CCE New Media Group tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/ccemedia/nmg//6933 2009-04-28T18:46:08Z Movable Type 4.25 What is Connect? tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.178387 2009-04-28T18:34:53Z 2009-04-28T18:46:08Z Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform - enabling you to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site. Enable your users to... * Seamlessly "connect" their Facebook account and information with your site * Connect... CCE New Media Group Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform - enabling you to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site. Enable your users to...
* Seamlessly "connect" their Facebook account and information with your site
* Connect and find their friends who also use your site
* Share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook

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Communicate your ideas powerfully using Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro web conferencing software. Securely share presentations and multimedia right from your desktop, and get feedback from hundreds of participants — all using a web browser and the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, already installed on 98% of Internet-connected personal computers.

A.K.A umConnect. This used to be known as Macromedia Breeze Meeting.

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Google Friend Connect means more people engaging more deeply with your website -- and with each other.
* Enrich your site
Choose engaging social features from a catalog of gadgets by Google and the OpenSocial developer community.
* Attract more visitors
Your users can easily invite friends from social networks and contact lists to visit and join your site.
* No programming whatsoever
Just copy and paste a few snippets of code into your site, and Friend Connect does the rest.

Here's an article about facebook connect vs google friend connect. http://mashable.com/2008/12/05/facebook-connect-vs-google-friend-connect/

]]> CCE Video Player Update tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.160596 2008-12-22T17:27:27Z 2008-12-22T19:08:26Z Click to open in a new window... CCE New Media Group wideplayersmall.jpg
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]]> This is an updated version of the XML video playlist player originally developed to work with Media Mill video podcasts. I've rewritten the display code that generates the thumbnail list and scroll bar to make it easier to create custom layouts for various content and delivery requirements.
The use of XML to build the playlist at runtime has a great advantage over creating a standalone player. The player can be installed in an online course or web page one time while the content can be managed and updated as often as is needed by media producers, instructors, and even students.
Watch for many exciting developments from Lance Cunningham, the Video Solutions Group, and members of the University Video User Community ( UVUC ) in 2009.

]]> Meet NMG tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.150456 2008-10-23T17:30:30Z 2008-10-23T18:18:23Z CCE New Media Group

]]> A cool clock widget. tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.128825 2008-05-16T19:10:44Z 2008-10-24T15:14:21Z Uniqlo won a D&AD award, which is a black pencil, for this widget that plays music, tells time, and sells clothing, I think.... CCE New Media Group Uniqlo won a D&AD award, which is a black pencil, for this widget that plays music, tells time, and sells clothing, I think.
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]]> Print CSS tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.125230 2008-04-28T16:22:41Z 2008-04-28T16:32:19Z All pages that are created using the new UMContent (Stellent) content management system use source ordered semantic markup that is accessible and flexible. We also include a specific print style sheet for each page (see example from Compleat Scholar and... CCE New Media Group All pages that are created using the new UMContent (Stellent) content management system use source ordered semantic markup that is accessible and flexible. We also include a specific print style sheet for each page (see example from Compleat Scholar and use Print Preview in your browser) which removes unneeded images, adds a print header image, and (in Firefox) prints out URLs from all links.

]]> Podcasts using UThinks Blogs into iTunes tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.125222 2008-04-28T16:00:15Z 2008-04-28T16:21:38Z Several CCE programs publish audio recordings of their scheduled events. These MP3 recordings are linked on the website as well as being collected into an XML feed that is read by iTunes. Examples of these feeds are those for... CCE New Media Group

Several CCE programs publish audio recordings of their scheduled events. These MP3 recordings are linked on the website as well as being collected into an XML feed that is read by iTunes.
Examples of these feeds are those for Great Conversations and for Headliners. Another program which rebroadcasts audio and video recording is the Strategic Leadership Insights series. Eventually these recordings will become part of the University of Minnesota's iTunesU collection (once that is formally launched).

]]> Adobe Connect tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.125211 2008-04-28T15:57:17Z 2008-04-29T17:10:46Z Click to open in a new window. Adobe Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze) is software used to create information and general presentations, online training materials, web conferencing, learning modules, and user desktop sharing. The product is entirely Adobe Flash based. All... CCE New Media Group smlp.jpg
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Adobe Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze) is software used to create information and general presentations, online training materials, web conferencing, learning modules, and user desktop sharing. The product is entirely Adobe Flash based. All meeting workspaces are organized into 'pods'; with each pod performing a specific role (i.e. chat, whiteboard, note, etc.).

