2. FACULTY SENATE CONFERENCE 2014 PRESENTED BY: MELBA B.MARTIN ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE: VAST

3. THEME: FACULTY SENATE CONFERENCE 2014 “Celebrating and Serving Houston.” We are celebrating all the wonderful aspects of Houston Community College Faculty Presented by the Library Marketing Public Relations Committee Gwen Richard Mildred Joseph Stephanie Emesih Melba Martin Trudy Cleveland Klarion Tang, Daisy Ngo and Justine Basharandle

4. COME SEE FOR YOURSELF STREAMING VIDEOS http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTA75PrAE OYx0U1HwT5fNA

5. VAST: ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE  Is Alexander Street’s flagship video subscription  Delivering key video that touches on the undergraduate curriculum  VAST is growing constantly and currently offers well over 20,000 full videos and 9,000 hours of content

6. VAST HIGHEST-QUALITY VIDEO  Designed to bring the highest-quality video content to the broadest range of subject areas.  Faculty and students will find content in VAST to meet their learning, teaching, and research interests needs

7. AWARD-WINNING ONLINE COLLECTIONS A TO Z Browse the complete list of Alexander Street online collections. http://alexanderstreet.com/products

8. BLACK STUDIES IN VIDEO The collection includes documentaries on leading artists, writers, musicians, playwrights, and performers, such as Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Huey P. Newton, Frantz Fanon, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Eldridge Cleaver, August Wilson, Bobby Seale, and Ethel Waters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg7gLIx__-k

9. DIVERSITY STUDIES: LEARN ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS http://alexanderstreet.com/products/black studies-video

10. ACCESS POINTS FOR RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY  Browse by:  People, themes, and topics  View videos by filmmaker, country of origin, production date, and producer  More than 15 combinable search fields let you cross-search all video transcripts  Hear the narrator, see production staff, and many other indexed fields, including person discussed, year discussed, and all of the browse options

11. FUNCTIONALITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP AND CLASSROOM USE  The collection will feature Alexander Street’s newly enhanced video player that Includes variable bit streaming up to 2.5 mbps, and expanded embedded video capability  Teaching guides, field notes, and filmmaker biographies  Synchronized, searchable transcripts run alongside each video  Visual tables of contents let you quickly scan each film  Permanent URLs let users cite and share video easily  Rich playlist functionality lets users create, annotate, and organize clips and include links to relevant content  Permissions for in-class, on-campus, and remote-access viewing are all included

12. FREE RESOURCES http://alexanderstreet.com/support center/resources/best-practices-embedding- media

13. USING YOUR MOBILE DEVICE  You can listen to an audio track or watch a video on your mobile device, such as a smartphone. This is great for when you find something you want to study later  Wherever you see the “send to mobile” icon, you are able to obtain a "shortlink" to enable playback on your mobile device  We can send a shortlink as a text SMS message to your device  We can email a shortlink to a specific address which you can then pick up on your device  You can enter a shortlink directly into your mobile device's web browser  On supported devices, you can also have your device read a special barcode, or QR- Code, directly from your computer screen

14. ALEXANDER STREET PRESS VIDEO TUTORIALS http://alexanderstreet.com/support- center/faq/video-database-faqs http://0- vasc.alexanderstreet.com.librus.hccs.ed u/View/1795870/highlight/transcript/te rm/sochi/timecode/1845/play/true

15. TEACHING POWER  Video lets students of education observe and learn from real teachers and students  The collection is indexed to meet the specific search needs of educational faculty and students  Search and browse by students level or subject  Unlike physical DVDs and VHS tapes, this online collection makes it easy to queue up video for in-class or assigned watching  Clip-making tools and personalized playlists you can annotate and share—each with permanent URL—let you integrate video into the syllabus  Synchronized, searchable, scrolling transcripts run alongside each video, enhancing navigation and access  Click ahead in the transcript, and the video jumps to that point. Scan hours of video in seconds  On-the-go access using most handheld mobile devices makes it easy for students to watch assigned footage  Study and discussion guides, themed playlists on special topics, and related full-text materials give instructors ready-made teaching tools

16. FAQS AND TROUBLESHOOTING New Alexander Street Press Interface FAQ New Alexander Street Press Interface Overview Music Online Feature Overview 2013 VAST: Academic Video Online Feature Overview 2013 Link and Embed Best Practices Discovery Services Music Databases Video Databases Usage Statistics Academic Video Store