Well we will be converting this to a Building Block soon hopefully and it will be available but I would assume the University would like to recoup some of the money outlayed in development by selling. Would be wourth the purchase though as development has been many 10s of man hours. Is there anyone else on this list who might be interested in an application like this?

 

Regards

 

John Smith



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	Are you inclined / able / willing to share the application?

	

	

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	Mark

	

	Mark Gamble

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	University of Luton

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	Hi,

	

	We have developed in Flash a LectureViewer application which takes an

	audio (and jpeg) file and a video file and a powerpoint file

	(converted

	to swf ) and an xml file of cue points and other info. The Viewer

	loads

	the xml file and creates a display whereby the slides change in time

	to

	the video/audio file. This means that the students can view lectures

	later during the exam study periods or if they have missed the lecture

	completely.

	

	There is also a built in Glossary and "Ask a Question" facility in the

	viewer.

	

	Regards,

	

	John Smith BEng, PgDip E- Commerce

	Learning Materials Developer (NMCH)

	Room A506, Govan Mbeki Building

	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Community Health

	Glasgow Caledonian University

	Cowcaddens Road

	Glasgow, G4 0BA

	

	Tel: +44 (0)141 331 3989

	Fax: +44 (0)141 331 8312

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	Sent: 03 May 2006 12:00

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	Subject: Re: [Blackboard] uploading PowerPoint with video

	

	Hi Adam,

	

	For a recent presentation we uploaded 23 videos onto our streaming

	server and then put in the link for each into the presentation itself.

	Reduces the size of the presentation hugely and enables relatively

	quick

	offsite access over a slower internet connection, without compromising

	the video quality.  But of course this all depends on whether you have

	a

	streaming server!

	

	Best wishes,

	

	Jodie Bell

	VLE Co- ordinator

	Royal Veterinary College

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	A.J.D.

	Sent: 03 May 2006 11:46

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	Subject: [Blackboard] uploading PowerPoint with video

	

	I have a tutor who wants to upload a PowerPoint file that includes

	video

	clips to Blackboard -  have any of you managed to get this to work?

	

	I know that PowerPoint includes a 'hard link' to the location of the

	video file (e.g. E:/videos/my_video.avi) so I used the Package for CD

	option to copy all the files (PPT and AVI) to a temporary folder and

	make the link to the video simple (e.g. my_video.avi)

	

	I zipped the PPT and AVI files, uploaded to Blackboard and unpackaged

	them -  with the PPT being the initial file. The PPT is fine, but the

	video doesn't play... my guess is that the PPT is being viewed from

	the

	browser cache and hence it *still* can't find the video.

	

	The only option that does seem to work is to Package for CD, upload to

	Blackboard and just link to the ZIP file... then get the students to

	download the ZIP file to their PC, unzip it and (with luck and a

	following wind) they'll be able to view the PP with videos. That is a

	bit clunky though, so does anyone have an easier solution?

	

	PS I've tried Impatica, but the videos are too compressed to be really

	useful.

	

	Adam

	

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