Case Study – This Workshop :
2 Case Study – This Workshop Case study:
Maximising access to workshop resources
Evaluating the technologies
Gaining user feedback
Aims:
To allow remote user to listen it to talk
To record a talk and to make it available as a Podcast
To synchronise talk with display of PowerPoint slides using SMIL format
To share experiences Case Study Used Blue Peter rules – have created resources in advance to gain experiences, save time and avoid technical problems!
Technologies - Recording :
3 Technologies - Recording Recording a talk:
Used iPod voice recorder:Low bit rate and limited control over settings
Used (£5) microphone with Audacity open source recording software:Time-consuming to synchronise sound with PowerPoint display
Used microphone with Blogmatrix Sparks software:Can create bookmark when changing slides (and automatically upload Podcast)
Technologies – Creating Podcast :
4 Technologies – Creating Podcast Currently done manually (software is available to automate process) <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="podcast.xsl"?>
<rss version="2.00">
<channel>
<title>Potential For Collaborative And Mobile Technologies</title> <link>http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/swmlac-2005-09/collaborative-technologies/smil/podcast.xml</link> <description>Podcast Of Talk on The Potential For Collaborative And Mobile Technologies</description>
<language>en-gb</language>
<copyright>Creative Commons - Attribution and Share-alike</copyright>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate> Define the Podcast channel http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/swmlac-2005-09/collaborative-technologies/smil/podcast.xml
Technologies – Creating SMIL File :
5 Technologies – Creating SMIL File SMIL (Synchronised Multimedia Interchange Language) – an open standard for multimedia
File created manually (software should be used!) <?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE smil PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SMIL 2.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/SMIL20.dtd">
<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta name="dc.title" content="Potential For Collaborative Technologies"/>
<meta name="dc.description" content="Workshop, 21 Sept 2005"/>
<meta name="dc.creator" content="Brian Kelly"/>
<layout>
<root-layout height="450" width="600" background-color="black"/>
<region id="main" title="Main" width="600" height="450" fit="fill"/>
</layout>
</head> Define the SMIL file <body>
<par>
<audio src="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/swmlac-
2005-09/collaborative-technologies/smil/collaborativetechnologies.mp3"
alt="collaborative technologies" longdesc="collab-technologies.txt"/>
<img id="image_1" src="../smil/Slides/Slide1.GIF" region="main"
begin="0" alt="title slide"/>
<img id="image_2" src="../ smil/Slides/Slide2.GIF" region="main"
begin="0:32" alt="What We'll Cover"/>
…
</par>
</body> Define the SMIL elements GIF images of PowerPoint slides created using Save As option in PowerPoint
Non-Technical Issues :
6 Non-Technical Issues Technical Issues:
Multimedia expertise needed to enhance quality
Human Issues:
I move a lot, so sound level variable
I tell jokes – and you had to be there!
I repeat myself if people arrive late – sounds strange on recording
Business Issues:
Who owns copyright?
If I record all my talks, will anyone bother coming in future?
User Issues:
Do users want this – or is it technology-driven? See Emmott for example of enhance recording
Discussion :
7 Discussion Recordings Of Talks
Would recordings of today's talks be useful for (a) you and (b) your colleagues who can't attend?
Is the sound sufficient or would you want to integrate the slides?
Remote Participation
Would you (or your colleagues) find it useful to participate remotely using (say) Skype?
Is sound sufficient or would you want video?
Issues For Us
Is this too time-consuming to do?
Will workshops lose their impact?
Could we involve remote facilitators?
Questions :
8 Questions Any questions?