ASU, (alt^I) - Term

Media Programming

guydm — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:47:48 -0700

The Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I) produces, and supports high quality and relevant digital media that furthers the learning, research, and public service goals of Arizona State University.

Our programming efforts center on use-inspired real-world production and research applying new and emerging media via relevant interdisciplinary partnerships throughout the university, other government agencies, and within the local and global community. Active engagement of alt^I in implementing technologies, tools, and techniques is critical toward the success of fostering and supporting the integration of new media and expanding the bounds of new knowledge creation and higher education.

alt^I builds on the strong heritage of media production and research that has been established in recent decades at ASU across multiple departments, units, and colleges, and focuses on leveraging the strengths and opportunities realized through the merging and reorganization of previously non-integrated units. The future and success relies on the synergistic operation and support of the entire Applied Learning Technologies Institute, and the support, cross-function, and integration of each of its departments.

Media Support

guydm — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:39:24 -0700

Funding and support of the current activities of alt^I, as well as investment in the future expansion, success, and media integration are necessary in three essential areas: expert staff, production hardware and software, and continuing support of research and exploration.

Staff - The need for expert and qualified staff who are skilled in both technical competencies and in the relevant applications of technology in higher education is critical. A core function of the alt^I remains the production of high quality digital media assets that are incorporated into the operational activities of the university at a fundamental level. Quality programming, and effective integration can only be achieved by utilizing the skills, expertise, and acquired knowledge of experts in new and emerging media.

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ASU iTunes U - Version 1.0

admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:02:01 -0700

Through a partnership with Apple Inc., ASU has established an innovative platform to facilitate ASU podcast production and delivery. Our primary efforts involve developing ASU at iTunes U, where ASU podcast content will be stored and distributed using the iTunes U infrastructure.

ASU on iTunes U is both a repository and support mechanism for ASU podcasting efforts--assembled together into a single, easy to access location. This will enhance individual programming, and will work to generate exposure to individual programs that will benefit from being listed as part of a larger collective, maximizing and leveraging ASU content in conjunction with Apple and iTunes U. ASU iTunes U will utilize ASU’s authentification system and Apple’s repository of educational podcasts, blended into a unified cohesive space.

Podcasting has emerged as a viable means of developing and distributing instructionally sound programming that may facilitate on-line education and/or enhance blended classroom experiences. The ASU Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I) has been actively engaged in exploring this new media space for some time, particularly as it relates to sound instruction facilitated by technology. We are encouraged about the possibilities that will certainly emerge as podcasting continues to be utilized in various applications throughout the ASU community, and we look forward to working with faculty, researchers, and other departments to continue and further develop research in these new media and approaches, and to help drive and guide their use and refinement in higher education.

Types of Programming

guydm — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:50:31 -0700

University Public Communication and Archives
Programming in this area is primarily focused on documenting the innovative and noteworthy teaching and research and development activities at the university. Content would likely appeal to a larger and general audience that may include other universities, the general public, funding sources, and others interested in participating and learning from the general activities of Arizona State University.

University Event Productions
Example programming includes: Commencement and Convocation Events, Awards and Celebrations, Honorary Programs, Distinguished Lectures, Building Dedications, and other high profile events that are of interest to the general ASU Community.

President's Office University Communication
Communicating the mission, vision, and leadership of Arizona State University through specific announcements of plans and decisions focused to specific areas of the university community, as well as news and information that is of interest to a broader audience and related constituency.

Instruction and Research Media Programming
Enhancing teaching, learning, and research in higher education through the use of integrated media by effectively incorporating digital media into both existing teaching and research endeavors as well as exploring new possibilities and innovation in the application of media into higher education. Continuous data driven research and development toward maximizing the educational integration of media enhanced knowledge creation.

Examples of Teaching, Learning, Research, and Community Related
Programs and Progects

Introduction to Exercise Science & Physical Education: Community College Bridge Program - an example of the success that can be achieved through the cooperative efforts of university and community college faculty and technical staff. (Example: quicktime mp4) - (More Information and Behind-the-Scenes)

"Interview" with Charles Darwin

This video was produced as supporting material for an online undergraduate course in Plant Biology. (Example: quicktime mp4) - (Link to Course, PLB108) - (Blue Screen Production Process)

Joint Urban Design Program, Wilson District Charrette

"The charrette process is used by the professional design community to address a difficult urban problem in a short period of time. It is an intensive workshop/think-tank effort...participants gain an understanding of the issues from the community and then generate design ideas aimed at solving the problem."

