A presentation I gave in Sept. 2008 at the WV Higher Ed conference. Covers some ideas on how to use Podcast Producer along with iTunes U to deliver recorded classroom content. WVU does not use this system.
My slides on the Open University project to develop an accessible, easily embeddable, maintainable multimedia player for student and public facing OU sites. Presentation to the a11yLDN conference, London, 19 September 2012.
http://a11yldn.org.uk
A project for social-production of captions (sub-titles) and audio description to improve the accessibility of video and multimedia. Presentation at the RNIB Techshare 2009 conference, ExCeL London in September 2009.
http://maltwiki.org
Co-presented with Wendy Porch, also of the Open University.
My slides on the Open University project to develop an accessible, easily embeddable, maintainable multimedia player for student and public facing OU sites. Presentation to the a11yLDN conference, London, 19 September 2012.
http://a11yldn.org.uk
A project for social-production of captions (sub-titles) and audio description to improve the accessibility of video and multimedia. Presentation at the RNIB Techshare 2009 conference, ExCeL London in September 2009.
http://maltwiki.org
Co-presented with Wendy Porch, also of the Open University.
Enhancing Audio Podcasts for Online and Mobile LearningJoe Fahs
Chapter podcasts delivered to students through their electronic courses offer promising online and mobile (using iPods or iPhones) learning alternatives that traditional audio podcasts can not easily provide. Join me in this session as we review and create chapter podcasts and custom audiobooks, including text-to-speech for assisted learning.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – WebinarsGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the webinars presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
A short talk on web performance given at Refresh Pittsburgh. Discusses how web performance fixes can be worked into a normal development workflow. Focuses on tweaks for responsive design sites.
Developing a Progressive Mobile Strategy (M3 Conf version)Dave Olsen
A common refrain from both management and clients alike today is, "We need an app..." Unfortunately, over the long-term, mobile solutions for you or your clients’ organizations will need to be more diversified than a single app. From optimizing current web content to developing unique experiences mobile will touch, and possibly transform, your entire enterprise. Not only will your interactions with your customers be affected by the rapid adoption of smartphones but also your workforce and business processes. Combining lessons learned at a large, land-grant university as well as the latest statistics on mobile we’ll review why you need a cross-audience, cross-content, and cross-platform mobile strategy, what one is all about, and how it’ll help you prioritize your mobile solutions.
Enhancing Audio Podcasts for Online and Mobile LearningJoe Fahs
Chapter podcasts delivered to students through their electronic courses offer promising online and mobile (using iPods or iPhones) learning alternatives that traditional audio podcasts can not easily provide. Join me in this session as we review and create chapter podcasts and custom audiobooks, including text-to-speech for assisted learning.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – WebinarsGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the webinars presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
A short talk on web performance given at Refresh Pittsburgh. Discusses how web performance fixes can be worked into a normal development workflow. Focuses on tweaks for responsive design sites.
Developing a Progressive Mobile Strategy (M3 Conf version)Dave Olsen
A common refrain from both management and clients alike today is, "We need an app..." Unfortunately, over the long-term, mobile solutions for you or your clients’ organizations will need to be more diversified than a single app. From optimizing current web content to developing unique experiences mobile will touch, and possibly transform, your entire enterprise. Not only will your interactions with your customers be affected by the rapid adoption of smartphones but also your workforce and business processes. Combining lessons learned at a large, land-grant university as well as the latest statistics on mobile we’ll review why you need a cross-audience, cross-content, and cross-platform mobile strategy, what one is all about, and how it’ll help you prioritize your mobile solutions.
DIY Podcasting: Benefits for Teaching and LearningRodney B. Murray
Podcasts are audio or video recordings designed to be downloaded and played on portable media devices. Podcasting has its roots in early MP3 music player (pre-iPod) and RSS (really simple syndication) technologies. This presentation will outline the history of podcasting, benefits of podcasting for teaching and learning, how podcasts are created and used, and discuss the basic tools to help anyone get started on creating podcasts.
An Educators Guide to Podcasting and Broadcasting by @TeacherCastJeffrey Bradbury
Lean how to successfully create your own professional style podcast, edit it, launch it onto the world wide web, and promote it to your friends.
