September 18, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The Harvard Business School recently launched the HBX virtual classroom. "HBX Live is a studio based classroom located at WGBH Boston (public TV station) that enables 60 individuals from different locations around the world to join in a real-time discussion...
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By: Todd Stabley
As many of you know, Media Technologies periodically conducts a survey of leading lecture capture tools in an effort to ensure that DukeCapture remains up-to-date and serves the needs of our community. Our last survey was published in 2014 and concluded that...
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September 4, 2015
By: Stephen Toback
[duke_media src="https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/fqgAAA/"] At the brilliant suggestion of Amy Kenyon, I did some testing of using Prezi as a recording tool for one of our courses in production. It’s pretty great for zooming around large images at will and discussing the...
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September 1, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
They are "coming together to optimize Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps, integrating iPhones with Cisco environments and providing unique collaboration capabilities on iPhones and iPads." http://blogs.cisco.com/news/partnership Initial focus will be: Delivering unparalleled performance and end-to-end solutions on Cisco...
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August 17, 2015
By: Stephen Toback
https://youtu.be/4a_ij4hiz3M We had a request from a faculty member to be able to use a multiple page white board and be able to switch back and forth in real time between pages as he is screen recording. I was hoping Sketchbook...
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August 4, 2015
By: Todd Stabley
I was intrigued by a recent article on streamingmedia.com that outlines innovations in home entertainment technology that are poised to make a big splash in the months ahead. These changes focus around dynamic range--the ability to express a much wider gamut...
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By: Todd Stabley
Great news! The talented team at Warpwire together with OIT Media Technologies implemented a significant upgrade of Warpwire (v. 1.6) at Duke last week that adds a number of eagerly-anticipated features. These new features include: Closed Captions: – Added ability...
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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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June 1, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
For those that couldn’t make it, we had a great demo at Cisco's briefing center. We got to see a few of Cisco's latest MX, SX, and DX video conferencing systems. We also got to see a few new web collaboration...
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May 8, 2015
By: Todd Stabley
In 2013 Matrox won a Streaming Media Best of NAB award in 2013 with their popular Monarch HD video recording and streaming appliance. This device uses HDMI inputs, is affordable at about $1,000.00 and was especially notable for being operable...
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