Below are characteristics that distinguish channels from other methods of aggregating content:
What are they? |
Searchable, customizable video collections. |
Features |
• Built-in video player, with settings per channel • Responsive layout • Registration • LTI-friendly • Supports comments • Supports time-based annotations • Supports Auto-play • Supports full-screen player view • Includes controls for sharing and embedding the video • Supports an embeddable player layout • Supports publish-to-go, vodcast and podcast downloads • Can be shared and embedded in website • Moderators can launch the Moderate application from a channel to manage questions from the audience as well as comments and annotations. |
What are they optimized for? |
• Embedding in Learning Management Systems and other pages • Secure collaboration among users • Searching, browsing, and playing back presentations within a single application |
Applications |
• Replacement for user channels in earlier versions of My Mediasite • Alternative to Mediasite Catalogs that support automatic aggregation • Use with Assignment Submission |
Methods of aggregating content in them |
• Automatically add presentations by linking to a Mediasite folder and optionally filtering on a search term • Automatically add presentations using search terms |
Search features |
Users can enter words or phrases in the search field and Mediasite will scan through the following items to locate presentations containing the specified terms: • Indexed video (closed caption) and slide text • Tags and presentation metadata, including custom fields • Comments • Annotations Considerations: • When indexed video or slide text is included in a channel’s search results, timeline hits appear for them. Users can use these to view presentations at the times when the search term is found. • Comments and annotations are indexed. Presentations with comments or annotations meeting the search criteria appear in the results. |