(Streaming Video: quicktime mp4) - (Introduction.pdf, Background.pdf, Charrette Process.pdf, Recommendations.pdf, Appendix.pdf)

Media Production

admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:56:43 -0700

Media Production

Perpetual growth, expansion, and exploration in applying new and emerging media into the processes of higher education (as well as reinventing traditional media techniques) continue to both demonstrate our success as well as offer further expansion of ideas and challenges in this arena. Today the Applied Learning Technologies Institute unit can be characterized as a pioneer and as a leader in the realm of digital media production, research, support, and development at Arizona State University, as well as throughout the industry.

Live Webcasting

jcasey — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:38:04 -0700

Live Webcasting

ASU employs both live and archive streaming technologies to support and enhance the delivery of web-based coursework, research activities and campus community events. The MDS group provides technical support, effectively utilizing the latest streaming technologies to capture, route, and distribute live and recorded events. Events are distributed across the Internet offering multiple levels of bandwidth solutions-enabling users at various levels of connectivity to maximize their access to the event. Webcast content is made available to the Internet2 community via IP multicast. See ASU Live! for links to live streaming events. On-demand archived versions of ASU Live! webcasts are available at http://live.asu.edu.

Advocating for Arizona’s Gifted Children Documentary

guydm — Sat, 20 May 2006 16:23:31 -0700

We have recently completed, "Advocating for Arizona’s Gifted Children," a documentary and promotional video supported by the Arizona Department of Education. The goals of the program are to create a promotional tool to increase gifted education advocacy efforts as related to public education in Arizona. The audience for this video is varied and includes; schools, school boards, administrators, teachers, parents, and state legislators. This program was produced in collaboration with the Arizona Department of Education, Jeff Hipskind; Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented, Dina Brulles; Javits Grant project - Bright Horizons, Andree Charlson; and Sanford Cohn at Arizona State University.

Podcasting 101

guydm — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:42:44 -0700

What is Podcasting?

Podcasting is the merging of two technologies: Downloadable media (audio, usually) and RSS.

Downloadable media is simply a file (such as MP3) stored on a server that users can download and listen to. RSS is a technology that allows a user to subscribe to a podcast and have episodes automatically downloaded to their computer.

Ready for a Quick Start? See these links:

Getting Started with ASU on iTunes U
and our List of Suggested Equipment (available in PDF for Download)

Creating Podcasts at ASU, Overview

Podcasts at ASU may be used for either general public information such as promotional materials, guest lectures, public events, etc. or for delivering course content (lectures, videos, even digital print materials) to registered students.

ASU on iTunes U
ASU on iTunes U provides a user friendly, accessible podcast distribution mechanism for the ASU community. ASU on iTunes U leverages the Apple iTunes U infrastructure to facilitate storage and distribution of ASU podcast content; making it is possible for every ASU faculty member and researcher to effectively and efficiently provide podcast course material to students, colleagues, fellow researchers--the global community.

