deploying kaltura at vancouver island university

Deploying Kaltura at Vancouver Island University

Michael PaskeviciusLearning Technologies Application Developer

Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning, Vancouver Island University

ETUG Spring Workshop 2013 SFU Burnaby

June 6th and 7th

The case for streaming video on campus• Premised on research done by BC Campus • Powered by Kaltura • Streaming media - not video files on webpages • All data hosted on campus • Integrated with local systems

– Uses VIU user accounts – Integrating with Desire2Learn (soon)

• Device & bandwidth specific ‘flavours‘ of video • Videos private by default • Access control, via embed codes/links or by IP

Educational Technology Software Services at VIU

Deployed on premises Hosted Services (Can)

Kaltura CE version 5.0 Codename Eagle Release Jan. 26, 2012

Timeline of deployment

• December 2011 – VIU enters agreement with Kaltura for on-premises deployment

• May 2012 – Scoping document completed and send to Kaltura

• August 2012 - Server configuration confirmed and deployed at VIU

• September 2012 - First videos uploaded to Kaltura• January 2013 – Launch of Mediaspace (VIUTube)

for self service by instructors and students

Minutes

Average video time 8.63Max 158Min 2

462

209

54

Video contributions by role

AdminInstructorStudent

374

5

346

Contributions by media type

Video ImagesAudio

Video locationSum of

embedded playsVIUTube 1044KMC 787D2L 413Unknown 241Blogs 75VIU Websites 41Facebook 1

• 2 Transcoding servers – quad core

• Supported flavors: Web, Android, iPhone, iPad, HTML5, Blackberry/Nokia

• 2 Front End API servers• 2 Batch Servers• 2 Sphinx servers• 2 Mysql servers• 1 Admin/Data Warehouse

server• 1 Live Streaming server (Red5

encoding)• >1 Terabyte of shared storage

(NFS preferred)

Suggested Hardware List – at a glance

Video flavours created for each videoCurrently transcoding:

• Basic small MP4 - 496 kbps• Standard small MP4 - 846 kbps• Standard large MP4 – 1446 kbps• High large MP4 – 2628 kbps • HD MP4 – 4192 kbps• iPad MP4 – 1660 kbps• Mobile 3GP – 864 kbps• Mobile MP4 Basic - 464 kbps• Audio MP3 – 128 kbps

Kaltura serves the appropriate flavour based on the device it is being accessed on and the available bandwidth

Mobile views from within D2L

Three Administrative Systems

• Kaltura Management Console (KMC)

• Kaltura Administrative Console (KAC)

• Kaltura Mediaspace Admin (KMA)

One public facing website

• Kaltura Mediaspace

Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) aka VIUTube(VIU Community access)

• Kaltura MediaSpace User Manual• VIU Users can upload video • Users can record from webcam • Users can manage own content and

manage embed codes and links

Upload media files

Get embed codes

Record directly from webcam

Kaltura Management Console(Admin only access)

Kaltura Management Console User Manual

Monitor uploaded content from users in VIUTube and

D2L

Edit and curate content in the system

Bulk categorize, tag and delete content

Manage categories

Make videos public on VIUTube website

Create and edit Kaltura video players

View video analytics

Upload content

Manage bulk upload process

Create live streams

Full control of players

• Playlists, general media players, widescreen players

• Download buttons• Flavour selectors

Kaltura MediaSpace Admin (VIUTube)(Admin only access)

• Kaltura MediaSpace Admin User Manual

• Configuration of VIUTube • Configure LDAP integration • Manage look and feel of KMS• Manage add-ins and modules

Kaltura Admin Console(Admin only access)

• Kaltura Admin Console User Manual• Manage administrators • Access and view stats on media

assets • High level monitoring • API Control

Integration• Mediawiki support

dropped

• Wordpress network embed required development of OEMBED plugin for KMS– Developed, not yet

contributed to Wordpress plugin directory

D2L-Kaltura Integration

Open Issues:

• No feedback for uploaders after contributing

• Persistent quality issues with webcam recording

• Placement of webcam recording option within D2L (Student deposit video in dropbox?)

