Hypermedia Laboratory 1 Pasi Häkkinen Tampere University of Technology Hypermedia Laboratory [email protected] VICTOR video commenting tool for annotating.

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Pasi HäkkinenTampere University of TechnologyHypermedia [email protected]

VICTOR video commenting tool for annotating web videos

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Outline

• What is Victor video commenting tool?

• Main functionalities

• Requirements

• Use cases

• Availability

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Video commenting in the web?

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• Current status: only general comments without easy way to point and navigate to some specific position of the video clip

• ”Just look at that stunt at 2:34 ...”

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What is Victor?

• Web-based multi-user video annotation tool with time sensitive comments

• Exercise platform

• Can be used as stand-alone tool or integrated to some CMS (Moodle module as proof of concept)

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Video annotation view

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Main functionalities

• Importing media to Victor (uploading or linking)

• Video annotation

• Assignments using video comments

• Evaluation of submitted assignments

• Role based access rights– Both functions and content

• Support for single sign-on authentication (Shibboleth)

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Client requirements

• Web browser: Firefox or Internet Explorer

• Media player required by content video:– RealPlayer– Quicktime Player– Windows Media Player– (Flash Player)

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Server requirements

• Linux or other Unix server

• Apache web server

• MySQL database

• PHP

Optional:

• Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) software

• Media server for long video content

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Use case: Speech communication and negotiation skills

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Video conference exercise at TUT

• Victor used as a self reflection tool for students

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Use case: Language studies

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Swedish course at Helsinki School of Economics (MCU, recording and Victor server provided by University of Helsinki)

• Victor used as a teacher’s feedback tool

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Availability

• Victor developed with support of Finnish universities, IT-Peda and VideoFunet

freely available for Finnish institutions of higher education

• Provided as small scale service by TUT/Hypermedia Laboratory

• Co-operation possible with other partners

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Thank You!

Pasi Häkkinen

TUT/Hypermedia Laboratory

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://matwww.ee.tut.fi/victor and http://www.tut.fi/victor