Faculty, Student Use of Video Soars at Florida International University After Selecting Mediasite
December 06 2017 - 7:00AM
Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted global leader for
video creation and management solutions, today announces a
long-time customer, Florida International University, has completed
a major expansion of Mediasite in the colleges of Business, Law,
Engineering and Computing and FIU Online. The university
has used Mediasite for video management since 2011. With the
expansion, completed in June, the university has standardized on
Mediasite for video capture, video management and flipped and
distance learning. More than 33 classrooms across the south Florida
university are equipped with Mediasite to record lectures for
students. Instructors can either schedule recordings for automated
lecture capture or walk into a classroom and start recording with
the simple push of a button. Video use among faculty and
students has soared since the expansion. Faculty have already
created nearly 1,900 videos that have been viewed more than 40,800
times to date in its learning management system.“Mediasite allows
students to focus more in class. They don’t need to worry about
taking copious notes. They’re coming to the lecture halls, and
online students are watching lectures in real-time. They can focus
on the lecture and look back at the recording at home to make sure
they didn’t miss anything. Mediasite supplements what happens
during class,” said Stephen Bromfield, Assistant Director of Media
Systems, Media Technology Services at FIU.
Driving
flipped learning with personal capture In addition,
all faculty and students have access to My Mediasite, personal
capture software that is driving the use of flipped instruction. My
Mediasite allows them to create, edit and share videos, screencasts
and slideshows from any computer or smartphone. Faculty are
recording short video lectures that students watch prior to class,
making room for more interactions and discussions during class
time. Students are recording video assignments and
presentations.
Showcasing all campus
videosFIU uses Mediasite Showcase to create its own
YouTube-esque environment called The Playlist where it can share
certain videos from campus events with the public. Completely
customized to fit with FIU’s brand and website, playlist.fiu.edu
houses videos from faculty and students that have either been
captured with Mediasite or imported in from other
devices. “Mediasite is a very feature-rich technology,” said
Matt Hagood, Director of Media Technology Services at FIU. “We love
that Mediasite can capture dual video, and its customizable viewing
experience allows viewers to rearrange the player, make videos
larger or smaller and even speed them up or slow them down.
Mediasite’s integration with learning management systems was
essential, and the fact that we can actually get interaction with
the students from Mediasite through chat, polling and quizzing
features was a big selling point.” “Florida
International University has already created an impressive amount
of video in the first few months after its major Mediasite
expansion, and it is exciting to see faculty and students embrace
video in the classroom to supplement their teaching and learning.
Sonic Foundry is proud to be FIU’s trusted video partner,” said
Gary Weis, Sonic Foundry CEO. 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 Florida International
UniversityFlorida International University is classified
by Carnegie as a “R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research
Activity” and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged
university. It is a public research university with colleges and
schools that offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in
fields such as business, engineering, computer science,
international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of
South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9
billion each year to the local economy. The university received
honors in all categories of The Chronicle of Higher Education’s
“2017 Great Colleges to work for.” FIU graduates are consistently
among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among
the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South
Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most
challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a
major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art
research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing
Facility, FIU’s Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials
Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000
degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and
centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami
Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic
and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia &
Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum
of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400
student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information
about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
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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Nicole Wise, Director of Communications
Sonic Foundry
920.226.0269
nicolew@sonicfoundry.com
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