Pilot to Large-scale Open Source Lecture Capture

Stuart Phillipson!IT Services!stuart.phillipson@manchester.ac.uk!@S_Phillipson

What I mean by a podcast

Attribution

TELTEKEntwine

Opencast Community

Manchester MTT Manchester Infra

Mini-ITX.com

Manchester ITS

Galicaster Community

UC Berkeley

Universitat Politècnica de Valencia

University of Sussex

60 Theatres

114 Theatres

Opt-out

Policy / Process Technology

• Understanding our users.!• Opt-out policy.!• Evidence for lecture capture.

• Matterhorn!• Galicaster!• Why of flexibility matters.

Large-scale “Meh” Group

“Meh”HostileUnsuitableEnthusiastic

What put the “Meh” group off?

login find classes schedule manage theatre

manage recordingsmanage LMS availability

CaptureProcessing,

Management & Distribution

£0 £0

Open Source Recording System

Hardware & install cost per room ~ £1,000

Benefiting Each Other

Benefiting Each Other

CODE12345 9:00 - 10:00 Room 1 Prof. Bob Bobson Lecture A6EFR546AFEGV45

CODE12345 9:00 - 10:00 Room 1 Prof. Bob Bobson Lecture A6EFR546AFEGV45

CODE12345 9:00 - 10:00 Room 1 Prof. Bob Bobson Opt-in / Out A6EFR546AFEGV45

CODE12345 9:00 - 9:55 Recorder 1 Prof. Bob Bobson Opt-in / Out Series A6EFR546AFEGV45

Booking Opt-out Recording

Staff Email

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Direct Encoding

• 10x to 20x greater storage and network efficacy.!• HIGHLY scaleable.!• Processing times reduced to ~10 minutes.

TL;DR

• Opt-out + technology is the difference between common / uncommon experience.!

!• We’re better together!!

!• Open source allows for rapid deployment and evolution.

Questions?