Moodle Integration: Digital Video, Off-Air Recording and ERA+ licence compliance Roger Emery Integration – Learning Together 1st July 2009, Glyndwr University

Hello! Solent Moodle Integrations ERA+ Licence terms Implications, opportunities and restrictions Off-Air Recording Application and Integration of recordings Schematic How it works Example Video Feedback

Solent Moodle Integrations Single sign-on (Portal, Mahara) Student / Staff Portal Themes Sentinet Discover (Reading List) Unit Descriptors Past Exam Papers Library Search Library Resources LDAP e-Directory Authentication Student Records System (CampusIT QuercusPlus) Enrolment SMS Messaging (JANETtxt) Mahara Sloodle (Second Life) Off-Air Recording and Video Streaming (ERA+) Roger Emery Integration – Learning Together July 2009

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 ERA+ Licence Recording from broadcasts made in the UK of the works and performances owned or represented by ERA members; and Electronic communication of licensed recordings within an educational establishment. The ERA Licence therefore covers scheduled free to air broadcasts on: BBC TV & Radio, ITV Network services, Channel Four (inc E4, More 4 and Film4), Five Television, S4C. It also applies to any other licensed broadcast services. These cover both radio and television services. Full Details on

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 Implications Recordings can be viewed through a VLE Student must be enrolled at the University Student must be in the UK when viewing Some channels not signed up to ERA (eg Open University) and also grey areas (eg subscription channels) Staff can bring in their own recordings for upload provided they meet ERA+ terms Staff and students can also create and upload their own videos. However, other solutions available

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 Off-Air Recording Planet e-Stream software - Off-Air freeview recordings programmed with epg 6 channels concurrent recording Records to Windows Streaming Server in wmv format Higher Quality for on-campus use only Flash Media Streaming server sits along side – copy encoded to flv On and off-campus web use Most popular video format

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 Application and Integration Recording entered into (searchable) Library Catalogue with links to high quality wmv for on-campus only flv for web/off-campus use link for tutors to paste into VLE (moodle) to place video in context Integration into Moodle FLV media filter Heavily modified existing JWplayer Automatically inserts Title, Broadcaster, Date, Licence Notice (so tutors don’t forget!!) Security and users checks (more later) Students have two access points to recordings Library Catalogue Search Directly in VLE course/module page

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 Flash Interactive Server myCourse (VLE) Server myCourse checks login, GeoIP, and sets-up player Client machine Student accesses a video resource on myCourse myCourse flvplayer sends encrypted request to the video server (RTMPE) Flash server carries out checks Allowed domain Valid Referrer SWF verification Flash Media Server delivers Encrypted video through myCourse Streaming video within myCourse (Moodle VLE) Windows Streaming Server

Streaming Video and ERA compliance February 2009 Flash Interactive Server myCourse (VLE) Server Library Server Client machine Streaming Video from Library Catalogue Student requests a link from catalogue Catalogue sends request to myCourse myCourse checks login, IP and sets-up player myCourse standalone flvplayer sends encrypted request to the video server (RTMPE) Flash server carries out checks Allowed domain Valid Referrer SWF verification Encrypted video delivered Through myCourse Windows Streaming Server

The Nasty Scripty Details GeoIP Private IP range? (Staff, Student, WiFi, Halls) Array populated with title and broadcast Preview Image - found and displayed Is the video displayed in Forum? …Do some work arounds Where’s it streaming from?...Local, Global, myCourse What if it’s a non-streaming file?...then use normal player Set up layout to hold recording info If its not viewable? …say so and send admin an Stand Alone Player? Write to db table for Library stats LET’S PLAY THE VIDEO!!!

Examples Library Catalogue rue&mode=Basic&vl(792983UI1)=all_items&ct=search&vid=SSUVU01&vl(792984UI0)=any&frbg=&indx=1&fn=search&tab=default_tab rue&mode=Basic&vl(792983UI1)=all_items&ct=search&vid=SSUVU01&vl(792984UI0)=any&frbg=&indx=1&fn=search&tab=default_tab myCourse

Feedback “It used to be the case that I’d send them off to watch a video and some of them might have viewed it in time for the next session. Now I find that all of them have watched it and we can make much better progress in the seminar” Bryn Parry - Senior Lecturer in Strategy Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise Roger Emery Integration – Learning Together July 2009

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