Hi Lisa, thanks for all that info. Sounds as if you guys are onto it! Good to hear. I'm quite happy to wait for your development team to work out a wordpress widget. "Flattening" helps me realise what it is that Kaltura is doing, so I understand the difficulties in enabling and export file feature. I get the impression that you guys agree that it would be an important feature to have, so that's great.
One last feature request while I have you on the line :) a simple way to add clips I have on other services. Before Kaltura came along, I loaded clips to Blip, Youtube and Archive.org.. I'll continue to do that too, especially with a tool like heyspread.com that makes it a one click process to load clips across multiple services. But now Kaltura is on the scene, its yet another place to upload to! If you guys can work out a way for me to load to Kaltura as well as a number of other places at the same time (or to easily import my clips from other places into Kaltura) that would save this user a lot of double handling and bandwidth... Hope you know what I mean. Regards, Leigh. On Jan 26, 2008 12:39 AM, Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Leigh - actually MySpace is open enough for us to have the > specific widget code and it works there without a problem. Also, I > know that our standard widget code works for Blogger since I use it on > my daughter's blog :-) > > As for Wordpress - you should be on our business development team - > we're now in the process of adding partners just like Wordpress to > allow their users to easily use Kaltura's technology on their sites. > For example, our extension to the MediaWiki software is part of the > same strategy - the goal is to solidify Kaltura's platform as the de- > facto tool for video creation and collaboration online - at any site. > > As for the exporting - right now we don't support exporting clips from > Kaltura to YouTube or downloading them - in essence, a Kaltura today > is a collection of clips, images and sounds and our editor and player > know how to "deal" with them and convert them, if needed, in order to > play them all as one clip. We're now working on a feature called > "flattening", which will take a Kaltura video and technically flatten > all of the clips and turn them into one movie, which users will them > be able to export and download. I'll keep you posted when that > happens. > > I hope all of this helps. Specifically, for your blog, I'd be happy > to put you in touch with someone on our team who could try to help you > figure out how to get the Kaltura player to work on the blog - let me > know if you'd like me to do so. > > Cheers! > Lisa > > On Jan 24, 12:34 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Lisa, it helps a little. My blog, and many of the staff I work > with, > > use hosted blogs at wordpress.com we don't have a say on what extensions > are > > added to the service. I will try out the code you have given me and see > if > > it works. > > > > Our course blogs (some of our teachers use blogs to deliver online > courses) > > use hosted wordpress blogs on the service called edublogs.org and I know > > they do have the SWF extension added so that's good, and others use > Blogger > > blogs which I imagine aren't a problem. > > > > I'm curious though Lisa, how come the Kaltura player gives Myspace code? > Is > > that something that is developed in negotiation with Myspace, or is > Myspace > > open enough for developers to write embed code for it? Perhaps Kaltura > could > > contact Wordpress.com and ask to have their player supported, especially > > with the possible uptake by Wikimedia projects! That will make Kaltura > huge, > > and I'd say a lot my wordpress users will want an easy embed code. > > > > Also, any word on an export video feature? Maybe I better go and > subscribe > > to Kaltura blog. You're going to have some hard core communicating > effort > > coming up hey Lisa :) Kaltura is going to get a lot of attention I'd > say. > > > > On Jan 24, 2008 9:17 PM, Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Leigh, > > > > > I am in charge of Kaltura's PR and marketing, which includes our blog > > > -www.kaltura.com/blog/, which is also on WordPress. I've embedded a > > > few Kaltura videos on our blog, but I agree, WordPress is a bit > > > difficult in this regard. The last time I embedded it one of our > > > programmers helped me and this is what we posted: [SWF]http:// > > >www.kaltura.com/index.php/widget/100565/-1/6/2, 400, 300[/SWF] > > > > > I believe he downloaded an SWF plugin for WordPress first. Let me > > > know if this helps and if not I'll get you in touch directly with one > > > of our techies and he can help you out. > > > > > Cheers, > > > Lisa > > > > > On Jan 23, 11:31 am, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a way to embed a kaltura vid on a wordpress blog? The code > > > provided > > > > doesn't do it (wordpress is funny about embed codes, for eg, youtube > is > > > > [youtube=URL] and Slideshare is [slideshare=URL] and so on. So I > guess > > > the > > > > question should be to Wordpress or if Kaltura has worked it out with > > > them.. > > > > > > Alternatively, if there was a quick way to get a video out of > Kaltura, I > > > > could upload to Youtube or Blip and then have the video in > Wordpress. > > > Though > > > > it might not sound ideal, it would actually be a good way to spread > the > > > > message I reckon... > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 11:59 AM, Rasporich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > If anyone's interested I put up a first cut of the music video for > > > > > 'Milazo/Bontrager' > > > > > > >http://wikieducator.org/User:Srasporich > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > On Jan 21, 3:43pm, Declan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Leigh, > > > > > > > > You're too kind! I'll bounce your praise onto the student > teachers > > > > > > who developed the ideas. The use of templates was driven by > > > > > > necessity; I was going page-by-page making these changes and > Kirk in > > > > > > Wikia (where we started out) generously and patiently explained > > > > > > templates to me. We are not part of the handouts4teachers > program in > > > > > > any formal way, but I think I did pop a link in to that page at > some > > > > > > point. I am certainly willing to participate in that initiative. > You > > > > > > have quite the collection of resources over in your patch of > > > > > > wikieducator and I already adapted your template generator for > my > > > own > > > > > > uses (thank you very much). I'm a newbie with the media stuff, > but I > > > > > > can get from live insect to online video. I'd like to learn how > > > > > > better to do that. I see a lot of educational potential for > time- > > > > > > lapse clips. Right now I'm heavily committed to courses with > little > > > > > > time remaining for learning new techniques, but I carve out a > little > > > > > > here and there. > > > > > > > > Anyway, it's great to plug into wikieducator; its a great > community > > > > > > with enormous potential. > > > > > > Cheers; Declan > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 6:06pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > What a gold mine of resources you have there Declan.. I like > the > > > way > > > > > you > > > > > > > have used Templates to tie the design together, and you have > all > > > the > > > > > text > > > > > > > content in there with consistency, with some media starting to > > > show > > > > > up. I'm > > > > > > > sure many teachers will find your resources interesting, > useful > > > and or > > > > > > > inspiring... > > > > > > > > > A while back I proposed a campaign to get casual teachers > involved > > > on > > > > > > > Wikieducator. Casual teachers, or relief teachers have a hard > life > > > > > taking > > > > > > > full time teachers classes in short, usually one off affairs. > > > > > Behavioral > > > > > > > issues can be at their worst, and support almost non existent! > > > