Free Streaming of Voice & Video

Bruce Sundeen, Electronic Media Specialist  Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist

North Dakota State UniversityAgriculture Communication

COURSECAST

What is CourseCast?

CourseCast is a complete client/server solution allowing users to quickly and effectively capture presentations, courses and meetings.  CourseCast includes the CourseCast Recorder, CourseCast Editor and CourseCast Server.

CourseCast Advantages

• Integrates 2 video sources & audio

• Indexes video by PowerPoint slide

• Easily provides streamed video end-user needs only a browser & internet connection

• Easy interface for recording

CourseCast Disadvantages

• Stream file only, no master file

• Limited editing capabilities

• Editing interface is not intuitive

• Second video source is 12 fps

CourseCast: The Socrates Project

Panopto offers CourseCast's core components free to accredited educational institutions through the Socrates Project. CourseCast's core components include classroom and desktop lecture capture, web streaming, indexing (via PowerPoint and student notes), search (at the course and individual session level), web-based editing and archiving.    

CourseCast: The Socrates Project

Panopto provides:• Server, recorder and editing software• Limited free support• Updates, once they have been released for

12 months

Additional support and upgrades are available (e.g. installation support, administrator training, 5 support incidents and upgrades for $3,500/year)   

CourseCast: The Socrates Project

Institution provides:• Server for hosting CourseCasts (135 mb/hr

of web ready video)

• Installation

• User support and training  

Creating a CourseCast Demonstration

1.Install Panopto Recorder and Editor

2.Audio/video setup

3.Prepare your presentation

4.Upload CourseCast

5.Share CourseCast

CourseCast: Example Project

Challenge: Create self-paced, online version of "Extension Evaluation: The Four Levels" workshop, previously delivered face-to-face

Plan: Use a combination of documents, quizzes, presentations and archived, streamed video lectures

Limitations:     Time - six-week turnaround    Money - limited funds available for                 video production

CourseCast: Example Project

Results: Audio and video of instructor combined with

PowerPoint presentations and screen capture to create archived, streamed lectures using CourseCast

CourseCast lectures combined with documents and quizzes in Moodle course

Free Streaming of Voice & Video

For more information

visit www.panopto.comor

email Robert.Bertsch@ndsu.eduor Bruce.Sundeen@ndsu.edu

COURSECAST

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