Jeff Bradbury, creator of the TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network shows you the front and back of Educational Podcasting in this great presentation.
Presented by Kevin Harvell & Gus Emery at the Nebraska Code Conference on March 20, 2015
This presentation is based on my experience with launching & producing four podcasts as of the creation of this presentation.
This presentation will overview the basic capabilities of four types of software and provides examples that showcase multimedia capabilities.
• Jing
• Adobe Presenter
• Adobe Captivate 5
• Adobe Acrobat X
Taking Your HTML Email Communications from "Ew" to "Wow"Dave Olsen
HTML emails can suck. From the 1990s era code to uninspiring templates to fulfillment and statistics in an alien CRM HTML emails are something that many choose to ignore. Or, at best, develop and deliver outside of a CRM.
In the summer of 2018 University Relations at West Virginia University implemented a new way of delivering HTML emails in support of Enrollment Management. We found we could be more creative and focused in our messaging than we ever expected. Early numbers show we may have influenced our class with our new strategy.
In this session, you’ll follow along with a case study that will cover how we:
• Re-thought our email communication plans from the ground-up
• Helped designers and developers collaborate with Enrollment Management using Litmus
• Built a tool on top of MJML to help speed up our development time, as well as segment copy and imagery, for our emails
• Track the effectiveness of our email communications using a dashboard built in Data Studio
And it’s all CRM agnostic.
The rise of digital platforms has given marketers the ability to track everything that our customers are doing. Tracking “all the things” presents problems though. What metrics show that a platform is effective? How do we collect the data in the first-place? In this workshop we’ll cover how to combine three Google products into the ultimate data gathering and reporting workflow. One that will save you time while giving you the answers you need and moves beyond “page views.”
Building an Academic Program Database and API with Contentful and Amazon Web ...Dave Olsen
How many degree listings does your institution’s website have? How robust is that information? How consistent and on-brand is it? The amount of information related to academic programs is vast and varied. Tuition, scholarships, plans of study, facilities, profiles, media and more. Having clear and consistent academic information would be a differentiator for many schools. A single source-of-truth for academic content might be the holy grail.
This presentation shares how West Virginia University has started to tackle this problem. Their Academic Programs API combines Contentful, a headless CMS, with Amazon Web Services. This has led to a flexible, easy-to-update system for authors, developers and designers.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
* Work with content owners to show them the importance of centralized content and how to source it
* Define content models and relationships in Contentful
* Use AWS’s Lambda, DynamoDB and API Gateway services to build an API
* Expand your efforts beyond academic information
* Take control of your institution’s content
Reimagining Your Website: What are prospective students looking for and how a...Dave Olsen
Review insights from the 2016 Ruffalo Noel Levitz E-expectations Report and discover tips and tools for implementing these strategies across your websites.
Progressive Mobile Strategy Redux: The Future Friendly EnterpriseDave Olsen
A common refrain from both management and clients alike today (still!) is, "We need an app...." Unfortunately, over the long-term, mobile solutions will need to be more diversified than a single app or even a single platform. Not only will your customers be affected by the rapid adoption of smartphones but also your workforce and business processes. From optimizing web content to developing unique experiences mobile will touch and transform your entire enterprise. Together we’ll look ahead to see what kind of changes an enterprise needs to make to be future friendly.
This talk was presented at the Huawei Mobile Information Revolution Think Tank on November 19, 2015.
Case Study: Rebuilding an Admissions Web PresenceDave Olsen
From print-heavy communication plans to ad hoc social media efforts to an ever expanding number of web sites we are very good at building silos of content. In this session we'll discuss the data, tools, and strategy that West Virginia University used to pare down and better integrate their Admissions-related communication efforts.
Ensuring the consistent adoption of brand elements across various channels can be a problem for many large organizations. As West Virginia University rolls out a new brand campaign our central Digital Services unit is sharing tools with our web development community to help them make this shift. In this talk you will learn how we’re using patterns to:
* modernize and standardize toolsets
* encourage broad and fast adoption of the new brand elements
* make it easier to incorporate future changes to brand elements
This process has not been without its challenges so expect many pitfalls and missteps to be shared.
