Video Management System

(Redirect from Lecture Capture / Lecture Capture System) 

(Multi-)Media Management System / Rich Media Management System/ (Rich) Media Service Framework / (Rich) Media Service Platform / Media Sharing/Dissemination Platform

A THING is a software application to produce, manage, manipulate, and distribute educational audio and video content in an academic environment; the most common purpose of a THING is to produce lecture recordings, manage existing video, serve designated distribution channels, and provide user interfaces to engage students with educational videos. In detail, a THING is characterized by the integration of at least two of the functionalities between creation and usage of audiovisual material.

Functionalities
The following list features various functionalities from the input of media into a THING towards the output (usage) of audio and/or video (1).

Capture: Inserting audio and/or video objects into the system, either as files (upload, ingest) or using dedicated capture devices to record audio and/or video. Other input media can be supported, e.g. VGA or file upload.

Manage:

Manipulate: Editing objects to change their formats, duration or other characteristics.

Archive: Storing objects in a format suitable for long-term preservation.

Dissemination: Consumption of objects in various forms (RSS, player, engage UI)

Objects

Mainly audio and video (including audio), but often a THING also manages associated

- metadata,
- annotations,
- objects (references, bibliography)
- files

Goals
The goals pursued when developing or deploying a THING are manyfold; some major areas of concern are
-    the automation of the workflow which allows
-    scaling of the overall productivity,
-    a harmonization of the workflow, thus enabling
-    comparable quality and
-    increased reliability. Also, THINGS especially are aiming at an
-    integration with campus information systems.
 

Characteristics

Life cycle (JOSH):

Framework (JOSH):

Workflow (JOSH):

List of Commercial systems
Panopto, Echo360, Podcast Producer, Lectopia, Mediasite, Tegrity...

List of Open Source systems
Opencast Matterhorn, Recollect, VirtPresenter, REPLAY, PumuKit...

Other related solutions

Other resources

- Opencast in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opencast

- Opencast in Wikipedia (German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opencast

(1) Various THINGS offer the option of either ingesting objects beyond audio and video or distribute additional material (slides, transcripts etc.) which would ask for the objects to be referred to as multimdedia or rich media objects. However, with the focus on audio and video especially, the ...