1. Video on Demand Migration: Our Experiences
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s) information – Kristi Burch Centre College   Patrick Lowe Centre College   Anthony Basham Berea College

2. –Instructional Technology
Session Track 
–Instructional Technology
                Session Objective – Our objective is to share our experiences with upgrading our video on demand service from VBrick to Ensemble and the associated benefits to our faculty and students. We hope that others who might be interested in investing in or upgrading an existing video-on-demand service for their faculty and students might find value in our shared experiences and examples of faculty and student use in innovative ways. This session could be valuable for instructional technologists, librarians, IT staff, and faculty.
                Session Format – Joint presentation (Berea and Centre), followed by discussion and Q&A              
                Description – We will each briefly share our experiences using VBrick, the old video-on-demand system, and some of the challenges we faced with providing our colleagues and students what they needed. Then we will each share our process of discovery and upgrade to our current system, Ensemble, and the benefits for faculty, students, and the administration of the system.
We will share some examples of projects that faculty are having students create using Ensemble, and the increase in flexibility, security, and mobility this system provides. Ultimately, we will share our experiences with our colleagues in hopes that they might benefit from learning about a video-on-demand service, know some of the potential pitfalls, and learn the benefits of incorporating this type of system in a liberal arts environment.
                Session Facility Needs – Projector, internet access.

3. Introduction with History and Why with Video on Demand
       Introduction with History and Why with Video on Demand
Say Hello to The Netflix Generation - James Cross

4. VoD Migration: Virtual Bricks
         VoD Migration: Virtual Bricks
Initial VBrick system showed signs of eventual failure
Employed a WMA encoder
VEMS Server only supported 50 concurrent users

5. New VBrick System
Used a VBrick DME 7550 (Dell PowerEdge Server) for storage/streaming
Virtual server for portal
Ingested videos using H.264 hardware encoder
Supported up to 1000 concurrent users

6. VBrick Issues
Required browser plugin to for client machines to view videos
Student viewers could not install plugin in student labs
Browser updates would frequently cause viewing problems
Browser plugin would have to be re-downloaded for each client
Vbrick did not facilitate easy deployment of plugin
No real time transcoding of old WMA content or batch conversion options
While system was in use, there was no support for AVCHD video from camcorders
LDAP integration was poorly implemented. Could not easily manage users based off of AD group membership

7. VoD Survey MediaCore Supported many LMS/CMS’s
Had many features designed for education
Mobile Device support (Android, iOS)
Very Expensive
Brightcove
Priced, designed, and marketed more for corporate customers
Did not offer Moodle integration
Kaltura
Offered on-premise hosting option
Great Education Support
Many Higher Ed customers
Supported various LMS’s

8. Ensemble Video Offered LMS plugin for Moodle Mobile Device Support
LDAP integration and user management are better than VBrick
Utilizes Wowza + CarbonCoder
Most affordable option for feature set
Technical Support is very responsive

9. Student Projects @ Centre
          Student Centre
Share some examples of projects that faculty are having students create using Ensemble, and the increase in flexibility, security, and mobility this system provides.
Student dropbox to easily add content

10. Using Dropbox for Projects
   Using Dropbox for Projects
Student dropbox to easily add content
Multiple dropbox upload options
Create one for each project or course

11. Talk Teaching and Learning – More about Screen-casting and video content.
“There is push for helpful video content for better learning in Higher Education”
Share some examples (*COM courses, PEH, and SMARTBOARD recordings) of projects that faculty are having students create using Ensemble, and the increase in flexibility, security, and mobility this system provides.

12. Practical Flipping: Creating Screencast and Ensemble Streaming Video Collaboration Session.

13.          Examples of Practical Flipping:
Share some examples (*COM courses, PEH, and SMARTBOARD recordings) of projects that faculty are having students create using Ensemble, and the increase in flexibility, security, and mobility this system provides.

14.              
Group Video Projects:

15. Lecture Capture and Practical Flipping:
              
Lecture Capture and Practical Flipping:

16. Sharing Recorded Student Presentations:
           
Sharing Recorded Student Presentations:

17.               
Libraries

18. Playlist –Web Publishing
              
Playlist –Web Publishing

19. Playlist – Embedded Playlist in LMS
              
Playlist – Embedded Playlist in LMS

20. Administration and Video “Dropbox”
              
Administration and Video “Dropbox”

21. Video “Dropbox” and Auto Publish
             
Video “Dropbox” and Auto Publish

22. RECAP and QUESTIONS?