Impact Outcome How-To Guides & Support

To organize a Humanities Lab public event, you'll need to know the date, time, location, mode, number of expected participants, technology needs, and other details for the event you'd like to organize.

Possible on-campus venues include:

• Cady Mall, Orange Mall, or Student Services Lawn for tabling outside Memorial Union and Student Pavilion
  • See Memorial Union Outdoor Space Map and Student Pavilion Outdoor Space Map for available tabling locations.
• Old Main conference rooms
• Classroom spaces (ISTB7- 409 and some spaces in Durham Hall)

Please be aware that students cannot complete forms or agreements for venue space. Students may reach out to venues to determine rates and amenities, but the Humanities Lab will ultimately need to book the venue on the Labs' behalf. If your Lab team has the details mapped and ready to get started, send us an email to humanitieslab@asu.edu.

To make a film, documentary, or video, you'll need recording equipment and an application such as Lightworks, iMovie, or Adobe Premiere. (As a student, you have free access to Adobe software, which you can request here.)

You'll also need recording releases for anyone appearing in the video, with additional paperwork if you're filming on campus at Arizona State University. 

Unless you own your own cameras or have previous experience, we recommend reaching out to the ASU Makerspace in Hayden Library or Learning Support Services in the School of International Letters and Cultures to borrow equipment from the Online Public Access Catalog, receive training, and connect with resources.

ASU has dedicated facilities for filmmaking with proper recording, editing, and audio equipment. You can book spaces at Hayden Library's Recording Suite and Editing Bay or SILC Learning Support Services' Collaboratory and One-Button Studio.

Lastly, you can find free-to-use audio resources on the Creative Commons, International Music Score Library, or Free Music Archive and stock video footage on Pexels.

To create a podcast, you'll need recording equipment, an application like Audacity, Garage Band, or Adobe Audition and a hosting platform such as Anchor or Podbean.

You'll also need recording releases for anyone appearing in the podcast.

While you can create a good podcast using your personal computer, without any previous experience, we recommend reaching out to the ASU Makerspace in Hayden Library to book one of the Podcasting Studios or to Learning Support Services in the School of International Letters and Cultures to borrow equipment from the Online Public Access Catalog, receive training, and connect with resources. 

Lastly, you can find free-to-use audio resources on the Creative Commons, International Music Score Library, or Free Music Archive.

To create a design, you'll need an application like Canva or Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, which you can access for free by requesting Adobe Creative Cloud here. If your design is relatively simple or mostly text, you may also be able to get away with Microsoft Powerpoint or Word.

For stock photographs, illustrations, or animations to populate your printed or digital materials, you can find free-to-use resources at sites such as Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels and FreeImages.

Websites can be used to establish an online presence for an impact outcome. To design a site, consider using a website builder such as Digication for ePortfolios, Google Sites for simple, shareable sites, ArcGIS Storymaps for geography-related outcomes, or Wix for extensive customized websites.

For stock photographs, illustrations, or animations to populate your website, you can find free-to-use resources at sites such as Unsplash, Pixabay, Reshot, or Pexels.

Need help getting the word out about your impact outcome? The Humanities Lab frequently uses its social media accounts to help students' outcomes reach a larger audience. In the past students have used the Humanities Lab's social media for weeklong Instagram takeovers and announcements for impact outcome events.

You may request a social media post for your impact outcome by submitting this online form, after which the Humanities Lab will review your request and get back to you within 48 hours. If you are considering a social media takeover, please email us at humanitieslab@asu.edu.