Complete Ensemble Guide

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Welcome to Ensemble!

MCC uses Ensemble Video as our private, cloud-hosted streaming video service. This means that Ensemble is a place toupload and store video files for use in our websites and educational materials.

Ensemble can do many different things and serve many different uses. Students can upload video they shoot to a dropboxwe create and they dont have to log in to anything and can keep their videos private. We can also set up peer review, inwhich students can see their classmates videos. We can also create video playlists to embed within part of a learningmanagement system.

IDS is here to help. Let us know your project idea and well show you how you can use Ensemble to achieve it.

Heres whats included in this guide:

1. How to Get Started/Log In to Ensemble Page 2 2. How to Use Ensemble in Blackboard Page 3 3. How to Upload Videos to Ensemble (from a desktop/laptop) Page 7 4. How to Upload Videos from an iPad or iPhone Page 10 5. How to Set Up a Dropbox for Students Page 17 6. How to Set Up a Peer Review Playlist Page 20

To use Ensemble, the IDS team must create an account and at least one library for you . Contact

Alex Garrison 402-457-2769 or [email protected] Curtis Bryant 402-457-2853 or [email protected] Chuck Davis 402-457-2866 or [email protected]

to have a personal li brary or course library created or if you have any questions.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER:

Make sure your Internet connection is not interrupted and that your file has th e appropriate file extension (.MP4, .MOV, .WMV, etc.).Failure to do this will result in a Conversion Error.

If you are recording video with a smartphone or tablet, make sure you are recording with the correct side facing up. With s martphones,this usually means holding the phone vertically. With tablets, this usually means holding the device horizontally. If you are unsure, record apractice video to double-check. Failure to do this will result in your video being upside-down or sideways, and this cannot be corrected inEnsemble.
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How to Get Started/Log In to Ensemble

First, contact IDS to request a library. It helps if we have an idea of your goals for using Ensemble. We create libraries withpersonal names, for specific courses and for master courses. These can always be changed, but keeping libraries named toreflect their use helps keep us all organized.

Once you get a confirmation email back that you have a library or two, youll need to get in.

To get access to your libraries, go to http://mccneb.ensemblevideo.com/ from any browser.

Enter your MCC username and password .

Click on log in.

Thats it! Youre ready to use Ensem ble.

Once youre in, you can switch libraries by selecting a different one in the drop -down at the top.
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How to Use Ensemble in Blackboard

If you already have content in Ensemble libraries or even if you just have a blank personal library you can use the Ensemble Blackboard Building Block to upload and embed all your videos from onelocation.

From within Blackboard, find a Content Editor . This can be the text description on a discussion, a page,or really anywhere you re editing text. For these examples, I will create new items and add videos to

the main text area.

To get started, click on the triangle to the right of the Mashups button and then on Ensemble Video.

If you don t see all three rows of buttons on the text editor, click the two downward-pointing chevrons inthe far right to expand your options.


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You ll get a Choose Media popup window.

By default, it will show all the videos in your home library (the one with your name), but you can click onthe library title (to the right of Metropolitan Community College) to switch between any libraries you haveaccess to.

You can preview videos by clicking on the play icon below the thumbnail-picture preview. Click the greenplus sign to select that video as the one you ll show in Blackboard.

Once you ve made a section, you ll see your embed in the Blackboard text editor.


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You can also embed a playlist (if you have access to any) by opening the Mashup tool and then clickingon Choose Playlist.

You can type text before and after your embed and even add other embedded media.


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To upload a video from the Ensemble-Blackboard integration, click the Upload button on the ChooseMedia screen.

Give your video a title and a description (optional). Click Add file to browse your computer for the videofile, find and select it, then click Start upload.

The upload will take a few minutes. You can go ahead and embed the video in the Blackboard ContentEditor, but just be aware that you won t be able to play it until the upload process is complete.


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How to Upload Videos to Ensemble

Once you are logged into Ensemble and in the library you want to add video(s) to, click on the add button in the upper right:

Enter a title. Click the Continue button at the bottom to continue.


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On the Manage Content page, click the Add file button to locate the video on your computer. After choosing your file, cli cthe Start upload button next to the Add file button.

Once the upload is complete, you will see a Pending Conversion message. This indicates your video has been successfully

uploaded. Your video will continue to Convert behind the scenes it is not playable yet but you are safe to continue.Depending on the video file size, the conversion process can take anywhere from a few minutes to 10 or 15 minutes. Clickthe Save & Continue button to continue.


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The Publish page may not have any web publishing points listed under Playlists ( see the image below). If this is the case,click the Save and Publish button to skip this page and continue uploading your video.

After clicking Save and Publish you will be taken to the Media Library page, where you just uploaded your video or audio (see the image below). If you see the words Ready beneath the videos title name, this means your conversion is complete.It may also say Conversion Pending. In this case, you will need to wait until it switches to Ready. If it displays Conve rsionFailed or any other negative message, you should try to +add your video again. If you continue to have trouble, contact thIDS team.