The Death of Lorem Ipsum and Pixel-Perfect Content (MinneWebCon version)Dave Olsen
A designer has been asked to mock up an example student profile page in Photoshop. It’s beautiful. The student’s name fits perfectly under the profile image. Their bio is split into two perfectly aligned columns. The design just feels… right. Approvals are given and the production of a website with many different profiles is started. As more profiles are added the design no longer seems to work. It’s starting to seem like the website itself will no longer work. The cold, hard reality of varied and inconsistent web content has hit the project hard. Do we make large design changes or just live with it?
To head off this question we should utilize real content as we develop mock-ups. But it shouldn’t just be one set of real content. Delivering the best possible and most robust websites requires us to design using the best-case, worst-case, and every-case-in-between content. By combining the skills of content specialists, designers, and even developers designs will be that much stronger.
Case Study: Automating Outage Monitoring & CommunicationDave Olsen
This is a review of how West Virginia University's Digital Services unit monitors and communicates system outages. In the past we have had little coverage for our systems. Notices amounted to emails which didn't work well at 2am. We've now been able to combine a number of solutions (New Relic, Pingdom, Slack, PagerDuty, StatusPage.io) into one cohesive monitoring and communication workflow.
The Death of Lorem Ipsum & Pixel Perfect ContentDave Olsen
A designer has been asked to mock up a student profile page in Photoshop. It’s beautiful. The student’s name fits perfectly under the profile image. Their bio is split into two columns that perfectly line up. Unfortunately, all of this perfectly laid-out content is an unrealistic best-case scenario. Our content never fits this perfectly. Names are longer than the eleven characters used in the mock-up. Bios naturally vary in length from person to person. The reality is that we will have large variation in our content.
Rather than addressing these variations after we’ve received approvals and started building a website, we should stress-test our designs with real content from the start of our process. To deliver the best possible product, we need to design for the best-case, worst-case, and every-case-in-between when it comes to possible content.
* Learn how systems and patterns can help us build reusable and shareable components for our websites
* Discover the benefits of taking the design process out of Photoshop and moving it to the browser.
* Learn how content specialists can engage with the design process from the beginning and be advocates for realistic content.
* Explore how real and varied content, not lorem ipsum, can be used to test a design and how it might work.
* Discover how developers can also be involved in this process to ease integration of a design with a CMS or a custom solution.
Optimizing web performance (Fronteers edition)Dave Olsen
Today, a web page can be delivered to desktop computers, televisions, or handheld devices like tablets or phones. While a technique like responsive design helps ensure that our web sites look good across that spectrum of devices we may forget that we need to make sure that our web sites also perform well across that same spectrum. More and more of our users are shifting their Internet usage to these more varied platforms and connection speeds with some moving entirely to mobile Internet.
In this session we’ll look at the tools that can help you understand, measure and improve the web performance of your web sites and applications. The talk will also discuss how new server-side techniques might help us optimize our front-end performance. Finally, since the best way to test is to have devices in your hand, we’ll discuss some tips for getting your hands on them cheaply.
Responsive design is forcing us to reevaluate our design and development practices. It's also forcing us to rethink how we communicate with our clients and what a project's deliverables might be. Pattern Lab helps bridge the gap by providing one tool that allows for the creation of modular systems as well as gives clients the tool review the work in the place it's going to be used: the browser.
This talk is a deep dive into how Pattern Lab is organized and how to take advantage of it.
The Squishy Future of Content - HEEMAC EditionDave Olsen
This talk was given as a keynote for the HEEMAC conference at the University of Southern Florida.
With the adoption of responsive design, we're finding that our pixel perfect content is no longer being placed in pixel perfect boxes on pixel perfect web sites. Placeholder content no longer suffices during development. Copy and paste doesn't work in migrating between designs. With the emergence of the small screen as a primary computing device, web site design is more strongly informed by our content than ever before. With these changes we need to rethink how content affects layouts, and how we can best communicate these changes and engage with stakeholders to create future-friendly web sites.
Learn why we need to be advocates for content at all phases of a project.
