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Lecture & Video Capture
Panopto CourseCast
Adobe Connect Pro
Ensemble Video
SharePoint
TurnItIn
YouTube
Flickr
SlideShare
 

Lecture & Video Capture Options for Blackboard:

Decide which lecture caputre tool is best - click here.

Add an exisiting Panopto video to Blackboard
Add an exisiting Ensemble video to Blackboard
Add an exisiting Impatica video to Blackboard

 

  Please note that the below content is still under development.

Panopto CourseCast

Access: http://coursecast.ischool.syr.edu
Login with your SU NetID and password

About: Panopto CourseCast is a Syracuse University supported presentation capture tool which records video-based instructional content, streams it over the Internet, and makes it available for students to view at any time. Panopto CourseCast lets instructors to capture, edit, stream, archive, and share video and PowerPoint recordings that preserve critical knowledge.

Additional information:

Getting Started | Create Folders | How-To VideosDocumentation |Request a folder | Panopto in Blackboard
 

Support for Panopto:

Search the keyword “Panopto” on Answers to find user tips and tutorials
Conact Syracuse University ITS: 443.267
Email SU ITS at help@syr.edu (include your name and SUID number)
Contact iSchool IT Services Office: 443-4490
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu


Impatica

Access: Contact IT Services for a software download
About: Imaptica is a tool that renders PowerPoint files with audio into smaller files suitable for the web.

Additional information:

Impatica for Blackboard

 

Adobe Connect Pro

Access: https://webconference.syr.edu
Login with your SU NetID and password

About: Adobe Connect Pro is Syracuse University supported web conferencing application. Users only need a Flash-enabled web browser and an Internet connection to participate in synchronous online sessions. Adobe Connect Pro allows the flexibility to deliver rich content, including streaming audio, video, and desktop and application sharing. There is also a recording feature that allows later review and archiving of Adobe Connect Pro meetings.

Additional information:

Getting started | Tutorials | Adobe Connect in Blackboard

 

Support for Adobe Connect Pro:
Search the keyword “Adobe Connect” on Answers to find user tips and tutorials
Conact Syracuse University ITS: 443.267
Email SU ITS at help@syr.edu (include your name and SUID number)
Contact iSchool IT Services Office: 443-4490
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu

 

Ensemble Video


Access: http://ensemble.syr.edu
Login with your SU NetID and password

About: Ensemble Video is a video content management, organization and viewing tool supported by Syracuse University and the iSchool. Unlike YouTube and Vimeo, content is stored and streamed from inside Syracuse University and is private to selected users. Ensemble's flexible publishing model allows you to take your video library and distribute it to multiple websites. Faculty can use Ensemble Video to store video collections for publishing to websites, blogs, and course management systems like Blackboard.

Additional Information:

Getting startedAdditional Resources  | Ensemble in Blackboard

Support for Ensemble Video:
Search the keyword "Ensemble"on Answers to find user tips and tutorials
Conact Syracuse University ITS: 443.267
Email SU ITS at help@syr.edu (include your name and SUID number)
Contact iSchool IT Services Office: 443-4490
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu

Sharepoint

About: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a Syracuse University and iSchool supported web-based collaboration and content management tool. More specifically, it allows users to share and collaborate on documents on the web with shared access. It has been created to encourage and enhance the collaborative efforts of Syracuse University faculty, staff, and students.

Access: https://sp.syr.edu
Login with your SU NetID and password

Additional information:

Getting started | Request a Site

Support for Sharepoint:
Search the keyword "SharePoint"on Answers to find user tips and tutorials
Conact Syracuse University ITS: 443.267
Email SU ITS at help@syr.edu (include your name and SUID number)
Contact Michael Clarke at mmclarke@syr.edu or 443-4930
Contact Ryan Drescher at radresch@syr.edu or 443-4490
Contact iSchool IT Services Office: 443-4490
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu

TurnItIn

About: Turnitin is a Syracuse University supported, web-based plagiarism-detection service, which compares papers with those in several of its own databases, as well as other large academic proprietary databases. Syracuse University has a license so students are allowed to submit essays to the Turnitin website, and have them scanned for plagiarism, which can prevent one student from using another student’s paper by identifying matching text between papers.

Access: Turnitin is a building block in Blackboard
http://blackboard.syr.edu

Additional information:

Getting startedAdditional Resources | TurnItIn in Blackboard

Support for TurnItIn:
Search the keyword "TurnItIn"on Answers to find user tips and tutorials
Conact Syracuse University ITS: 443.267
Email SU ITS at help@syr.edu (include your name and SUID number)

 

Below are tools which are not supported by Syracuse University

YouTube

About: YouTube is a video-sharing community and video management tool. Unlike Ensemble, there are restrictions on video length and format and the content is stored and streamed outside of the Syracuse University community. YouTube is a Mashup tool in Blackboard – videos can be streamed directly from YouTube to Blackboard. 

Access: http://youtube.com

Additional Information:

Getting Started | Using YouTube in Blackboard
 
Support for YouTube:
Support from YouTube
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu
 

Flickr

About: Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. Users can upload photos through the web, mobile device, email, or other photo applications. Once the images are uploaded, they can easily and safely be shared across the web. Flickr is a Mashup tool in Blackboard – images can be embedded directly from Flickr to Blackboard. 

Access: http://flickr.com

Additional Information:
 
Support for Flickr:
Support from Flickr
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu


 

SlideShare


About: SlideShare is a web-based presentation publishing and sharing tool. Users have ability to upload and share, publicly or privately, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, videos, webinars, and Adobe PDF Portfolios. SlideShare presentations can easily be shared across the web. SlideShare is a Mashup tool in Blackboard.

Access: http://slideshare.net

Additional Information:

Using SlideShare in Blackboard

Support for SlideShare:
Support from SlideShare
Submit a Help Ticket to IT Services
Contact the Instructional Design Department: 443-9370 or ilms@syr.edu