ASU on iTunes U, a Step-by-Step Guide to ASU podcast distribution

Determine if your podcast will be for Public or Private distribution. Public content may be downloaded by anybody, and is most suitable for guest lectures, promotional materials, and the like, while Private content may be restricted to a select group of ASURITE ID holders (e.g., course lectures intended for only registered students of the course)
Determine who will be responsible for maintaining your ASU on iTunes U podcast "Course/Channel". ASU on iTunes U content may be maintained by one or more individuals, so long as they have an ASURITE ID.
Two Primary "Roles" are allocated for maintaining ASU on iTunes U content:
- The "Instructor" Role has full editing privileges, including organizing the structure, content, and graphics of an ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel
- The "TA" Role has the ability to upload and delete content in pre-defined areas designated by the Instructor
- FYI, other Roles within the ASU on iTunes U environment presently include "Student," "All" (the general public), and "Authenticated/Unauthenticated." These Roles are primarily related to downloading content rather than uploading and maintaining content. It is not necessary to identify these Roles during your request, but they are mentioned here merely for informational purposes as such terminology may be present in other related ASU on iTunes U documentation.
- ASURITE ID's are required for associated roles of Instructor and TA within ASU on iTunes U
Request your ASU on iTunes U "Course/Channel" using the ASU Course Request online web form located at http://my.asu.edu/courserequest
- NOTE: Not all ASU on iTunes U podcasts need to be associated with an ASU Course. However, ASU on iTunes U is related to other ASU 'Learning Management Systems' such as Blackboard and Sakai as part of the overall ASU Distributed Learning Platform, and therefore the same ASU mechanism (my.asu.edu/courserequest) is used to establish and administer related environments and associated roles such as "Instructors" and "TA's" within each.
Presently, the output ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel requests from my.asu.edu/courserequests notifies staff within the ASU University Technology Office, who will create your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel within the Apple environment. You may be contacted personally for additional information to verify that your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel is created in the most suitable manner possible.
Access to ASU on iTunes U Courses and Channels
Instructor/TA Editing
- Once your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel has been created, you may access it for Editing and for Uploading Content using the "ASURITE" button located on the ASU iTunes U home page (itunes.asu.edu). As either an Instructor or TA you will be able to Edit your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel and Upload content using the provided links with ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel that will only appear to Instructors and TA's. Additionally, as an Instructor you may select the "Edit Page" links and the "Edit Access" links which provide additional tools for adjusting the organizational structure, graphics, and access to you ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel.
Private - Student Downloading of Content
- If you have identified your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel as 'Private' then only registered students enrolled in the ASU Course associated with the designated ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel will be able to see and download content. These students will also need to login to ASU on iTunes U using the the "ASURITE" button located on the ASU iTunes U home page itunes.asu.edu.
- Additionally, you may place a link directly to your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel on any web page (e.g., within Blackboard or Sakai) which will take students directly to your content after their identity (their ASURITE ID) has been verified. [Tip: Right Click on any content within an ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel to "Copy iTunes URL" to obtain the link to be placed in an external web page]
Public - General Public Downloading of Content
- ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel that is available for Public distribution may be accessed using either the "ASURITE" button located on the ASU iTunes U home page itunes.asu.edu or the "PUBLIC" button also located on the ASU iTunes U home page itunes.asu.edu. Direct links on external web pages to Public content may be made as well.

Recording Equipment

Download the "PodcastGear" PDF

These equipment packages are viable for recording quality audio to be used for podcast programming. Content may include educational programming, public presentation materials, as well as research and/or other distributed media applications.

Simple, effective, and inexpensive recording of a Single Source

Existing personal computer with audio input capabilities (most all newer computers meet this requirement) $N/A
Audio Recording and Editing Software such as Audacity ($Free)
Built in microphone, or inexpensive digital USB or Analog headset/microphone ($10.00 - $20.00)

Presenter Audio Only

Wireless lavalier (lapel) mic (Sennheiser Evolution G2 100 Series - $499.99)
Multi-channel audio mixer (Yamaha MG102 - $99.00)
Digital audio recorder (Marantz PMD660 - $499.95)
Assorted cabling

Mixed Recording of Presenter and Audience Questions

Wireless handheld mic (Sennheiser Evolution G2 100 Series - $499.99)
Wireless lavalier (lapel) mic (Sennheiser Evolution G2 100 Series - $499.99)
Multi-channel audio mixer (Yamaha MG102 - $99.00)
Digital audio recorder (Marantz PMD660 - $499.95)
Assorted cabling

Podcast Host Only

Studio mic (Heil PR40 - $269.95)
Multi-channel audio mixer (Yamaha MG102 - $99.00)
Digital audio recorder (Marantz PMD660 - $499.95)
Assorted cabling

Podcast Host and Interview Subject

Two studio mics (Heil PR40 - $539.90)
Multi-channel audio mixer (Yamaha MG102 - $99.00)
Digital audio recorder (Marantz PMD660 - $499.95)
Assorted cabling

These recommendations are provided as a general guide, and do not represent all possible or reasonable options. Similar equipment is available from a wide variety of manufactures and vendors. Generally, the suggested price ranges will be fairly consistent among different manufactures of similar equipment.

Creating ASU on iTunes U, Podcast Content

ASU on iTunes U supports a wide range of digital media content, including Audio, Video, and even Digital Print materials such as PDF.

You may create your content using any number of media specific applications. Content is uploaded into your ASU on iTunes U Course/Channel using "Upload Files" link in iTunes which will launch a standard web browser and form used to manage your ASU on iTunes U files.

Audio files can be in AAC or MP3 format with the appropriate file extension (.m4a or .mp3). Video files can be in MPEG-4 or H.264 format with the appropriate file extension (.mp4, .m4v, or .mov). PDF booklets must have the .pdf extension.

