Avalon 2.0 Partners Webinar

Avalon 2.0 Partners Webinar

November 14, 2013

Agenda

•  Background and progress – Jon Dunn, Indiana •  Demo – Julie Rudder, Northwestern •  Roadmap – Mark Notess, Indiana •  Q&A -‐ all

Project ObjecMves

Goal: Create an open source system to enable libraries and archives to provide online access to video and audio collecMons •  Digital audio/video management and delivery system,

focused on needs of libraries and archives •  Follow an agile, open source development model •  Leverage exisMng technologies, where feasible •  Communicate and market the project broadly to increase

awareness and grow the community of users and developers

Avalon Architecture

Avalon Media System

Archival Storage

AuthenMc-‐aMon

LMS, websites

ILS Hydrant Rails App

All Users

Desktop, Mobile

Browser, Drop box

Search Browse View

Ingest Describe Manage

Integra-ons

CollecMon Staff

Authoriz-‐aMon

Users

Fedora Solr MaZerhorn Media Server

Media Player (mediaelement.js)

Can-‐Can

Ruby-‐ horn

Hydra Head

Black-‐ light

Omni-‐Auth

n Avalon code – consists of Hydrant Rails App and the Rubyhorn gem. Other pieces are leveraged.

Partners MeeMng Highlights October 2-‐3 in Bloomington 29 aZendees, represenMng: •  Indiana University •  New York University •  Northwestern University •  Stanford University

•  University of ConnecMcut •  University of Miami •  University of Virginia •  WGBH

Partner MeeMng Major Topics •  Project update and demo •  Roadmap review and prioriMes •  Avalon and WGBH’s HydraDAM •  Running Pilots at insMtuMons •  Post-‐grant sustainability and

governance A more detailed agenda and notes are available online: hZps://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/VarVideo/October+2013+Partners+MeeMng+-‐+Notes

Code hacking!

Partner MeeMng Major Outcomes •  Avalon and WGBH OpenVault developers to talk. •  We have a beZer understanding of the range of Kaltura use

cases by partners. •  Avalon will likely broaden use cases to address user-‐

generated content (end-‐user upload). •  RaMonalizing units/collecMons concepts with other Hydra

projects. •  Will implement LTI integraMon to support LMS-‐based

authorizaMon. •  Many sustainability models and possible affiliaMons to

explore further. •  We are looking for someone to fill a role of developer

community liaison.

Release 2.0 (October 21, 2013) •  New hierarchical permissions model supports

a flexible approach to collecMons-‐based content management.

•  CollecMons can have default access controls and be more easily shared with defined groups.

•  An about page shows the system health and supports automated system monitoring.

•  Staff can create custom thumbnails for video content by taking a “snapshot” during playback or by specifying a Mmepoint.

•  More usable media player with beZer plalorm support

Release History

•  0.1 – July 2012 •  0.5 – October 2012 •  1.0 – May 2013 •  2.0 – October 2013 •  3.0 – Winter 2014

•  Goal: Release every 3 months

Avalon 2.0 Demo

Planned Features of Release 3.0

•  Improved file management, with the ability to track master files and derivaMves in Fedora repository.

•  IntegraMon with external sources of group membership, iniMally class rosters via LTI in LMS.

•  MigraMon/assignment of persistent URL. •  Improved method of imporMng previously encoded derivaMves.

Beyond R3 •  Embedding •  Structural metadata for navigaMon •  Dropbox privacy between collecMons •  Accessibility •  Import of descripMve metadata (MARC, EAD) •  Playlists & clip-‐making •  Transcripts and auxiliary items •  More scalability & performance work on transcoding •  Controlled vocabularies •  Publishing out to Youtube or other systems •  InternaMonalizaMon

Follow our progress

•  Roadmap: hZps://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/VarVideo/Road+Map+Post+R1

•  Progress by 2-‐week sprint: hZps://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/VarVideo/Avalon+Current+Sprint

•  End-‐of-‐sprint 2-‐week demo recordings hZps://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/VarVideo/Project+Sprint+Demos

QuesMons?

Please type any quesMons you have in the chat window.

Learn More About Avalon •  Website: hZp://avalonmediasystem.org/ •  Listserv: E-‐mail avalon-‐discuss-‐l-‐[email protected] to

subscribe •  Social media:

@avalonmediasys facebook.com/avalonmediasys

•  Or contact: Jon Dunn: [email protected] Claire Stewart: claire-‐[email protected] Mark Notess: [email protected]

Avalon is funded in part by a NaMonal Leadership Grant from the InsMtute of Museum and Library Services.

Education

Avalon 2.0 Partners Webinar