Adding Subtitles • Subtitles can be created when creating the video (in Camtasia or Premier) or

added to the video by uploading a subtitle text file (SRT) • In YouTube you can edit and download your own subtitles• Have YouTube autocaption your subtitles• Online tools to extract video subtitles

Subtitle number

Video play time to show subtitle.

Format is hours:minutes:seco

nds,milliseconds

Text to show on screen

Anatomy of an .SRT file

Video Analytics

Full list of metrics https://mediawiki.viu.ca/wiki/VIUTube_Tracking_Analytics

ShortcomingsUtilities only available to KMC admins• Analytics • Uploading of captions• Clip trimming

Missed analytics • Metrics on access per device• Flavour served

Live streaming• Live streaming in flash only (in current version-CE 5.0 )

Mediaspace (KMS – VIUTube)• Not mobile friendly?

Lack of video annotations• Add text, links and hotspots over video in order to add information, interactivity

and engagement to videos

Currently investigating

Mobile Capture Cart• Cart system containing all

components necessary for capturing lecture

• Can be wheeled into any venue

Swivl• Motion tracking camera • For iOS and soon larger cameras

http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ecologyonline/uimediasite.htm

http://www.swivl.com/

Video and copyright • Interesting questions arising over how we deal

with video found on publisher CDs• Many useful resources on old physical media

which could benefit from streaming

Photo Credit: rebopper licensed with a Creative Commons license

The Copyright Act prohibits breaking a digital lock even for educational uses that are otherwise permitted by the Copyright Act. For example, the encryption on most commercial DVDs protects these DVDs from unauthorized use. These protections cannot be broken even if the purpose of the use is otherwise allowed.

Noel, W. & Snel J. 2012) Copyright Matters! Some Key Questions & Answers for Teachers. Canadian Teachers’ Federation, Canada. http://cmec.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/291/Copyright_Matters.pdf

Applications of Video in Education

Video lecture recording Hardware:• Video camera• Wired/wireless microphone• Tripod • Motion tracking camera

Software: • Post production editing

(Adobe Premier, Camtasia, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker)

More ideas: http://wordpress.viu.ca/edtechdev/2013/02/18/getting-started-with-recorded-lectures

http://videolectures.net/mit601s201_freeman_lec03

http://videolectures.net/mit601s201_pugh_rec15/

‘Talking head’ recording Hardware:• Webcam • Computer headset or

desktop microphone• Computer

(PC or Mac)

Software: • Screen recording software

(Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Jing, webcam recording software)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq0tJj8i_iw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbuetxVLCmw

Classroom or lab recording Hardware:• Video camera• Wired/wireless

microphone• Tripod Software: • Post production editing

(Adobe Premier, Camtasia, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjJz85bQqdM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVh3Ty6nZ5M

The participants in your video must be able to provide their written consent to take part in the video

Screencast recording Hardware:• Computer headset• Computer

(PC or Mac) • Wacom tablet (for

chalk and talk)

Software: • Screen recording software

(Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Jing)

 by  Watchcaddy 

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/photosynthesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hssQtpG3ud0

More ideas: http://www.slideshare.net/mpaskevi/starting-with-screencasts

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Prepared by: Michael Paskevicius Learning Technologies Application DeveloperCentre for Innovation and Excellence in Learningmichael.paskevicus@viu.ca

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Blog: http://wordpress.viu.ca/edtechdev/

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Questions or comments?

Appendix A: Video software links

Screencasting Adobe Captivate ($299) http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/captivate.edu.html Active Presenter (Free)http://atomisystems.com/activepresenter Camtasia ($299) http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html Camstudio (Free )http://camstudio.org/Jing (Free) http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Video editing Adobe Premier ($1000+)http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/premiere.html Final Cut Pro X ($299)http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6109Z/A http://www.apple.com/ca/finalcutpro/trial/ (Free trial) iMovie (free with iOS) http://www.apple.com/ca/ilife/imovie/ Windows Movie Maker (Free for Windows) http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/get-movie-maker-download

Video conversionVideo Convertor (Open source)http://handbrake.fr/

Appendix B: Creating subtitle files•Open source

– SubtitleEdit– Visualsubsync

•Freeware – Subtitle Workshop

•Paid services (Canadian)– A Plus Translations

•Upload to YouTube – Use YouTube auto captions, download SRT