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How to Upload Videos from an iPad/iPhone

This works just the same as the guide above. But recording video on your mobile device can make it easier because you skipthe step of having to save and transfer video its just on your device.

Open the Camera app on your iPad. Each device will look different depending on how youve organized your apps.

You ll want to record your video in landscape (sideways) view. You can slide from PHOTO to VIDEO in the lower right tocapture video. The box below this will link to your Camera Roll, where you can review the photos and videos stored on yourdevice. Record by tapping the red circle in the middle. Flip to using the front-facing camera by tapping the camera icon in theuppermost right.


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Record your video, either with the front-facing or backwards-facing camera. You can review it by going into your CameraRoll, either through that link at the bottom of the camera scree n, or by opening the Photos app. When youre ready to upload,open your browser app (Safari is the default) and navigate to your Ensemble library or, if youre uploading to an Ensemblelibrary, to the URL for that dropbox.

Instructors : If going to your library, simply use your browser to get to cloud.ensemblevideo.com and log in.

Students : If going to a dropbox that your instructor provided, get to that URL. In this example, I will be uploading to the URLmy instructor provided, https://www.cloud.ensemblevideo.com/Dropbox/13spspch1110wg .

The upload process is the same. You may just navigate your browser to different places.
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Tap Add File (green plus sign) to upload your video. If youve already recorded, tap Choose Exisiting (rather than filmin gone right now).


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This will open your Camera Roll, where you can find the video you want to upload.


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You can preview your video from here, too.

When you select the video, Ensemble will compress the video and then take you back to the dropbox screen. Tap StartUpload to begin the upload.


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Youll see an organge progress bar as the video uploads

and then a confirmation screen when its done.


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How to Create a Dropbox for Student Video Submission

Its easy to use Ensemble for student video assignments. F irst, have a library for each of your classes, located on Ensemble'scloud servers. Then, create dropboxes for student video submissions. Ensemble will give you a web link to provide tostudents, where they use a simple interface to upload nearly any type or size of video no need to worry about convertingor resizing.

1. When you log into Ensemble, you are taken to a library.

2. After clicking on the "Administration" tab, click on "Dropbox"

3. Click the "Add a New Dropbox" button.


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4. Give your dropbox a name which corresponds with the assignment, an URL name, a description, and use the check-markbox to choose if you'd like submissions to be publically viewable.

5. After creating your dropbox, it will be shown in the Dropbox administration panel. Click the "Copy" button next to thedropbox to copy the URL, or you can manually copy it. This is the link for students to access the dropbox. If you would like tomake changes to the dropbox, click the "Edit" button. To delete a dropbox, click the red "Delete" icon on the far right.

6. After copying your dropbox URL, paste it into an ANGEL page, a syllabus, or provide it to students in any other way.


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7. When students click on the dropbox link, they will be shown the interface below. They are required to include their name,email address, a submission title, and their video upload.

8. After a student has successfully submitted their video, they will be shown a confirmation message.

9. After a student has uploaded a video, it will appear in your course's library. When it has finished converting, the word"Ready" will appear in green letters below each video.

You will see your students videos in th e library from which you created the dropbox.


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How to Create a Playlist for Peer Review

Video can be a great way to receive presentations, speeches, and other assignments from students. The natural next step isto have students watch and peer-review presentations. To set this up, you must first have created a dropbox. (The studentswill submit their videos to the dropbox just like in the guide above.)

When your dropbox has been created, click the " Web Publishing " tab.

Next, click the " Add a New Destination " button.

Type in the name of this destination usually your course code, such as 12WI ENGL 1010 WW. Click the " Save " buttonwhen you're finished. You will be taken back to the Web Publishing page and your new library should be visible.


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Under the " Auto-Publish " column, click the " Configure " link.

Click the check-mark box for " Default Category " and click the " Save " button.

When you return to the Web Publishing page, click the " Install " link under the " Plug-in " column.

Click the " Customize the Plug-in " link.

Choose the " Showcase " option.


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Scroll down to the bottom of the page. There will be HTML code in the " Content Plugin Code " text area. Select all of thiscode by clicking the " Copy to Clipboard " button.

In your Blackboard course, create a Discussion Forum where you'd like the assignment. In the "Directions" text area on themain "Content" tab of the Forum's Settings, click the " HTML " button. This will switch your view to display the content asHTML.

Paste in the plugin code by right-clicking in the HTML editor, and choosing " Paste " (or right-clicking in the HTML editor, andpressing the " Ctrl " and " v" keys at the same time).

Click the " Save " button when you are finished. As students upload video to your dropbox (through the URL you providedthem), they will populate above the discussion area. They can then watch their peers videos and respond through theBlackboard discussion functionality.

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