Explore the fundamental content types and content rules that will shape how content flows and is viewed by visitors.
Learn how content choreography can help keep our stakeholders most important message the focus of your site.
Review and rethink our web development workflows to create a new process that is better suited to addressing the constraints of the small screen.
Responsive design is forcing us to reevaluate our design and development practices. It's also forcing us to rethink how we communicate with our clients and what a project's deliverables might be. Pattern Lab helps bridge the gap by providing one tool that allows for the creation of modular systems as well as gives clients the tools review the work in the place it's going to be used: the browser.
This deck reviews some of the features of Pattern Lab. It also discusses how I feel it can fit into the overall workflow of a team. It doesn't cover the technical aspects of the tool but I'm happy to follow-up if anyone wants me to. Also, be sure to check out the documentation at http://pattern-lab.info/docs/
The Squishy Future of Content - Penn State EditionDave Olsen
With the adoption of responsive design, we’re finding that our pixel-perfect content is no longer being placed in pixel-perfect boxes on pixel-perfect websites. Placeholder content no longer suffices during development. Copy-and-paste doesn’t work in migrating between designs. Rather, website design is more strongly informed by our content than ever before. With these changes we need to rethink how content affects our development workflow as well as understand how content and messaging affect layouts.
• Learn why you need to be an advocate for content at all phases of a project.
• Explore the fundamental content types and content rules that will shape how your content flows and is viewed by visitors.
• Learn how content choreography can help you keep your most important message the focus of your site.
With the adoption of responsive design, we’re finding that our pixel-perfect content is no longer being placed in pixel-perfect boxes on pixel-perfect websites. Placeholder content no longer suffices during development. Copy-and-paste doesn’t work in migrating between designs. Rather, website design is more strongly informed by our content than ever before. With these changes we need to rethink how content affects our development workflow as well as understand how content and messaging affect layouts.
• Learn why you need to be an advocate for content at all phases of a project.
• Explore the fundamental content types and content rules that will shape how your content flows and is viewed by visitors.
• Learn how content choreography can help you keep your most important message the focus of your site.
The Server Side of Responsive Web DesignDave Olsen
Responsive web design has become an important tool for front-end developers as they develop mobile-optimized solutions for clients. Browser-detection has been an important tool for server-side developers for the same task for much longer. Unfortunately, both techniques have certain limitations. Depending on project requirements, team make-up and deployment environment combining these two techniques might lead to intriguing solutions for your organization. We'll discuss when it makes sense to take this extra step and we'll explore techniques for combining server-side technology, like server-side feature-detection, with your responsive web designs to deliver the most flexible solutions possible.
Measuring Web Performance - HighEdWeb EditionDave Olsen
Today, a Web page can be delivered to desktop computers, televisions, or handheld devices like tablets or phones. While a technique like responsive design helps ensure that our websites look good across that spectrum of devices we may forget that we need to make sure that our websites also perform well across that same spectrum. More and more of our users are shifting their Internet usage to these more varied platforms and connection speeds with some moving entirely to mobile Internet. In this session, we’ll look at the tools that can help you understand, measure and improve the performance of your websites and applications. The talk will also discuss how new server-side techniques might help us optimize our front-end performance. Finally, since the best way to test is to have devices in your hand, we’ll discuss some tips for getting your hands on them cheaply. This presentation builds upon Dave Olsen’s “Optimization for Mobile” chapter in Smashing Magazine’s “The Mobile Book.”
Web Performance & You - HighEdWeb Arkansas VersionDave Olsen
Today, a web page can be delivered to a desktop computer, a television, or a handheld device like a tablet or a phone. While a technique like responsive design helps ensure that our web sites look good across that spectrum of screen sizes we may forget our web sites should also be able to perform equally well across that same spectrum. While more and more of our users are shifting their Internet usage to these more varied platforms and connection speeds our development practices might not be keeping up.In this session we’ll review why optimizing web performance should be an important step in the development of responsive websites. We’ll look at the tools that can help you understand and measure the performance of those sites as well as discuss front-end and server-side techniques that can be used to help you improve their performance. Finally, since the best way to test your site is to have real devices in hand, we’ll share “lessons learned” so you can set-up your own device lab similar to what we have at West Virginia University.This presentation builds upon Dave’s “Optimization for Mobile” chapter in Smashing Magazine’s “The Mobile Book.”
