced a number of exciting educational opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. What began as an effort to utilize available technologies to increase faculty efficiency has resulted in some unexpected consequences.

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