Book the Language Space
Important: Read about our new scheduling process for Fall 2024
LARC's Language Space provides SDSU world language students and faculty with rich, engaging media to support and enhance language teaching and learning. Located in Storm Hall, in rooms 204 and 205, LARC's Language Space offers an extensive set of materials and facilities, extended open hours, one-on-one assistance and a comfortable environment to support the acquisition and study of languages.
SDSU language faculty, staff, and students are welcome to request the use of our spaces by completing our reservation request form. All requests are subject to availability and must be made at least five days in advance. To best accommodate your class or event, our request form will ask for additional information on how you plan to use the space and regarding your tech needs.
Please read this section carefully as changes will be implemented starting Spring 2024.
- Group work and pod setup: 32 (8 mobile tables with 4 chairs each).
- Extended capacity: 50 with tables removed for lecture or film viewing seating.
- Bring your own device: Students can bring their own device to class and ask for in-class tech support from our assistants, or may choose to check out a laptop for use during class time. Up to 32 PCs and 32 Macs can be checked out for each class, depending on availability.
- Up to 32 headsets available for checkout.
- Projector for lectures and presentations, SmartBoard, document camera, and available webcams to record your class using Zoom or Camtasia (upon request).
- DiaConnect
- Technology and room setup support.
- Available for self-study.
- Group work and pod setup: 32 set up in 8 pods. Each pod is composed of 2 tables, 4 chairs, a 64” LED-LCD monitor for group/collaborative work, and HDMI and USB hook-ups for students who bring their own device. Laptops can be requested for use with each pod.
- Extended capacity: 50 with tables removed for lecture or film viewing seating.
- Bring your own device model: Students can bring their own device to class for use at each pod, or may choose to check out a laptop for use with the pods. Students may also check out Mac or PC laptops for individual work.
- Up to 32 headsets available for checkout.
- Projector for lectures and presentations, document camera, and available webcams to record your class using Zoom or Camtasia (upon request).
- DiaConnect
- Technology and room setup support.
- Available for self-study.
Who can request to use the Language Space?
- SDSU language and linguistics faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants.
- CAL and language program academic coordinators, on behalf of their program or department.
- Faculty, instructors, lecturers and teaching assistants in the College of Arts & Letters and the Digital Humanities.
- SDSU graduate and undergraduate students are also welcome to book the Language Space for special activities related to language learning, or for club and organization meetings and events.
Guidelines
- The reservation holder must be present during the entire scheduled time and is responsible for ensuring all participants follow use guidelines.
- All reservation holders must complete a walk-through of the Language Space before their first use. This includes all new reservation holders, as well as any regular reservation holders when significant hardware/software updates have been made to a room.
- No food or drinks are allowed in the Language Space (close-lid water bottles are okay and should remain on the floor).
- Only LARC staff are able to make software/hardware or furniture changes.
- Electronic doors must remain closed at all times. Please avoid propping doors open.
- Resources available in the Language Space should remain in the space at all times, including devices and their peripherals.
- Future approval of reservations is dependent on upholding Language Space policies and guidelines.
- For technical difficulties or assistance, or help accessing our rooms, contact our Language Space staff located in SH 204, SH 207-C, and SH 204-B, or reach us by phone (619-594-6177) or email [email protected].
Each semester, the Language Space accepts reservations in two stages:
(1) Language department chairs and coordinators will schedule courses in the Language
Space one year in advance (in March for Spring of the following year, and in October
for Fall of the following year).
(2) Once courses have been scheduled by language department chairs and coordinators,
faculty, staff, and student groups are welcome to make their reservation requests
for the upcoming semester.
If you would like to teach in the Language Space for the entire duration of the semester (up to half of your class sessions each week), or have done this in the past and would like to continue, please contact your language department chair or coordinator.
If your department or program has placed your course in the Language Space, please contact our Learning Technologies Coordinator, Mari Ocando Finol at [email protected].
For all other requests including reservations for selected class sessions and events, reservation requests will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, in accordance with the following priorities:
- Selected class sessions that prioritize technology mediated language teaching during their time in the Language Space.
- Workshops or training sessions that advanced the use of technology mediated language teaching. Selected class sessions that prioritize collaborative work, student-led and student-centered language teaching practices.
- Selected class sessions in which a new instructor will explore the resources and technologies available in the Language Space.
- Selected class sessions that will use technology for assessment/testing.
- Courses whose current/prospective enrollment will maximize the seating capacity of the requested room.
*If conflicts in priority arise, groups that maximize the Language Space’s seating capacity will be prioritized.
Please read carefully the Scheduling Priorities section above. Starting Fall 2024, reservation requests can only be made through this form during the second stage of the reservation process.
To request to use the Language Space, please complete our reservation request form.
All requests are subject to availability.
Reservation requests should be made at least 5 business days in advance and must indicate how you will use the technology available in our space.
Self-Study
Students are welcome to use the Language Space for self-study during regular weekdays from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Just walk in or check in with our LARC assistants at the front desk, and let us know if you need additional support or have any questions.
Check your bookings
Whether your department has made a reservation for you, or you have made your own bookings, all scheduled times are visible for you when you sign into Skedda. Signing into Skedda is the best way to view all your bookings and make sure you have requested the tech setup you need for your scheduled time. If you are a frequent user of the Language Space, we recommend that you bookmark this page for future use.
To sign into Skedda:
- Visit sdsularc.skedda.com and sign in using your SDSU email address. If needed, use the Reset login now option to reset your password.
- Type your name into the filter box. Then, select the date range for which you wish to see your bookings. The page will automatically update to show a full list of all your bookings.
View Our Schedule
To view the full details of our schedule, you must sign into Skedda, our booking system, with your SDSU email. Upon signing in, the schedule below will be fully visible to you.
Questions?
Email us at [email protected] or contact our Learning Technologies Coordinator, Mari Ocando Finol.