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Issue #3 December 2009 | Opencast Matterhorn Community Newsletter


Please note that the newsletter has moved!  The Opencast Matterhorn newsletter is now located on the main Opencast website (instead of the wiki) at www.opencastproject.org/newsletter.

The RSS for the newsletter has also changed to: http://www.opencastproject.org/newsletter/feed.

Opencast Website Makeover

Earlier this month, we launched the new Opencast website at www.opencastproject.org. While this website has been a resource for the Opencast Community, many of you expressed difficulty finding Matterhorn related project information. Based on your excellent feedback, Matterhorn has more of a presence on the site. In particular, please note two new sections about Matterhorn:

Call for Institutions

The Matterhorn 0.5 release will provide individuals and institutions a first glimpse into what will become Matterhorn 1.0 in July 2010. To better prepare and organize the 0.5 release and to help you get the necessary support, we need you to answer this survey to collect information on how you would like to install, implement, use, and evaluate Matterhorn 0.5 - or subsequent pre 1.0 releases. Feel free to forward this survey to colleagues!

Matterhorn 0.5 Release

Our first preview release Matterhorn 0.5 will be available January / early February 2010.  This release will be a modest one, but along with its bugs and limited feature set comes the unique opportunity to follow our progress, assist us with testing, and provide general feedback.  It's important to us that developers, designers, and thought leaders in media and education join us as early as possible to fullfill Matterhorn's potential as an open source alternative to proprietary media service frameworks, interactive media tools, and lecture capture systems.

Matterhorn Base Camps

As described in the Matterhorn 0.5 Release article, base camps are not only a central component for testing Matterhorn prereleases, but the nucleus of the Matterhorn community. We are therefore delighted to see four base camps in the UK, Spain, Israel and Canada.

You and Your Institution

We've identified potential roles you may play as you engage with the Opencast community and contribute to Matterhorn.  Which will role best fits you?

Spreading the Word - December 2009

January 21st 2010: The IARU workshop on Open Access at ETH Zurich will feature a session on Open Video with speakers from various Opencast-related institutions; cf. with the program. We're considering recording and possibly live streaming this event. Please let us know whether you would consider this valuable!

Matterhorn 1.0 Release

Release 1.0 is now available! Get the details or go straight to downloads!

Opencast Community Meeting & Live Demo

Opencast Matterhorn community

Thank you to everyone who joined us May 25th for a live demo and discussion about the future of Opencast Matterhorn.

In case you missed it, watch the recording!

Join Matterhorn!

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Attention climbers!

The Matterhorn project is movin' on up, so get your belay on and join us!

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