Category: Lecture Capture

Faculty Spotlight – Hasan Coskun

Dr. Hasan Coskun, Mathematics Using Adobe Connect to Record Lectures My main objective in distance education classes as far as content delivery is considered has been to closely simulate traditional lecture style while I integrate computer mathematics software into classroom instruction. I make use of mathematics and statistics software such as Mathematica, MATLAB, Geometer’s Sketchpad …

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Alternative capture agent hardware

When researching audio and video equipment for a capture agent, it didn’t take long for someone to ask “Isn’t there a better way than that?” A lot of auxiliary equipment is needed just to get typical audio and video devices to work with a computer. For example a video capture card is needed to interface …

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The “budget” Matterhorn server: Zoidberg

Opencast Matterhorn uses a server or cluster of servers for media transcoding, storage, and distribution. For the internal pilot of Matterhorn we’ve decided to go with a single server instead of multiple servers in a cluster. The advantage of using a cluster is scalability to accommodate more media and viewers in the future. The advantage of a single server …

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Lecture capture on a budget

The benefits of lecture capture and distribution are numerous and substantial as already demonstrated by leading institutions all around the world. Unfortunately the technology and services to provide lecture capture and distribution are prohibitively expensive for many institutions and organizations. Instead of five figures for classroom lecture capture installations, how about three figures per classroom? Instead of six figures for infrastructure …

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