Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley Fryer

Accordent product solutions for lecture capture

These are my notes from David Rogers’ presentation at the ODLA 28 April 2008 spring meeting in Oklahoma City. My thoughts and comments are in ALL CAPS.

Communication / Collaboration tools
– web collaboration
– video conferencing
– live and on demand rich media streaming (limited interactivity)

we capture audio, video, and any presentation materials

Accordent was founded in 1999, is still managed by all original founders
– have been profitable since 2001
– this is not
– headquartered in Los Angeles

Accordent creates hardware and software solutions for automating the capture, editing, and management of multimedia presentations on the web

Accordent has 450+ students

Why use classroom capture technology?
– meet student demand for online class review, without burdening staff and faculty
– increase interactivity during class
– assist studetns who were unable to attend class
– preserve the knowledge of faculty
– extend your reach via distance learning programs
– one more…

What is the viewer experience?
– audio/video
– Q&A
– VGA images
– full screen images
– thumbnail navigation
– full screen video
– chapter navigation
– event description
– downloadable docs

Sync with any VGA source

An Accordent presentation can be viewed with any client machine: Windows, Mac or Linux
– Internet browserj
– delivery options: Live, On-Demand, CD
– Podcast

within next 30-60 days we will offer enhanced podcasts

Accordent Capture Station
– 3 options:
1- Turnkey appliance (ease of use, is a computer with an Osprey capture card and VGA card)
2- Rack Mounted: scalable, centralized rich media capture
3- Mobile edition

Full price of the unit demoed today is 15K plus 3K per year for maintenance

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