Measuring Web Performance (HighEdWeb FL Edition)Dave Olsen
Today, a web page can be delivered to desktop computers, televisions, or handheld devices like tablets or phones. While a technique like responsive design helps ensure that our web sites look good across that spectrum of devices we may forget that we need to make sure that our web sites also perform well across that same spectrum. More and more of our users are shifting their Internet usage to these more varied platforms and connection speeds with some moving entirely to mobile Internet.
In this session we’ll look at the tools that can help you understand, measure and improve the web performance of your web sites and applications. The talk will also discuss how new server-side techniques might help us optimize our front-end performance. Finally, since the best way to test is to have devices in your hand, we’ll discuss some tips for getting your hands on them cheaply.
This presentation builds upon Dave’s “Optimization for Mobile” chapter in Smashing Magazine’s “The Mobile Book.”
This talk was given at HighEdWeb Florida.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
4. Defining Podcast
A podcast is a series of audio or video digital-media files which
is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through
Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers.
A podcast is distinguished from other digital-media formats by its
ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded
automatically when new content is added.
8. Capture Encode Deliver
iTunes U with help from Podcast Producer
9. What is Podcast Producer?
an assembly line for encoding & publishing podcasts
can literally be 3 clicks to record & publish a podcast
10. Podcast Producer Overview
• Included in Mac OS X 10.5 Server
• Works with Macs & PCs*
• Web-based Administration
• Customizable Workflows
• Camera Control
• Custom Intro, Outro, Titling & Watermarking
• Email Notifications
• Xgrid-enabled
11. Podcast Producer Overview
• Written in Ruby
• Can Use: Recorded Video, Recorded Audio, Saved Files, Recorded
Screencasts (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
• Publish to: iTunes U, Apple TV, Streaming, integrated Blog
• Default formats: MPEG4, H.264, 3GP, AAC, QT Streaming
• Extra formats: WMV, FLV, Real Media
14. Gotchas When Deploying
• NOT a turn key solution. Takes work.
• Macs in every room w/ a camera.
• Credentials
• Timestamps (biggie surprisingly!)
• Default encoding quality too good
• Will take trial & error to time intro and titling
properly
15. Try before you buy!
Apple will lend hardware & software for you to test
16. Notes About Example
• Don’t blink because the recorded video portion is
very fast. Podcast Producer is responsible for
assembling the rest of the video.
• Business & Economics was simply used as our test.
• I will not win Dancing with the Stars or American Idol
anytime soon.
20. What is iTunes U?
a publishing platform for podcasts as well as other audio & video
a familiar platform to many people
21. iTunes U Overview
• Uses Apple’s iTunes software and will sync with an iPod
• Part of Apple’s iTunes Store
• Over half of the nation’s top 500 schools use iTunes U
• Examples: Stanford, Duke, MIT and Penn State
• Now accessible for users with disabilities
• WVU on iTunes Launched: August 3 2007
• Average about 2,000 downloads a week. Mainly athletic
content.
22. Common Questions
• Will it work on Windows? Yes.
• Do I need an iPod? No.
• Do I need iTunes? Yes.
• Can content be protected? Yes and no.
• File formats? QuickTime, MP3, PDF
23. How is WVU using
iTunes U?
• Acts as a repository for marketing materials and
recordings of special events.
• Examples: TV commercials, unit podcasts, special events
• We will be integrating many new products using Podcast
Producer.
• Majority of the content is not academic. Lack of
academic content has hurt our chances of inclusion in the
iTunes Store.
• Simply put, we’re not using iTunes U to its full potential.
24. Tips for Using iTunes U
• Talk to your classroom tech or instructional technology
folks at the beginning.
• Think through the organization of your current and
future content. Understand the limitations.
• Seek out content creators. Student radio stations or
Journalism programs are a good place to start.
• Find solutions for capturing & encoding content.
• Don’t become a bottleneck. Provide access for content
creators early and often.
• Make it a part of every project.