Digital Signage
UTSA’s digital signage displays events, announcements, deadlines and campus information on screens across campuses. It offers a cost-effective, eco-friendly way to share strategic messaging with the university community, especially students.
Colleges and departments should work with their College Communicator to review and submit content. Other university content creators can submit materials to be added to the screens.
Before you submit, please ensure your content meets the following requirements:
Messaging
- Timely
- Primary audience should be students
- Supports students’ personal/professional growth and academic success
- Includes your UTSA sub-branded logo
Images
- Sized to exactly 1920px long by 1080px tall (to fit horizontal screens)
- JPG, PNG or GIF format
- Follows UTSA visual style guidelines
Videos
- High-definition
- MP4, MOV or another standard video file format
- Kinetic typography is preferred over regular video
- No longer than 30 seconds
- Sound should not be a necessary component. If video includes speaking, closed captioning must be included.
Best Practices
- Your goal is to be able to capture the attention of a person walking past a screen in 10 seconds.
- To be most effective, your image/video should run for at least two (2) weeks.
- Use UTSA Orange and UTSA Blue as your primary colors. Consult the UTSA Visual Style Guide for more information on complying with the UTSA brand.
- For legibility, please use 24 pt. or larger font size. Keep text copy to a minimum!
- Refrain from relying solely on QR codes for more info. Many of the screens are higher than eye level and QR codes have to be quite large to be effective.
- Consider using free online design platform like Adobe Express to create your graphics.
SUBMIT YOUR SIGNAGE REQUESTS
The playlist is updated regularly. Please submit your image/video assets at least 3 days before you want it to appear in rotation on the screens.
Locations of ASC managed campus-wide monitors:
- AET 1st floor commons
- MB 0.100 atrium area
- MB 1.100 atrium area
- MH 1st floor above elevator lobby
- MS 1st floor entrance near elevators
- MS 1st floor near VizLab
- MS 2nd floor hallway
- NPB 451
- RWC 1.100 N Commons Entrance
- SEB 1st floor entrance
- SEB 1st floor elevator lobby
- SEB 2nd floor elevator lobby
- SEB 3rd floor elevatory lobby
- SEB 4th floor elevator lobby
- DB 1st floor elevators
- FS 1st floor coffee area
- FS 1st floor dining area
The Academic Strategic Communications team oversees and manages the content shared on the screens.
Learning Technologies oversees the installation, upkeep and maintenance of existing screens and associated equipment and provides consultation if your area is interested in purchasing your own monitors and Screenly license(s).
