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In 2003/2004 the Centre for
Flexible Learning started to offer encoding, storing and serving
digital media files as a regular service. Faculty demand for
this service has been very high. This year over 500 media files,
mostly videos, have been encoded and placed on the Windows 2003,
streaming media server. 70% of digital media is associated with
courses. The balance is associated with teaching and learning
support, recruitment and other campus initiatives. The source of
course media is either original video produced by the instructor or
provided by a textbook publisher. In the case of media provided by
textbook publishers, course instructors are required to obtain
permission for network streaming within a password-protected course
web site. The table below provides statistics relating to the
number of files produced and their related departments.
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Department |
# Files |
% Total |
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University |
100 |
18.5% |
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Culture
Connection. |
24 |
4.5% |
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NAFTA at ten |
8 |
1.5% |
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Odysseus |
2 |
0.4% |
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Video
Conference |
3 |
0.6% |
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CFL |
14 |
2.6% |
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Projects |
3 |
0.6% |
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Region |
1 |
0.2% |
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Miscellaneous |
3 |
0.6% |
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Courses |
378 |
70.5% |
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Total |
536 |
100.0% |
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Course Department |
# Files |
% Total |
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Psychology |
175 |
46.0% |
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Fac. of Education |
43 |
11.4% |
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Social Work |
42 |
11.2% |
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Spanish |
26 |
6.9% |
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Biology |
16 |
4.2% |
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Comm. Studies |
16 |
4.2% |
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Nursing |
15 |
4.0% |
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Visual Arts |
11 |
3.0% |
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Ophelia |
9 |
2.4% |
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Japanese |
8 |
2.1% |
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Music |
7 |
1.9% |
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Poetry |
6 |
1.6% |
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Olympiad |
2 |
0.5% |
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Models |
2 |
0.6% |
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Total |
378 |
100.0% |
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The media server operating
system was upgraded to Windows 2003 server and the media encoding
software was upgrade to Windows Media Encoder version 9.
Files encoded using this version
are indexed. Indexing allows users to quickly navigate within a file
using the location slider in the media player.
CFL is in the process of
purchasing a portable media encoding system for capturing and encoding
live events from campus locations. This equipment will be used for
Convocation, State of the University Addresses, conferences and other
important events.
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