SPRING 2025 HOURS
M - 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
T - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
W - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
R - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
F - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please make sure that when you return equipment you do so with enough time to ensure that it in the proper configuraion.
Houston Baptist University - connect2
Houston Baptist University - Cinema
Welcome to connect2, the online resource booking systems for HBU. We have a variety of equipment, edit suites, and studios that can be booked by students and staff.
What connect2 can do for you
- View all available items online
- Check items real time availability
- Amend, cancel and renew your bookings
- Search your booking history
Open hours
Contact us
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Welcome to Connect2!
Our new inventory software for the equipment room is up and live! You can now go and build out your own reservation, pick the exact equipment you want, and know when it will be ready for you to pick up.
You can also reserve classrooms, advanced labs, and other CNMA owned spaces through this software as well. No more hoping you can have a room, fighting over time in a space, or passive-aggressive note-leaving. Crazy. Room reservations are limited to 3-hour blocks so no one can monopolize a room for days on end.
Help
Each piece of equipment has either a manual or tutorial video. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a staff member.
Want to learn how to use a specific type of equipment? Click "HCU Equipment Training Sign-Up" to schedule a lesson with Prof. Josh Spires.
Policies
Equipment rental is a privilege, not a right. If you too frequently return equipment late, broken, or improperly packed, this privilege can be revoked.
The person renting out the equipment will take full responsibility for it and agree to return it in the same condition in which the received it. They should understand that they are liable for any damage to or loss of their rented items during their assigned checkout period.
In order to check out equipment for no extra costs from the ER you must either be a current student in a fee-charging CNMA course.
Alums and outside customers may rent from us for rental fees.
HBU students, faculty, and staff will be liable for up to 10% of the cost of repair or replacement for any checkout up to $7,500. For any checkout valued above $7,500 total, a damage waiver of 1% will be required, assessed only on the value of the equipment that exceeds $7,500.
Please arrive promptly to collect your equipment. Failure to collect equipment within 1 hour of the booking time will result in your booking being automatically cancelled.
If you no longer wish to borrow the items, you can delete the reservation by logging back into your account and selecting "Active Booking" near the top of the page. From the next page you will see your bookings and can click on the booking reference (e.g. Con123456) and then delete your booking. This can only be done before the items are due for collection.
Want to book Advanced Equipment? Contact the Equipment Room Manager for more information.
