MDID Users Group at VRA 2011

MDID Users Group
VRA Conference 2011
Minneapolis

Agenda
Pilot at JMU
Student projects
MDID as an application platform
Feature demonstrations
Q&A

Pilot at JMU
Started after several faculty training sessions in late 2010/early 2011
Running in parallel with MDID2
Weekly data migration using MDID3 migration tool
Bug fixes and feature improvements based on automated and user feedback

Student projects
Students have greater access to features in MDID3
Faculty asked students to create new slideshows using existing collection content and uploading their own images
About 180 students participated individually or collaborated in groups

Sarah Brooks’ Student Projects

Laura Purvis’ Student Projects

MDID as a Platform
MDID3 serves as a platform for building web-based multimedia applications
Stores, manages and delivers data records and media files
Web developers author custom user interfaces

MDID as Platform: JMUtube

MDID as a Platform: Online Video Collection

MDID as a Platform: Shenandoah National Park Oral History

MDID as a Platform: Furious Flower

Demonstrations

External Content
Flickr
ARTstor
NASA NIX

Delivering Content: Embed Code
MDID3 provides HTML code for certain viewers that can be copied and pasted into any web site
Protected content remains protected using basic authentication

Demo: Embedding Video

Demo: PowerPoint Export

Demo: Custom Viewers: Megazine

Demo: MediaViewer

Digital Media Hub
MDID serves as JMU’s digital media hub, supporting many disciplines using different media types in different ways
Store once, deliver everywhere
Flexible cataloging – from “just in time” to fully curated
Modular storage, discovery and delivery mechanisms
Content management tools

Who’s Using MDID at JMU
Academic Departments:
Art and Art History
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Communication Studies
Geography
History
Music
Psychology
And others
Libraries and Educational Technologies:
Media Resources
Special Collections
Center for Instructional Technology
Institute for Visual Studies
Photography Services
Madison Art Collection
Furious Flower Poetry Center
Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Mine Action Information Center

Digital Media Hub

User Community
MDID users contribute in different ways:
Answering questions on mailing list
Sharing additional documentation
Submitting bug reports and fixes
Sharing their collections
We encourage everyone to participate in the community

Visit Us at the Poster Session
Sunday, March 278:00am -9:30amSalon D

Q&Afollowing this sessionin Director’s Row 3(3rd floor)

MDID blog and wiki at http://mdid.org/
MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html
MDID3 project on GitHub athttp://github.com/cit-jmu/rooibos/
Email: mdid@jmu.edu
Support

Project Team
Andreas Knab
Kevin Hegg
Grover Saunders
Christina Updike
Grace Barth
Mary Ann Chappell
Sarah Cheverton
Lead Software Developer, CIT
Assistant Director, CIT
Web Media Developer, CIT
Visual Resources Specialist, SAAH
Visual Resources Assistant, SAAH
Educational Tech. Librarian
Associate Dean, CIT

Authors:
Kevin Hegg (heggkj@jmu.edu)
Andreas Knab (knab2ar@jmu.edu)
Christina Updike (updikecb@jmu.edu)
Further Information:
Visit http://mdid.org/
Email mdid@jmu.edu
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