vra 2011 mdid users group
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MDID Users Group
VRA Conference 2011
Minneapolis
Agenda
• Pilot at JMU
• Student projects
• MDID as an application platform
• Feature demonstrations
• Q&A
Pilot at JMU
• Started after several faculty training sessions in late 2010/early 2011
• Running in parallel with MDID2
• Weekly data migration using MDID3 migration tool
• Bug fixes and feature improvements based on automated and user feedback
Student projects
• Students have greater access to features in MDID3
• Faculty asked students to create new slideshows using existing collection content and uploading their own images
• About 180 students participated individually or collaborated in groups
Sarah Brooks’ Student Projects
Sarah Brooks’ Student Projects
Laura Purvis’ Student Projects
Laura Purvis’ Student Projects
MDID as a Platform
• MDID3 serves as a platform for building web-based multimedia applications
• Stores, manages and delivers data records and media files
• Web developers author custom user interfaces
MDID as Platform: JMUtube
MDID as Platform: JMUtube
MDID as Platform: JMUtube
MDID as a Platform: Online Video Collection
MDID as a Platform: Shenandoah National Park Oral History
MDID as a Platform: Furious Flower
Demonstrations
External Content
• Flickr
• ARTstor
• NASA NIX
Delivering Content: Embed Code
• MDID3 provides HTML code for certain viewers that can be copied and pasted into any web site
• Protected content remains protected using basic authentication
Demo: Embedding Video
Demo: Embedding Video
Demo: Embedding Video
Demo: Embedding Video
Demo: PowerPoint Export
Demo: Custom Viewers: Megazine
Demo: MediaViewer
Digital Media Hub
• MDID serves as JMU’s digital media hub, supporting many disciplines using different media types in different ways
• Store once, deliver everywhere
• Flexible cataloging – from “just in time” to fully curated
• Modular storage, discovery and delivery mechanisms
• Content management tools
Who’s Using MDID at JMU
• Academic Departments:– Art and Art History– Biology– Business– Chemistry– Communication Sciences and
Disorders– Communication Studies– Geography– History– Music– Psychology– And others
• Libraries and Educational Technologies:– Media Resources– Special Collections– Center for Instructional
Technology
• Institute for Visual Studies• Photography Services• Madison Art Collection• Furious Flower Poetry Center• Thomas Jefferson Foundation• Mine Action Information
Center
Digital Media Hub
User Community
• MDID users contribute in different ways:
– Answering questions on mailing list
– Sharing additional documentation
– Submitting bug reports and fixes
– Sharing their collections
• We encourage everyone to participate in the community
Visit Us at the Poster Session
• Sunday, March 278:00am -9:30amSalon D
Q&Afollowing this session
in Director’s Row 3(3rd floor)
• MDID blog and wiki at http://mdid.org/
• MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html
• MDID3 project on GitHub athttp://github.com/cit-jmu/rooibos/
• Email: [email protected]
Support
Project Team
• Andreas Knab
• Kevin Hegg
• Grover Saunders
• Christina Updike
• Grace Barth
• Mary Ann Chappell
• Sarah Cheverton
Lead Software Developer, CIT
Assistant Director, CIT
Web Media Developer, CIT
Visual Resources Specialist, SAAH
Visual Resources Assistant, SAAH
Educational Tech. Librarian
Associate Dean, CIT
• Authors:
– Kevin Hegg ([email protected])
– Andreas Knab ([email protected])
– Christina Updike ([email protected])
• Further Information:
– Visit http://mdid.org/
– Email [email protected]
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