ICT Mumbai Selects Mediasite for Lecture Capture and Video Management
June 26 2017 - 7:00AM
Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted global leader for
video creation and management solutions, today announces The
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), a Deemed University in
Mumbai, India has selected Mediasite for lecture capture and
management. The selection makes it the first university in India to
deploy a large-scale academic video program. “We realize the
future of education lies in technology that allows learning to be
made available to students when they’re not able to attend classes
and for review of lectures anytime, anywhere,” said Professor
Ganapati D. Yadav, Vice Chancellor, of ICT. “Mediasite makes that a
reality for us without disrupting the way our instructors teach.
Mediasite is fully automated, and instructors don’t even notice the
camera.” The university began using Mediasite in all its
classrooms in March with plans to capture every lecture and make it
available for students to review on-demand. A studio on campus will
be equipped with Mediasite for students to create homework
presentations and to capture guest lecturers. Occasionally the
university recorded videos on campus with various devices in the
past, but Mediasite is the first enterprise-level video technology
used in every classroom on campus.“A lot of institutions in India
are using video and web conferencing technology,” Yadav said. “But
Mediasite is different and makes everything much easier as it can
be deployed for secured mass consumption on-campus and off-campus.
Mediasite doesn’t require any additional software or hardware to
view the videos – just a computer or mobile device with a browser.
The content can also be delivered in such a way that the internet
bandwidth requirements are minimal. This is very helpful, as
bandwidth is limited in India.”The recorded lectures are managed in
the secure Mediasite Video Platform on-premises. Currently the
videos are used for students to review lectures after class, and in
the future, the university will experiment with distance learning
and flipped instruction. “The use of academic video in India
is still an emerging trend, and The Institute of Chemical
Technology, Mumbai is leading the way with the country’s first
scalable and automated lecture capture deployment,” said Gary Weis,
Sonic Foundry CEO. “It is an honor to have been selected to work
with ICT, and we look forward to helping the university boost
student success and create more flexible and personalized learning
experiences. With 700 universities and more than 37,000 affiliated
colleges enrolling more than 20 million students, there is
excellent untapped opportunity in India for our state-of-the-art
educational video platforms.”Trusted by more than 1,500 colleges
and universities, the patented Mediasite webcasting and video
content management system quickly and cost-effectively automates
the capture, management, delivery and search of live and on-demand
videos for campus events, lecture capture and flipped
learning.
About ICT MumbaiThe Institute of Chemical
Technology, Mumbai was established as the Department of Chemical
Technology in 1933 by the University of Mumbai. Research has been
an integral part of ICT since its inception and it has created more
than 500 first generation entrepreneurs. ICT was granted Deemed
University Status in 2008. The State Assembly of Maharashtra
accorded the elite status and centre of excellent to ICT on April
20, 2012 on par with IITs, IISc and IISERs to allow its growth and
impact. The ICT has more than 350 patents. ICT is a leader in India
for its connectivity with industry. One of the recent ones on 2G
ethanol production from agri-biomass is being taken to
commercialization by HPCL and BPCL with capacities each of 400 TPD
to produce 100 KL/day with the blessings of the Govt of India's
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. This technology is developed
under DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences headed by Prof Arvind
Lali. It is a leading technology which produces ethanol within 24
hours. Many more plants are planned under a section 8 company by
ICT. ICT has made exceptional progress under the leadership of G.D.
Yadav, the Vice Chancellor.
About Sonic Foundry®,
Inc.Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ:SOFO) is the global leader for
video capture, management and streaming solutions. Trusted by more
than 4,300 educational institutions, corporations, health
organizations and government entities in 65 countries, its
Mediasite Video Platform quickly and cost-effectively automates the
capture, management, delivery and search of live and on-demand
streaming videos. Leading research firms Aragon, Forrester,
Wainhouse and Frost & Sullivan recognize Sonic Foundry as a
leader in enterprise video, webcasting and lecture capture. Learn
more at www.sonicfoundry.com and @mediasite.© 2017 Sonic Foundry,
Inc. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks
of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.
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