Webinar on 5th December 2012, covering the content and functions of a multimedia service for education. Subscription required for some content:
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk
2. JISC MediaHub
• Service introduction
• Collections
• Overview of key functions
• Forthcoming changes
• Terms of use
• Feedback
3. • Service includes JISC eCollections licensed content - copyright-cleared film,
image and sound files for educational use,
• plus searching JISC MediaHub delivers results from other collections of film,
image and sound
5. JISC eCollections content
• 130,000 media items
• Digital Images for Education content
• ITN/Reuters archives, including Gaumont cinema newsreels
• Other collections of film and sound, including Performance
Shakespeare, Culverhouse Classical Music, Imperial War
Museum, Getty, Royal Geographic Society, St Georges Medical
School and more.
• http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/collections/
24. Individual results
• Icon to denote collection type, e.g. Inside JISC MediaHub
• Icon to denote media type, e.g. still image
• Preview, mark, or click MORE (for full record details)
25. Full record
Option -
click to
browse
other
items
from this
collection
Download
options
Mark item,
saves it in My
MediaHub
Share via email,
Facebook, Twitter and
more
26. Full record
• Description
• Click on any of the details to generate a new search
• Links to similar content and recently viewed items
28. JISC eCollections content
Video
•You will see a frame from the video. You can play the video within the full record page
and download in a range of formats.
•NOTE: if your video is longer than average, you may see a list of clips on the right hand
side of the video image. Select each clip separately to play:
29. JISC eCollections content
Audio
•You will see an audio player to allow you to listen to the file. You can
download the audio file in a range of formats:
30. External collections
When records are from collections external to JISC MediaHub, you will see a
small image representing the media item, but you link to an external website
where you may have to login to view/play/download the item:
31. JISC MediaHub Explore
• Explore by Collection, Time, Subject or Advanced Search
• Future options: Learning materials and Place
33. Explore timeline
• Search with a keyword to create timeline
• Zoom in to see more detail using control on right
• Move along timeline using blue arrows on right
34. Explore Subject
• This area allows you to explore the JISC eCollections content, which has been
catalogued with one of two subject classifications
• Unesco subjects – Film & Sound Online content
• IPTC subjects – DIE and NFO content
• Click on top level subject to start, click blue figures to see results
35. Advanced Search
• Combine keywords, subject terms and selected collections
• Live search results at bottom of page
Input keywords
and/or subjects
Select collections
to search
Select Number
collection of results
and/or media displayed
type here
37. JISC MediaHub
• Service introduction
• Collections
• Overview of key functions
• Forthcoming changes
• Terms of use
• Feedback
38. JISC MediaHub Home page – next version
• More search options underneath search box.
• Images shown are proposed update of interface, subject to external
usability testing. Likely launch data February 2013.
39. Classification changes
• Icons changed to better
reflect access.
• Possible to have a result
with more than one icon,
e.g. Requires login and
Hosted on another
website.
40. Bookmark items
• Users must sign in via UK
Federation to bookmark items
43. Future development
Check out the Roadmap section of the blog for updates:
http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/category/roadmap/
44. JISC MediaHub
• Service introduction
• Collections
• Overview of key functions
• Forthcoming changes
• Terms of use
• Feedback
45. Terms of Use
You can:
•Create local cache to improve access
•Download metadata, films and scripts
•Print metadata, stills and scripts
•Use in course materials
•Use in coursework
•Include in secure VLEs, MLEs
•Display, download & print for promotion, testing & training
•Display at seminars, conferences, workshops
46. Terms of Use
You cannot:
•Display without appropriate acknowledgement
•Sell or resell the licensed material and/or metadata
•Remove or modify copyright
•Alter, adapt or modify
•Publish content on the open web
•Commercial use or any other non-education purpose
47. Terms of Use
• External collections
• User needs to check terms of use
• Full record page links to Terms of Use on external
site
• http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/about/unrestricted
48. JISC MediaHub
• Service introduction
• Collections
• Overview of key functions
• Forthcoming changes
• Terms of use
• Feedback
49. Feedback
• 2012-13 survey now in place in the service. Your feedback is
important!
• 74 responses to 2011-12 survey
Results summarised and sent to JISC Monitoring Unit
Questions on ease/frequency of use
50. Feedback
How can we best improve JISC MediaHub?
•A – support materials
•B – viewing results page
•C – more/different content
•D – citation and/or copyright info.
•E – explore/browse area
•Type any comments in the text chat
52. JISC MediaHub blog
Recent posts to highlight content
include:
•Eric Hosbawm: Marxist Historian
•Great JISC MediaHub Bake-off!
•Pre-Raphaelites invading London
•London 2012 Paralympics
•London Olympics 2012
•Soup cans and Spray cans
•Happy 50th Anniversary of
Independence, Rwanda and
Burundi
•The Talented Mister Turing
•Farewell to our Man from Mars:
Ray Bradbury dies aged 91