]]> Slideshow with audio tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.125201 2008-04-28T15:40:44Z 2008-04-28T16:01:13Z Click to open in a new window.... CCE New Media Group cloquet.jpg
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]]> SRAP Gallery - Shadowbox tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.123655 2008-04-18T20:04:06Z 2008-04-18T20:15:33Z Created to showcase work by several dozen visual artists who teach for the CCE Split Rock Arts Program, the SRAP Gallery 2008 uses "shadowbox", an open source JavaScript media player, as the backend. The player, widely cross-browser and cross-platform... Blaine Cross shadowbox_gallery_300x300.jpg

Created to showcase work by several dozen visual artists who teach for the CCE Split Rock Arts Program, the SRAP Gallery 2008 uses "shadowbox", an open source JavaScript media player, as the backend. The player, widely cross-browser and cross-platform compatible, can be used with many types of images, movies, and other media types. This version uses the Yahoo API but it is compatible with several other flavors. The player is standards-compliant, is skinnable, and comes with good documentation and developer support.

]]> CSS Positioning Guide tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.123645 2008-04-18T18:42:17Z 2008-04-18T18:51:09Z New pages in CCE use layouts built with only CSS positioning. We created this CSS Positioning Guide in order to explain the basic structure of this semantic ordering of pages.... Blaine Cross positioning_300x300.jpg

New pages in CCE use layouts built with only CSS positioning. We created this CSS Positioning Guide in order to explain the basic structure of this semantic ordering of pages.

]]> Spiral Nav video player tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.123636 2008-04-18T17:10:33Z 2008-04-28T16:01:45Z Click to open in a new window This version uses javascript for the animation and swfObject to create a player on the fly. All of the video urls are hardcoded into arrays in the javascript. Ideally a production version of... Terrance Schubring vspiral.jpg
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This version uses javascript for the animation and swfObject to create a player on the fly. All of the video urls are hardcoded into arrays in the javascript. Ideally a production version of this player would load a playlist from a video hosting service at runtime.

]]> CCE Multiplayer Prototype tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.123475 2008-04-17T16:10:04Z 2008-04-28T16:02:23Z Click to open in a new window This video player is populated using an RSS feed from CLA's MediaMill. The playlist, thumbnails, video content, and metadata is loaded at runtime and displayed using the Flash player. The MP4 format is... CCE New Media Group multiplayer.jpg
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This video player is populated using an RSS feed from CLA's MediaMill. The playlist, thumbnails, video content, and metadata is loaded at runtime and displayed using the Flash player. The MP4 format is used to enable compatability with iTunes. NOTE: currently MP4 playback is broken in IE7.

Media Mill is a project launched by the CLA Office of Information Technology (CLA-OIT) to archive and distribute video and audio content.

The prototype multiplayer was developed by the CCE New Media Group

]]> CCE Quality Fair Kiosk: Value Chain Thinking Applied to the Development and Delivery of Online Courses tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.110477 2008-02-14T22:39:25Z 2008-02-14T22:58:09Z Click to play/pause.Mouse wheel to move forward/back.View Large Version... Timothy Roman








Click to play/pause.
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]]> Video entries tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.104267 2008-01-18T20:05:21Z 2008-01-18T20:07:30Z Blaine, This is my first, of a multitude of NMG blog entries. Question: Can I post video files? P... pecil001 Blaine, This is my first, of a multitude of NMG blog entries. Question: Can I post video files? P

]]> Web 2.0: Not a Web of Pages -- A Web of Data tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/ccemedia/nmg//6933.103503 2008-01-04T19:36:14Z 2008-01-04T19:38:06Z BBC - Radio Labs - Show your workings and Web design 2.0 - it’s all about the resource and its URL both demonstrate a crucial data design issue. I think this relates well to where we need to go with... Blaine Cross BBC - Radio Labs - Show your workings and Web design 2.0 - it’s all about the resource and its URL both demonstrate a crucial data design issue. I think this relates well to where we need to go with our upcoming CCE web re-design. That is, we need to move toward the notion of one item per URL -- one concept per entry -- rather than packing more and more items into "pages".


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