Kevin Walsh CI Channel Evangelist

Apryl BaileyCI Channel Creative Director

March 13, 2006SDSC

www.cichannel.org

The CI Channel PlatformA Mobile, Scalable Video Streaming Service

for Education and Science

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Presentation Credits

• Apryl Bailey, Ange Mason, Anne Bowen, Isaac our student, Diane Baxter, Jay Dombrowski, Emilio Valente, (SDSC CI Channel Group + Education Group)

• Jon Meyer, SDSC Synthesis Center

• Matt Kullberg and Dan White, SDSC User Support

• Erik Herz and Chris Dawson (Webcastinabox)

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Who we are

• Creative and Technical Staff at and SDSC• Staff from Education , Networking, and

Visualization units• Key players: Apryl Bailey, Isaac Huang,

Emilio Valente, Jon Meyer• Key supporters: Diane Baxter and Jay

Dombrowski

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What We Do

• Mobile, on remote location web casting• Lecture capture for on-demand viewing• Video Editing• K-12 course content provider for the

sciences - especially under Cyberinfrastructure

• Follow science in action - capture science in the making

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Service to the Education Community

• Making content from scientific presentations accessible to K-12 and public.

• Sharing knowledge about streaming media technology

• Sharing information on issues that arise through use of technology: privacy, copyright, disabilities act compliance

• Planning for the impact on streaming media on networks and current costs

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Service to the CI Enabled Scientific Projects

• GEON• CIPRES• NEES• SDSC Summer Computing Institute• CI for Humanities - UC Humanities

Research Institute

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Background - LectureCast Platform Initial Study

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Major Assessment Criteria

• Multiple platform for remote clients- Mac, PC, Linux

• Ease of use and short workflow• Quick set up• Scalable• Secure• Multicast support• Ability to add features easily• Low cost

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High Level Overview

Equipment: camera, wireless lavalier, scan converter, video encoder

Video sources : video of speaker, laptop video from PowerPoint or other media

Centralized Streaming Server BankBasic preparationBasic post-processing

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Dual Channel Encoder Components

• WebcastInaBox• Linux based• Two video capture

channels• Any two sources:

laptop screen, camera, document camera

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Camera miniDV camera with

svideo and Firewire Microphone jack AV out jack Ability to use 120 minute

miniDV tape Accessory boot Inexpensive example

Canon ZR70 Tripod

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Future Enhancements

• MPEG H.264• Very high resolution PowerPoint and

animation delivery• Moderated chat• Integration with Moodle and other

course content management systems• iCI - Podcast downloads of

presentations!

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The CI Channel Web Page

• Searchable archive of videos• Range of sciences represented• Workshops, Seminars, Invited Talks• Calendar of upcoming events• Tickler notification of upcoming events• Model for schools and scientific project

teams

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Demos

• CI Channel at SDSC

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Engaging the CI Channel

• Focus on serving scientific research groups under CI

Send email to info@cichannel.org•Needs and requirements driven•Statement of Work•Agreement of Deliverables

• Emphasis on sharing scientific community knowledge

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Thanks for Your Attention