[Using Sakai] Video Hosting Solutions

Tue Oct 23 14:20:31 PDT 2012

ResendingŠI don't think this made it to the list yesterday.

Mark

On 10/22/12 10:38 AM, "Notess, Mark H" <mnotess at iu.edu> wrote:

>Indiana University and Northwestern University are working with a group of
>other institutions (some Sakai, some not) to create a free, open-source
>video and audio solution, the Avalon Media System. Our focus is on
>managing and delivering library content. If your focus is on
>user-generated content, we're probably not the solution for you. But if
>you want to deliver copyrighted, institutionally-produced, or archival
>content in an access-controlled environment, in support of teaching,
>learning, and research, you may want to learn more about us--and join with
>us:
>
>http://www.avalonmediasystem.org
>
>We expect our first installable release in February and our first
>production-ready release next fall. Some of the features we are working on
>include:
>
>- flexible access control, including integration with institutional
>authentication and authorization systems
>- desktop browser and mobile support
>- pedagogical support in the form of bookmarking, clip-making, playlists
>and annotation
>- structural metadata to support efficient within-media navigation (think
>chapters, tracks)
>- LMS integration - not just Sakai, but including Sakai
>- robust metadata to support search/browse & integration with preservation
>repository systems
>
>
>We are leveraging other university-oriented open-source products such as
>Opencast Matterhorn, Project Hydra, and Duraspace (Fedora). We will work
>with a variety of media servers including Adobe Flash and Red5.
>
>Happy to answer any questions regarding the project.
>
>Best,
>
>Mark
>--
>Mark Notess
>Manager, Teaching & Learning Systems Development
>Library Technologies and Digital Libraries
>IU Bloomington Libraries
>Indiana University
>Bloomington, Indiana 47405
>812.856.0494 (w)
>mnotess at iu.edu
>
>
>
>On 10/19/12 4:37 AM, "Fawei Geng" <fawei.geng at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi Leah, John and all,
>>
>>Thanks for starting such an interesting conversation.
>>
>>We are also interested in finding out how others in the Sakai community
>>think about video hosting/storing in Sakai and integrating with other
>>external systems.
>>The particular areas we'd like to hear from you:
>>
>>*  Do you host/store video files in Sakai or in a separate system (e.g. a
>>video repository system)
>>*  If you host video files in Sakai, what tools do you use to upload and
>>publish them, e.g. Resources, Podcasts, News?
>>*  What is your policy on quotas for hosting or storing video in Sakai ?
>>
>>* If you host your media files outside of Sakai, what systems are they?
>>* Any policy and technical issues around access control - private access
>>and user authentication?
>>* Any thought on the future directions  of video
>>hosting/storing/publishing?
>>
>>Thanks very much in anticipation!
>>
>>Kind regards 
>>
>>Fawei
>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>Fawei Geng, FHEA CMALT MBCS
>>IT Services, University of Oxford
>>13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN
>>Blog: http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/fawei/
>>Twitter: http://twitter.com/oxford4learning/
>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>[mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of John
>>Johnston
>>Sent: 18 October 2012 14:06
>>To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Video Hosting Solutions
>>
>>Hello Leah.
>>
>>The University of Michigan began piloting Kaltura and the Sakai Media
>>Gallery Extension this term. The Sakai integration provides some nice
>>tools for uploading, organizing, and sharing media. It includes a
>>FCKEditor plugin that allows you to insert media into several sakai tools
>>including assignments, announcements, recourses, etc. Kaltura has a very
>>broad user base that includes top-tier corporations and educational
>>institutions, so its scalability has been well proven. The company has
>>been very responsive to our input and has made several changes to the
>>product based on our requirements. In regards to your cost question,
>>there are  many options ranging from running the open-source locally to a
>>fully hosted solution, so I can't give you a ballpark figure.
>>
>>In our experience most of the complicated issues around implementing
>>Video Content Management are ones of policy. The product itself is
>>relatively straight-forward to implement and use. Again, we are early in
>>our pilot, so I suspect we will have a more mature view of the tool. I
>>know there are other sakai institutions with a longer history with the
>>product, so perhaps they can provide a longer-view perspective.
>>
>>I would be happy to discuss this issue in more detail with you.
>>
>>On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM,
>><sakai-user-request at collab.sakaiproject.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
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>>>    1. Video Hosting Solutions (Leah Bergman)
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>>> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:18:03 -0400
>>> From: Leah Bergman <lbergman1 at udayton.edu>
>>> Subject: [Using Sakai] Video Hosting Solutions
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>>> Hi everyone.
>>>
>>> We're in the early stages of reviewing video solutions and wondered if
>>> anyone had any experience with Kaltura that they're willing to share?
>>> Would you recommend it?  We want to make uploading and sharing video
>>> files in course sites as easy and care free for faculty (and probably
>>> students) as we possibly can.  We've used solutions like YouTube,
>>> ScreenCast, Vimeo, etc. in the past but all have their own limitations.
>>>
>>> We are specifically interested in:
>>>
>>>    - The Sakai integration
>>>    - Product reliability/robustness
>>>    - Space/streaming limitations
>>>    - Cost
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have other suggestions for video hosting (besides Kaltura), we
>>> welcome those as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for any information you can share.
>>> Leah
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> Leah Bergman, M.Ed.
>>> E-Learning Specialist
>>> University of Dayton
>>> 300 College Park, LTC Rm 038
>>> Dayton, OH 45469-1302
>>> Office:  (937) 229-5499
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>>John Johnston - Product Manager & Lead Business Systems Analyst ITS
>>Teaching & Learning, University of Michigan
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