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Digital Signs

The Office of Communications and Marketing oversees content displayed on digital signs located in several buildings and offices around campus.

Locations currently include:

  • Agnes Edwards Hall
  • Baker Hall
  • Billeaud Hall
  • Bittle Hall
  • Bonin Hall
  • Bourgeois Hall
  • Broussard Hall
  • Buchanan Hall
  • Burke-Hawthorne Hall
  • Childhood Development Building
  • Coronna Hall
  • Edith Garland Dupré Library
  • F.G. Mouton Hall
    Griffin Hall
  • Huger Hall
  • Judice-Rickles Hall
  • Lee Hall
  • Martin Hall
  • Moody Hall
  • Stephens Hall
  • Office of Transportation Services
  • Office of Research
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Student Union

The digital monitors promote University-related events or messages. Each graphic is shown for 7-10 seconds at a time.

If you have a message you would like displayed, contact us for a consultation or upload your file below. Be sure to read the graphic requirements and contact us at 337-482-6393 if you have any questions.

The University also has an electronic billboard in the Student Union, outside Blackham Coliseum, and at the corner of Rex Street and St. Mary Boulevard. The billboards are monitored by the Office of Auxiliary Services. Learn more about the digital billboards on the Office of Auxiliary Service website.

Graphic Requirements

  • File type: The graphic file must be a PNG file.
  • Size: Graphics should be sized at 16:9.
  • Resolution: The graphic resolution should be 72 ppi.

Content

  • The content must be University-related.
  • Keep text to a minimum, but make sure to include the who, what, where, when, and briefly answer why.
  • The text should be easy and quick to read in seven to ten seconds.
  • Information for the program or event that is being promoted should be included on a University website. Additionally, the graphic should list that website for more information.
  • Review your content for typos, missing punctuation or misspellings. 
  • View a style guide that includes proper date and time formats, abbreviations, and acronyms.

Design

  • A simple design is best. It should be quickly understood.
  • Images placed within the graphic should be of a good resolution. Pixelated images will appear pixelated on the digital signs.

Branding

  • If you include the University's name in your graphic, refer to it as the "University of Louisiana at Lafayette" or "UL Lafayette."
  • If you use the University's logo, make sure it is the proper one.
  • Allow for space around the logo.
  • Logos must not be distorted in any way.
  • View more information regarding the University's branding and logos.

Review

  • Graphics are reviewed for the above requirements upon submission.
  • You may be asked to make edits to your graphic and resubmit.
  • Allow three days for the review process.

Send your image files to winder@louisiana.edu.