Videos at City College Norwich

Agenda• Background – requirements• Previous video systems• Procurement• Launch• Live demo• The future

Background - requirements• Why do we want a video system?• Ease of sharing videos with students• Ability to record television programmes• Space constraints for users• Management of large files• Must be able to manage privacy easily

Previous video systems• Microsoft Streaming Server

• mms:// addresses e.g. mms://vleweb.ccn.ac.uk/esol/english1.wmv

• No GUI

• MediaSite• Screen capture and ‘talking head’• Good for staff training, not for general videos• Need specific hardware

Procurement• Formed working group• Issued competitive tender• Demonstrations from bidders• Planet eStream chosen• Hardware provisioned

• Virtual server• Drive space

Launch• Created curriculum-based categories• Transferred content from old system• Launched in September 2012• Training videos provided

http://mediasite.ccn.ac.uk/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=2973164ddf0342ed9559528bda27e5501d

Live demo• https://estream.ccn.ac.uk/

The future• Evaluation of existing usage• More use in teaching• Mobile technology

Questions• Chris Boon• chris.boon@ccn.ac.uk