June 2, 2015
By: Mich Donovan
I reviewed the first version of Wacom’s tablet PC a few months ago, mostly focusing on how the device could work as an all-in-one studio for creating video lectures. The verdict: a little overpowered (and in some ways limited) for...
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December 15, 2014
By: Mich Donovan
For as long as we’ve been creating video lectures for the Online Courses project technology has been as much of a challenge as it has been a solution. From connecting all the different devices and cords and adapters, to operating...
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August 27, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Last month Paul Zylowski, Mweshi “Moon” Ngandwe, and I did a live web chat discussing some of the various AV gear and technologies we saw on our recent trip to InfoComm 2014 this past June. Below is a recording of the web chat....
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February 25, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
I recently completed our annual survey of enterprise lecture capture systems and wanted to share our findings with those of you interested in taking a look. This document looks at 11 of the leading products in use today in higher ed (tools like MediaSite, Echo360,...
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By: Jack D'Ardenne
This new Panasonic AW-HE2 USB HD camera looks interesting. High list price ($995), but it offers a lot of functionality. I'm going to reach out to Panasonic to see if we can get a demo and I'll report back if we...
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February 19, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Often times we have events, projects or circumstances that require us to use high end cameras with software that is really only designed for USB cams. Professional and Prosumer gear almost always lacks the USB interface so this can be...
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November 8, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Sharon Kaiser from the School of Medicine will give us a tour of the School of Medicine's Teaching and Learning Center in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center. This will also be our holiday gathering and we'll have cookies and beverages. If...
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October 29, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Duke's Logitech rep, Warren Widener stopped by today to show us some of Logitech's business line products (listed below). Two of the highlights were the BCC950 ConferenceCam and the Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e. The BCC950 webcam features 1080P video, PTZ operation...
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May 13, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
I don't know much about it this camera but it is nice to see more USB PTZ options. It claims to work with built-in OS drivers so nothing to install. It also claims to work with all major web conferencing...
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October 11, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
One of the reasons Duke chose Panopto in 2010 after a project comparing leading enterprise capture tools was Panopto's extensive search capabilities. These include the ability to search for any text used as part of a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation,...
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