[Announcements] Opencast Matterhorn 1.0 Launched!

[Mara Hancock]

Last week, an international consortium of universities, Opencast,  
released the first enterprise-level webcasting software application  
designed for and by higher education. Dubbed "Matterhorn 1.0", the  
open source application enables colleges and universities to   
broadcast course lectures over the internet at significantly reduced  
cost from proprietary systems.
Academic institutions can use Matterhorn to produce lecture  
recordings, manage existing video, publish video to the web, and  
enable students to engage with educational videos.  As an open source  
platform with no licensing fee, Matterhorn is designed to affordably  
and efficiently scale according to an institution’s needs and the  
expected growth in academic video. You can learn more about the launch  
at http://www.opencastproject.org/matterhorn_10_press_release.

Note that two Sakai institutions, UC Berkeley and Indiana University  
were involved in the development of Matterhorn 1.0 and will be  
continuing to work on Sakai / Matterhorn integration points. If you  
are interested in exploring this with us, please drop me a line.


Get started here:

"Product Tour"
Take a look at the product functionality
http://www.opencastproject.org/matterhorn_tour

"Release Notes and Documentation"
All the relevant documentation and information related to the release  
can be found in the wiki.
http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/1.0+August+2010

"Download"
Visit the download page to access source and binary.
http://www.opencastproject.org/download

As an alternative, several base camp institutions from the community  
are hosting a Matterhorn installation available for testing. Contact  
the base camp for more information about accessing Matterhorn. https://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Matterhorn+Basecamps

"Communication/Support"
Several communication channels exist for gettings started with  
Matterhorn. Visit the contact page for details.
http://www.opencastproject.org/contact-us


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Mara Hancock
Director of Educational Technologies
University of California, Berkeley

http://ets.berkeley.edu
Desk: 510-643-9923
Mobile: 510-407-0543





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