Moodle Integration: Digital Video, Off-Air Recording and ERA+ licence compliance

1. Moodle Integration: Digital Video, Off-Air Recording and ERA+ licence compliance Roger Emery Integration – Learning Together 1st July 2009, Glyndwr University

2. Hello! • Solent Moodle Integrations • ERA+ Licence terms • Implications, opportunities and restrictions • Off-Air Recording • Application and Integration of recordings • Schematic • How it works • Example Video • Feedback

3. Solent Moodle Integrations • Single sign-on (Portal, Mahara) • Student / Staff Portal Themes • Sentinet Discover (Reading List) • Unit Descriptors • Past Exam Papers • Library Search • Library Resources • LDAP e-Directory Authentication • Student Records System (CampusIT QuercusPlus) Enrolment • SMS Messaging (JANETtxt) • Mahara • Sloodle (Second Life) • Off-Air Recording and Video Streaming (ERA+) July 2009

4. ERA+ Licence • Recording from broadcasts made in the UK of the works and performances owned or represented by ERA members; and • Electronic communication of licensed recordings within an educational establishment. • The ERA Licence therefore covers scheduled free to air broadcasts on: BBC TV & Radio, ITV Network services , Channel Four (inc E4, More 4 and Film4), Five Television, S4C. • It also applies to any other licensed broadcast services. These cover both radio and television services. • Full Details on www.era.org.uk February 2009

5. Implications • Recordings can be viewed through a VLE • Student must be enrolled at the University • Student must be in the UK when viewing • Some channels not signed up to ERA (eg Open University) and also grey areas (eg subscription channels) • Staff can bring in their own recordings for upload provided they meet ERA+ terms • Staff and students can also create and upload their own videos. However, other solutions available February 2009

6. Off-Air Recording • Planet e-Stream software - www.planetestream.co.uk • Off-Air freeview recordings programmed with epg • 6 channels concurrent recording • Records to Windows Streaming Server in wmv format • Higher Quality for on-campus use only • Flash Media Streaming server sits along side – copy encoded to flv • On and off-campus web use • Most popular video format February 2009

7. Application and Integration • Recording entered into (searchable) Library Catalogue with links to • high quality wmv for on-campus only • flv for web/off-campus use • link for tutors to paste into VLE (moodle) to place video in context • Integration into Moodle FLV media filter • Heavily modified existing JWplayer • Automatically inserts Title, Broadcaster, Date, Licence Notice (so tutors don’t forget!!) • Security and users checks (more later) • Students have two access points to recordings • Library Catalogue Search • Directly in VLE course/module page February 2009

8. Flash Interactive Server Windows Streaming Server Streaming video within myCourse (Moodle VLE) • Flash server carries out checks • Allowed domain • Valid Referrer • SWF verification Client machine myCourse flvplayer sends encrypted request to the video server (RTMPE) Flash Media Server delivers Encrypted video through myCourse myCourse checks login, GeoIP, and sets-up player Student accesses a video resourceon myCourse myCourse (VLE) Server February 2009

9. Flash Interactive Server Windows Streaming Server Streaming Video from Library Catalogue • Flash server carries out checks • Allowed domain • Valid Referrer • SWF verification Encrypted video delivered Through myCourse Client machine myCourse standalone flvplayer sends encrypted request to the video server (RTMPE) myCourse checks login, IP and sets-up player myCourse (VLE) Server Catalogue sends request to myCourse Student requests a link from catalogue Library Server February 2009

10. The Nasty Scripty Details • GeoIP • Private IP range? (Staff, Student, WiFi, Halls) • Array populated with title and broadcast • Preview Image - found and displayed • Is the video displayed in Forum? …Do some work arounds • Where’s it streaming from?...Local, Global, myCourse • What if it’s a non-streaming file?...then use normal player • Set up layout to hold recording info • If its not viewable? …say so and send admin an email • Stand Alone Player? Write to db table for Library stats • LET’S PLAY THE VIDEO!!!

11. Examples • Library Catalogue http://catalogue.solent.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?ct=display&doc=SSU01009592362&indx=1&srt=rank&vl(freeText0)=mum%20heroin&dum=true&mode=Basic&vl(792983UI1)=all_items&ct=search&vid=SSUVU01&vl(792984UI0)=any&frbg=&indx=1&fn=search&tab=default_tab • myCoursehttp://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=55947

12. Feedback • “It used to be the case that I’d send them off to watch a video and some of them might have viewed it in time for the next session. Now I find that all of them have watched it and we can make much better progress in the seminar” Bryn Parry - Senior Lecturer in StrategyFaculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise July 2009

13. Comments and Questions? Contact: roger.emery@solent.ac.uk Roger Emery Learning Systems Developer Learning Technology Unit (LTU) Southampton Solent University East Park Terrace Southampton Hampshire SO14 0YN Telephone: +44 (0)23 80319778 Fax: +44 (0)23 8022 2259 Email: roger.emery@solent.ac.uk