Author: Peter T Watson

Feb 24, 2020

February/March 2020 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

March MUG meeting Our next NC State Mediasite User Group (MUG) meeting will be 10:30 a.m. on March 11, 2020, in Parks Shops 130. You’ll see an invitation on your calendar soon. Among the discussion items will be content capture system evaluation and retirement of old Mediasite instances.  Content Capture System Demos As part of our… 

Dec 17, 2019

December 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

December 12, 2019 Mediasite User Group Follow-Up This follow-up information was sent via email to the Mediasite Admin Google Group, but for some reason Gmail flagged it as “spam” for a number of recipients. In the interest of keeping everyone informed, the information is included below.  We had a great turnout for the Mediasite User… 

Nov 21, 2019

November/December 2019 Mediasite Administrator (Archive)

MUG Meeting December 12, 2019 Save the date! The next MUG will be Thursday, December 12 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in Park Shops 130. Sonic Foundry will provide donuts and coffee at 9 a.m., and we will kick off the meeting around 9:15 a.m.  MSX 2019 Online The annual Mediasite conference was October 27 –… 

Oct 4, 2019

October 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

Mediasite Maintenance Fall Break October 10 and 11 Fall Break is Thursday, Oct. 10 and Friday, Oct. 11. There could be disruptions to Mediasite service at any time during this maintenance window.  There’s never a perfect time for system maintenance, but it must be done (Windows server updates, etc.) and we schedule them for times… 

Sep 10, 2019

September 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

New Closed Captioning Convenience Contract Here’s some good news. As of September 1, a new closed captioning contract has been negotiated and captioning prices have dropped. That’s right, the prices for closed captions under the convenience contract have actually gone down. Kudos to NC State Accessibility Coordinator Crystal Tenan for negotiating lower pricing for closed captions! … 

Aug 12, 2019

August 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

Lecture Capture Opt-in Portal Open for Fall 2019 The lecture capture opt-in portal is open for Fall 2019. Instructors teaching in Mediasite equipped rooms can request recording by going to this URL: https://apps.delta.ncsu.edu/our_mediasite/ Only the Primary Instructor of record in SIS for the course can request recording. First Day of Classes… Is August 21, 2019.… 

Jun 24, 2019

July 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

NC State Endpoint Security Standards NC State has implemented an Endpoint Protection Security Standard https://policies.ncsu.edu/rule/rul-08-00-18/ which requires all computers which access university data to receive regular security updates and patches. This is a very good thing that protects all of us from malicious software and hacking.  Phase 1 requires all Windows and Mac based computers to either… 

Jun 6, 2019

June 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update

MSX 2019 The Mediasite conference is four months away but you can lock-in a lower price now without needing to pay now. Details follow. Conference: The annual Mediasite conference (formerly known as “Unleash”) has always been held in Madison, Wisconsin, Sonic Foundry’s (SOFO) home. This year the conference heads to sunnier climes and the unique… 

May 14, 2019

May 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update(Archive)

May 2019 Maintenance Window DELTA Major maintenance of DELTA systems take place from Tuesday May 13 through Saturday May 18, 2019. Service disruptions could occur at any time during the maintenance window. Updates post to SysNews. Mediasite.wolfware transitions May 2019 All remaining college instances, except College of Engineering, will migrate to mediasite.wolfware during the May… 

Apr 1, 2019

April 2019 Mediasite Administrator Update

There are a number of important events and activities over the next couple of months: Two MUG meetings in April; new Mediasite U website and training materials available; college transitions to mediasite.wolfware; and post-semester maintenance. Carolinas Chapter MUG Meeting April 24, 2019 The next community gathering of the Carolinas Chapter MUG is Wednesday, April 24,…