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Project: Podcasting initiatives

Primary UITS contact: Martin J. Wagner, Enterprise Web Technical Services

Last update: September 3, 2009

Description:

Outcome: Podcast syndication, storage, and delivery services for IU; automated course lecture capture, encoding, storage, and syndication to multiple content distribution channels.

Milestones and status:

  • Opencast Matterhorn project awarded funding from Mellon and Hewlett foundations; watch video of the announcement on YouTube.
  • Oncourse team successfully added additional functionality to the Podcast tool. This integrates Podcast Producer with Oncourse.
  • Fall Podcast Course Capture project is underway; see What is the Podcast Course Capture project?
  • Staff from Web Technical Services will travel to Zurich for the next Opencast Matterhorn meeting.
  • Oncourse Team working on additional features to existing Podcast Tool
  • Podcast Team working with Oncourse Team on developing a web service for Podcast Tool
  • Podcast Team working with Classroom Technology and Local Support Provider Services on Podcast Producer Pilot for fall Semester
  • Opencast Matterhorn development began July 1st.
  • UITS Podcast team members Martin J. Wagner and Manjit Trehan are developing distributions services for Project Matterhorn.
  • Staff from Web Technical Services attended the Matterhorn Leadership Meeting in Berkeley, CA.
  • Enterprise Web Technical Services, in collaboration with Classroom Technology Services and Local Support Provider (LSP) Services, will be moving forward with the Classroom Podcast Capture Project (PcP).
  • Classroom Podcast Capture Project Proposal (named Podcast Producer Project or PcP) approved February 18, 2009
  • IU debuts in iTunes U top 20 downloads after going public
  • http://itunes.iu.edu/ points to the Indiana University public iTunes U space as of December 23, 2008.
  • Indiana University on iTunes U publicly available in the Apple iTunes Store as of December 23, 2008
  • iTunes U redesign in progress, October 1, 2008
  • Staff from Web Technical Services attended the Opencast Deep Dive October 16-17, 2008.
  • IU Podcast Portal was updated with the new PodPress feature on the main page: http://podcast.iu.edu/.
  • Podcast Team is researching classroom capture solutions.
  • In June, members from Web Technical Services and Course Management Systems (now Learning Management Systems) were involved with OpenCast planning activities at UC Berkeley.
  • Oncourse CL podcast tool live
  • iTunes U (see the iTunes U pilot project page)
  • IU Podcast Portal Registration System under development, available spring 2008; allows existing podcasts to be searchable in the IU Podcast Portal
  • Proof of concept underway for Podcast Producer, a complete, end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing, and distributing high-quality podcasts
  • IU Podcast Portal officially launched February 4, 2008
  • IU in conversations with University of California - Berkeley about OpenCast, a Sakai-integrated open source classroom podcast capture system
  • Faculty Podcast Initiative open for proposals February 25, 2008; deadline for proposals March 24, 2008
  • 51 individual podcasts and 559 episodes in the IU Podcast Portal as of February 22, 2008
  • iTunes U integration with Oncourse CL in production March 13, 2008

Comment process: Email IU Podcasting Services.

Benefits:

  • The Oncourse CL podcast tool allows instructors to upload podcasts and distribute them to students enrolled in their courses.
  • The agreement with Apple provides IU with 500GB of storage on iTunes U, available for course and university podcasts.
  • The podcast portal provides the ability to browse and search public IU podcasts available for subscription and download.

Project team:

  • Martin J. Wagner, project manager
  • Manjit Trehan, developer
  • David Poindexter, hourly

Project partners:

  • UITS Enterprise Web Technical Services
  • UITS Communications
  • UITS Learning Management Systems
  • University Communication
  • Office of Creative Services
  • Classroom Technology Services
  • IT Training & Education (Amy Neymeyr)
  • Local Support Provider (LSP) Services (Mark Kerr)

Governance:

  • Podcast Implementation Team: Outline relationships between all internal and external groups involved in the project; ensure procurement of required approvals and direction at appropriate stages
  • Podcast Marketing Group: Describe proper flow of information to all stakeholders
  • Podcast Strategy: Ensure appropriate review of issues encountered