Overview

Digital signage is found in the following locations:

• Penland Administration Building

• Sciences Building

• Nursing Building

• Etherredge Center

• Humanities & Social Sciences Building

• Library

• Student Activities Center

• Business & Education Building

• Wellness Center

• Children's Center

• Pacer Commons

• Pacer Crossings

Guidelines

• Digital signage is primarily intended for use by USC Aiken recognized student groups and university departments. Slides must advertise university-sponsored events only.  No personal events, sales, or advertisements will be accepted.  Personal events include, but are not limited to, parties, yard sales, and birthdays.

• For events, slides must include the following: the sponsor of the event, event name, location, date, and time. You may want to also include information such as costs, contact information or registration, etc.

• Submissions must be made at least five business days in advance of the event date. 

• The marketing department has the right to review and approve or deny all slides submitted.

• Slides may be rejected based on content, language, pictures, images, or references to alcohol.

• Slides must comply with established University logo standards.

• Messages that include the copyrighted or trademarked works of others will not be posted without written permission.

• Slides are displayed for approximately 10 seconds at a time and in rotation with slides. Fonts should be easy for viewers to read.  Please limit the amount of text, and make the text as large as possible.

• Please proofread slides before submitting.

Graphics Specifications

• Dimensions : 4:3 Ratio, 1400 x 1050px

• File Type : PNG is preferred, but JPG/JPEG, GIF (including animated), and TIFF are also supported.

Slides may be created in Powerpoint, using the Standard (4:3) dimensions. By default, Powerpoint uses Widescreen format; you can change this setting in the Design tab.

Video Specifications

• Dimensions : 4:3 ratio, at least 1400px x 1050px

• File Type Supported : MP4

• Maximum File Size : up to 250MB

• Recommended Length : 20 seconds or less

Please remove all audio tracks from videos, and add captions for any dialogue that occurs in the video.

Process for Submitting Slides to Marketing

• Send all slide submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

• Slide submissions should include the following :

  • The slide as an attachment

  • Specific start and end dates.

  • Location(s) for displaying each slide