UIS Video Services

UIS Video Services, A CAIT Group, provides a centrally funded and managed suite of video services in support of Harvard University schools and departments. Among the services provided are an IPTV broadcast capability, the Harvard Video network (HVN), both REAL and FLASH video streaming and a satellite download service. UIS Video Services supports the broadcast of live events from locations across campus using the video transport capabilities of the ethernet data network. Any live event that is broadcast may also be streamed or archived for later, on-demand viewing. For oversubscribed events, this service can be used to simulcast an event into overflow viewing locations.

Mobile Learning

January 28, 2012:

Dear all,

For CS164: Mobile Software Engineering at the College this spring (https://www.cs164.net/), students will have two opportunities to design with a partner, over the course of ~4 weeks, one mobile web app and one iOS app.  Students are free to propose most any project they'd like, subject to the course's approval.  (These projects are akin to CS50 final projects in scope.)
If you'd like to propose an idea for a project or even engage a team of students to work with your department on some mobile project, please feel free to post the idea at https://projects.cs50.net/projects/mobile/ (where we've created a category specifically for mobile projects).  So long as the students are the project's primary authors, we'd welcome departmental collaboration, particularly if the students would benefit from mentorship.  A schedule of milestones for each project appears below.  We'll start referring students to https://projects.cs50.net/projects/mobile/ for ideas starting this week.
MOBILE WEB APP
Proposal 2/22
Design doc, style guide 2/27
Beta 3/2
Code reviews 3/7
Release 3/23
IOS APP
Proposal 4/11
Design doc, style guide 4/16
Beta 4/20
Code reviews 4/25
Release 4/30

Multimedia in Lamont

Lynda.com
Faculty, staff, and students will have 24/7 unlimited access to the lynda.com library of high-quality instructional videos on topics including: Microsoft, Adobe, iPhones & iPads, business skills, web design, programming, audio, video, and much more, even web tools like Dropbox, Twitter, and Skype.

lynda.com has almost 2,000 courses taught by leading experts, with more added weekly. Each course is broken into bite-sized modules and with fully-searchable transcripts, so you can quickly get to what you need.  Downloadable files let you follow along with the exercises as you learn, while playlists and bookmarks help you keep track of what you’d like to watch.

lyndaCampus accounts can be created from any computer on the Harvard network by going to http://lynda.harvard.edu.  Once an account is established, users can then log onto http://www.lynda.com anywhere they have an internet connection: at work to find a quick answer to a problem, at home to learn new tools, even on their smartphones or mobile devices to watch courses in the Yard or on the train.

ATG

The Academic Technology Group supports technology-enhanced teaching and learning and academic workflow throughout Harvard FAS via the following:

  • Multimedia teaching materials (academic web pages, interactive software and custom courseware, digital video, podcasts)
  • Technology and classroom support for a variety of pedagogical models (e.g. lecture demonstrations, online tools for collaboration, mobile devices for activity-based learning, learning space design)
  • Visualization and simulation tools (3D, virtual worlds, biocomputation)
  • Academic administration software (course selection, placement, and evaluation; online testing)
  • Librarians are welcome to attend ATG workshops, usually offered prior to the beginning of a new semester.

MetaLab

metaLAB is a research and teaching unit at Harvard University dedicated to exploring and expanding the frontiers of networked culture in the arts and humanities. Our institutional home is the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Our physical home is the Graduate School of Design. But our projects take us all over the world.

metaLAB is founded on the belief that many of the key research challenges and opportunities of our era — fundamental questions regarding experience in a connected world, democracy and social justice, the boundaries between nature and culture— transcend divisions between the arts, humanities and sciences; between the academy, industry, and the public sphere; between theoretical and applied knowledge.

Media Equipment for Staff

Library staff across Harvard University may borrow video equipment from Lamont Media Services for any professional purpose related to research, teaching, or learning. To reserve any of the following equipment, contact Paul Worster (617-495-1734):

http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/equipment/net_media.cfm

FAS Media & Technology Services

FAS Media & Technology Services provides recording, multimedia technology, and media production services to the Faculty of Arts & Science, the Extension and Summer Schools, and the Harvard Community.

Lynda.com Software Training

Lynda.com
Faculty, staff, and students will have 24/7 unlimited access to the lynda.com library of high-quality instructional videos on topics including: Microsoft, Adobe, iPhones & iPads, business skills, web design, programming, audio, video, and much more, even web tools like Dropbox, Twitter, and Skype.

lynda.com has almost 2,000 courses taught by leading experts, with more added weekly. Each course is broken into bite-sized modules and with fully-searchable transcripts, so you can quickly get to what you need.  Downloadable files let you follow along with the exercises as you learn, while playlists and bookmarks help you keep track of what you’d like to watch.

lyndaCampus accounts can be created from any computer on the Harvard network by going to http://lynda.harvard.edu.  Once an account is established, users can then log onto http://www.lynda.com anywhere they have an internet connection: at work to find a quick answer to a problem, at home to learn new tools, even on their smartphones or mobile devices to watch courses in the Yard or on the train.