Media Creation & Delivery Tools

Content Delivery

Streaming Media Farm - The University Technology Office administers a streaming media cluster for University faculty and administrative staff who want to use streaming technology as a tool to enhance their teaching and research activities. The application UTO provides to upload pre-produced streaming files is called Media Manager. The media cluster supports the following file formats.

• QT
• Real
• MS
• MS Producer

Media Manager is accessible at http://myasucourses.asu.edu . If you have questions regarding Media Manager, feel free to check out the Technology FAQs website. Email may may be directed to mediamanager-q@asu.edu.

ASU on iTunes - UTO has established a platform to facilitate ASU podcast production and delivery. We have partnered with Apple Computers to develop ASU on iTunes , where ASU podcast content will be stored and distributed using the iTunesU infrastructure, making it possible for every faculty member to provide course material in podcast media to their students. For more information on iTunesU, go to http://itunesu.asu.edu.

Mediasite - Mediasite is a content-capture solution for automated, "production-free" recording, organizing, publishing, managing and viewing of rich media content. UTO maintains a server cluster to house and deliver Mediasite materials. The following groups on campus use the Mediasite cluster:

• Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
• College of Nursing
• University College
• College of Law
• alt^I – 5 production studios are equipped with Mediasite capture equipment

Apreso/Anystream – Apreso is a content-capture solution similar to Mediasite.  UTO also maintains a server cluster to house and deliver Apreso materials.  Encoding equipment has been installed in the downtown campus University Center to facilitate the capture of courses.  

Content Creation

Breeze Presenter - The Breeze Presentation Creation Environment is a centrally licensed and supported development resource administered by the University Technology Office, to enable faculty and staff to create narrated, synchronized Powerpoint presentations available for access via the web. NOTE: The Breeze Presenter license is currently under review. Questions regarding the Breeze Presentation Creation Environment may be sent to breeze-q@asu.edu.