VideoManager 2.1 – Released

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The Office of Teaching and Learning has released a new version of the DU VideoManager application. Enhancements and additions in VideoManager 2.1 are the result of discussions with our current and potential users and should make for an overall improved experience for everyone.

General Enhancements

  • Ability for users to DELETE videos that they have submitted.
  • Ability for users to remove FAILED encode records.
  • Application no longer requires Flash Player 11 – lowest release version of Adobe Flash Player is now 10.2 – this opens up VideoManager for use across many more machines across campus.
  • Language changes and additions for clarity.
  • Numerous small bug fixes and enhancements.

Bookmark Editor Enhancements

The VideoManager Bookmark Editor has had a number of enhancements built into it for this release. These include:

  • A reformatted Bookmark display – allowing better presentation of longer bookmarks.
  • Modified Bookmark Dialog – allows for longer bookmarks.
  • Bookmark Character Count – displayed when adding or editing Bookmarks.
  • Expanded scrubber – useful in longer videos for pinpointing exact frames.
  • Bookmark Editing – allows the modification of bookmarks after initial creation.
  • Tips button and overlay – for access to tips and keyboard shortcuts.
  • Keyboard navigation – arrow keys allow navigation along the timeline.
  • Re-skinned and re-positioned Play/Pause control.
  • Re-skinned Edit/Delete dialog controls.
  • Addition of “jump” buttons – allows the user to jump either 5 or 20 seconds backward and forward when determining where to place a bookmark.

Adobe & University of Denver

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The Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) at the University of Denver will be hosting Adobe this month in a special on-campus event. Representatives from Adobe’s education team will be showcasing some of the great stuff coming up in 2012. Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 : 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
University of Denver : Nagel Hall #102 (the OTL Classroom)

REGISTER HERE


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CourseMedia Projection System 1.5.2

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The OTL has pushed out an update to the CourseMedia Projection System to fix some issues instructors were encountering with YouTube videos being placed into the system. This update addresses problems with the display of both YouTube videos and YouTube video thumbnails within the system.

Note that this does not and can not address any issues with video rights management imposed by the owner of YouTube videos.

VideoManager 2.0

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VideoManager 2.0* is a new system built by the Office of Teaching and Learning at the University of Denver – the purpose of which is for:

  • Requesting video recording services for official DU events, such as guest speakers, lecturers, performances, marketing, and live events.
  • Uploading and publishing of staff and faculty videos.

The greater purpose of VideoManager is to enable management of public videos so that they can become assets available to the entire DU community.

Current features include:

  • Faculty and staff video upload (up to 2GB)
  • Server based video encoder to optimize video delivery
  • Video bookmarking for a more interactive viewing experience
  • Required descriptive information to improve search and organization of large video collections
  • Automated (or selected) video thumbnail generation
  • Video playback for iOS (iPhone and iPad)
  • Video embed code for websites
  • Request form to request DU video services
  • Video analytics

Some of these features are displayed below…

Perform formal request for video event recordings from directly within the VideoManager application.

Simplified video upload process that directs and informs.

Video and Events dashboard allows a user to view and manage all of their records.

Video review assists users in properly cataloging their video. Users may also select a specific frame of the video to be used as a poster frame in embedded videos. There is also an integrated bookmarking tool- allowing users to call out specific points within the video which viewers can jump to.

The private review functionality allows users to gather focused feedback from clients and other interested parties before the video is made public.

Videos can be embedded within just about any website or web application which allows use of simple iframe code.

Wondering about the technology involved?

  • ColdFusion 9
  • CF Wheels
  • ActionScript 3.0
  • Flex 4.6
  • Flash Player 11.1
  • AIR 3.1
  • HandBrake 0.9.6
  • MediaInfo 6
  • Bootstrap
  • HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript
  • MySQL Community Server 5
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
*MediaManger 1.0 was available to only a small group of internal users.

CourseMedia Updates for Winter Quarter 2012

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The CTL has made public a number of updates to CourseMedia this morning. The updated elements include:

  • Media Viewer – For viewing gallery objects within CourseMedia or Blackboard.
  • Gallery Arranger – Used to reorder objects within a gallery.
  • Video Editor – Enables generation of video clips.

Most of the updates are under the hood and will not be visible to end users. You may notice that the Media Viewer now includes a volume slider for audio, video, and YouTube media objects.

CourseMedia Projection System 1.5.0

We also have an update to the CourseMedia Projection System. Those who are running older versions of the CPS will be prompted to update upon program launch. Note that you will not be able to apply this update automatically.

As the release notes indicate, you must uninstall the version you have and download a new package from CourseMedia in order to install the current version of this application.

Note that we are still collecting feedback on the new gallery layout as well!