For audio files, Apple recommends the following:

• Audio Format: AAC-LC (Music)
• Data Rate:128 kbits/sec
• Channels:Stereo
• Output Sample Rate:44.100 kHz
• Encoding Quality:Better

For video files,Apple recommends the following:

• Video Format:H.264
• Data Rate:256 kbits/sec
• Image Size:320 x 240
• Frame Rate:30
• Key Frame:Every 24 frames

Metadata and Tagging

Content distributed through ASU on Tunes U can include additional information fields, that can be used to describe the content, provide additional links, identify the creator, associate rights holder, and more. This information is referred to as metadata and is useful for searching, retrieving, and organizing rich media content. Some of the metadata information fields are quite robust, such as the "Lyrics" and may be used to contain a considerable amount of associated text (e.g., course notes, transcripts, or additional readings).

Questions, comments, and feedback may be sent to podcast-q@asu.edu

Classroom Studios

guydm — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:37:23 -0700

Our Classroom Studios house a variety of media production technologies in spaces that are configurable to meet a range of programming needs from the broadcasting of traditional distance education television courses; to modern interactive webcast, podcast, and streaming media events, as well as multi-point video conferencing.

In addition to the resources offered in a traditional 'mediated classroom' (e.g. digital media presentation systems, audio and video playback, etc.) the alt^I Classroom Studios provide seamless recording and capture of course content making it available as a digital archive for either closed-circuit 'Video On-Demand' playback or open podcasting, or both. Additionally, courses taught in the alt^I Classroom Studios may utilize two way video and audio connectivity among the live classroom participants and students and other instructors distributed across regional and geographic boundaries. Interaction and collaboration are possible using the wide range of technologies and approaches available in our Classroom Studios, and new methods continue to be developed and explored.

All classes may be recorded for backup, archive, and repeat programming using a variety of technologies ranging from analog video recording to live interactive webcasting systems.

A Selection of available technologies includes:

Remote Controlled Cameras

Each DLT Classroom includes three cameras, remotely and quietly controlled by a professional operator in an adjacent control room. Every effort has been made to keep the movements of the cameras from distracting instruction. Pad camera, presentation camera, or “Elmo” system- is used in each of the classrooms. This camera is positioned over the instructor's desk, making it possible to display instructional materials hand-drawn with markers on a letter- size pad. Prepared printed graphics also may be shown.

Computer presentation

Each classroom includes a personal computer for presentation of content that can effectively be incorporated into the course programming and delivery on the instructor's queue.

Smart Board

A number of our studios, include Smart Board data projection screens. These large displays can be operated by touch senstive controls on the screen, making for a near seamless interactive blend between instructor and content.

Video Conferencing

Two-way video conferences may be established between our studios and any other institution or facility with traditional video conferencing technology. True two-way interaction between colloborative and distributed classrooms makes it possible to truly achieve global learning and perspectives.

Interactive Digital Webcasting & Archiving

Classroom presentations may be recorded using a variety of means from traditional digital videotape, to web video formats, to complete composiite packaging using systems such as MediaSite, Apresso, or others. Course material may be distributed in open webcasting enviroments, or in protected and secure 'Intranet' spaces.

Podcasting

The digital recordings of all materials (audio, video, etc.) presented in our studios can easily be distributed using subcription based services of RSS and podcasting, providing an added level of convenience and flexibility for students and instructors.

Microphones

A wireless lapel microphone is available for the instructor in each studio. This provides the maximum flexibility for instructor mobility. Student microphones are also utilized to record questions and discussion throughout classroom activities, a critical component in capturing overall learning and engagement.

Phone bridge from remote distributed sites

Telephone calls from distributed site students are broadcast into each classroom through the built-in speaker system. This helps to engage all learners and bridge the gap between local and distributed education.

ASU Live!

jcasey — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:01:20 -0700

Live and archived streaming media events at Arizona State University. Webcast support for the events on this page provided by Applied Learning Technologies Institute - University Technology Office. For more information regarding ASU's webcasting services, please email: streaming@asu.edu .

ASU Fall Commencement 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007

9:30am MST, Wells Fargo Arena
Arizona State University

For more information, please visit the Commencement website .

Links to the live streaming broadcast will be made available here ten minutes prior to the start of the event.

When the broadcast has concluded, a video archive version of the event will be available at http://itunesu.asu.edu.


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