Creating a system for rich media course libraries

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“Creating a system for rich media course libraries”

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Megan Stewart Adobe

Joseph LabrecqueUniversity of Denver

J.D. SolomonWeb Seminar EditorUniversity Business

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Joseph LabrecqueJoseph Labrecque

Flash Platform DeveloperMultidisciplinary Digital ArtistAdobe Education Leader

• University of Denver Senior Multimedia Application Developer Center for Teaching and Learning

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University of DenverUniversity of Denver

• Oldest and largest private university in the Rocky Mountain region

• 5,000+ Undegraduates• 6,000+ Graduates• 600+ Faculty• 3,500+ Classes over a typical

Fall Quarter

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Center for Teaching and LearningCenter for Teaching and Learning

“The mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning is to promote and support a culture at the University of Denver that values and rewards excellence in teaching and

learning…”• professional development • developing and supporting

state-of-the-art technology• innovative teaching project

collaboration

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DU CourseMedia™ Course Media Management SystemDU CourseMedia™ Course Media Management System

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ChallengesChallenges

Images• Slide projectors become obsolete.• Huge library of legacy slides.• Only 1 room on can effectively use slides

in the manner art history instructors are accustomed to.

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ChallengesChallenges

Audio and Video• Much of the material we have is either copyright

or sensitive/personal and must be secured.• Instructors should be able to prepare their own

material without an technical engineer present.• How can we best capitalize of use of university

resources such as disk space and bandwidth?

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ChallengesChallenges

Other Digital Objects• Instructors want to include personal images

and videos in their collections.• They also want to have the ability to generate

“text slides” to place at appropriate points within their collections.

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SolutionsSolutions

We need to…• Digitize all slides for online access.• Allow experts and curators full control

over object metadata records.• Expand from images to include audio,

video, generated text slides, user contributed materials.

• Allow *any* metadata schema.

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SolutionsSolutions

We need to…• Build systems to catalog, manage, and

present these digital objects.• Build a set of presentation, personal

management, and study tools into the system.

• Empower users to perform all actions without the need for technical expertise.

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SolutionsSolutions

ALORA• Allows specialized catalogers to create and manage

digital objects and also associated metadata.

• A very few users on campus even really know about ALORA.

• These are professionally catalogues, expert resources.

• Flexible system allows use of any metadata schema.

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SolutionsSolutions

DU CourseMedia™• An application that exposed ALORA objects to users.

• Full set of content management and presentation tools built with teaching and learning in mind.

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SolutionsSolutions

Adobe Flash Platform

All of our solutions involve Adobe ColdFusion and the Adobe Flash Platform:• ALORA: ColdFusion, Flash, Flash Media Server• CourseMedia™: ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, AIR,

Flash Media Server

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DemonstrationsDemonstrations

Let’s have a look at…• The CourseMedia™ Video Clip Editor!• The CourseMedia™ Integrated Media Viewer!• The CourseMedia™ Projection System!

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BenefitsBenefits

Flash Platform Runtimes• Tools are reliant on the Flash Platform

runtimes only – no need for any specific browser.

• Since it is based on Flash technology, is totally cross-browser and cross-platform. Saves a lot of testing time!

• Flash capabilities go far beyond even what is offered by the newest, cutting-edge browsers.

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BenefitsBenefits

Flash Platform Runtimes• AIR allows extended capabilities

beyond simple web browser implementations.

• This includes interaction with computer hardware and direct access to the file system and native system processes.

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BenefitsBenefits

Flash Media Server • Protects the materials which have

copyright associations.• Provides a way for us to even protect

image materials. Though not streamed over RTMP – we can use FMS settings to restrict domains and such.

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BenefitsBenefits

Flash Media Server • Streams are delivered quickly

and with little buffering or fuss.• Video clips created by users

do not replicate file segments and increase storage needs. It is all just metadata!

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Instructors• No need to schedule time at a slide library. They can

manage all their assets from the office, their home, or wherever.

• Enhanced presentation tools like the CourseMedia™ Projection System allow total control over the material for classroom lectures.

• Instructors are encouraged to share and reuse collections and individual objects, reducing course preparation time.

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Students• Students can access materials for study anytime

they want – any place they have Internet access.• Currently looking into the development of study

tools using the Flash CS5 Packager for iPhone and AIR 2.5 for Android.

• Also provides a way for students to organize personal collection which carry over across classes.

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BenefitsBenefits

Staff• Most all of the management can be handled by

system users as they have been empowered to deal with their own materials.

• Less time managing servers and such. Everything is handled by the system.

• No hand-holding! Users can easily learn and use the system to do all sorts of stuff at their leisure.

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StatisticsStatistics

As of Summer Quarter 2010:• ALORA holds 56,000+ fully cataloged objects.• Used by 800+ classes and 14000+ students

over the past 4 years.

Fall Quarter 2010:• 200+ courses• 4,500+ users

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Twitter: @JosephLabrecque

Email: Joseph.Labrecque@du.edu

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Megan Stewart Adobe

Joseph LabrecqueUniversity of Denver

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