Video In Higher Education A look into SUNY’s Online Video Platform Strategy.

Video In Higher EducationA look into SUNY’s Online Video Platform Strategy

Agenda

• Introductions• SUNY• Buffalo State College• Ensemble Video• Wowza Media Systems• Video Workflow

• LCMS• Demo• Organizational Structure• Delivery and Scalability• Summary• Q&A

Presenters

Ryan JespersenTraining Manager

Melaine C. KenyonDirector for Instructional

Technology

Michael NotariusCIO, SUNY ITEC

Scott NadzanVice President of

Marketing and Sales

Buffalo State College

• Founded in 1871• 125-acre campus in the heart of Buffalo:– 10,500 undergraduates– 1,300 graduate students

• 171 undergraduate programs with– 11 honors options– 11 post baccalaureate teacher programs– 61 graduate programs

SUNY ITEC

• Special purpose organization

• Supports multi-campus, computer-related, group activities

• Targeted at improving the quality, quantity and cost- effectiveness of campus-based and University-wide computer services.

Ensemble Video

• Ensemble Video is a secure, easy to use, easy to deploy online video platform.

• Ensemble Video enables hundreds of organizations across the globe to enhance teaching, learning and communication.

• Ensemble Video offers self-hosted, cloud-hosted, and multi-tenant deployments, and works in concert with a wide range of complementary video and web technologies to streamline video management and publishing.

Ensemble in the SUNY System

Blue Dots: ITEC Hosted Black: Self-Hosted

Wowza Media Systems

• Simplifying the complexities of video and audio streaming

• In business since 2005• Customers in 150+ countries• Wowza Streaming Engine:

award-winning software

2011, 2012, 2013

Wowza Streaming Engine™

• Robust, customizable, and scalable server software that powers reliable streaming of high-quality audio and video to any device anywhere.

• Scale across OSs and architectures.

• From start-up websites to mission critical applications.

VIDEO WORKFLOW

Buffalo State Need to Have Features

• Video Assignment Dropbox• Annotations• Closed Captions• Video Management for Faculty• Video Streaming to Mobile• Transitioning from old Media Solution

SUNY ITEC

• 33 campuses LMS hosting and administration• 11 campuses using Ensemble Video Platform• Cost Effective Solution– Significant savings with centralized deployment– Advantage of administrative console

• Open SUNY– Integrate Ensemble into course delivery– Consistent Adoption and Support

Video Workflow

How Ensemble Video Works

Streaming Workflow

Learning Content Management Systems

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Organizational Structure

Flexible Organizational Structure

On-Premise Delivery

Cloud Delivery Model

Hybrid Delivery Model

Multi-Tenant / Consortium Model

SUMMARY

Results

SUNY ITEC• Campuses are HAPPY with cost-

effective video platform• Reduced duplicate services, efforts and

investments• Close to 500,000 Total Views in less

than 18 months• 11 New SUNY's in less than 18 months

Buffalo State• Empowered faculty to manage their

own content• Integrated with campus LMS for

streamlined service• Students can watch videos on many

devices• Eliminated time-consuming

complicated manual workflows• Ensemble’s captioning integration

helps BSC meet accessibility goals.

Summary

• Ensemble Video and Wowza® software is deployed globally across thousands of universities and K-12 organizations.

• Stream lectures, scientific discoveries, sports, events and more.• Our platform lets students, faculty, alumni, and supporters

engage with your content wherever they are.• The software is tailor-made to deliver cost effective on-line

learning programs to audiences anywhere on any device.

Next Steps

• To setup a free trial and demo visit EnsembleVideo.com• Reach out to Scott via email at [email protected]• Or by phone at 315-753-0094

QUESTIONS?

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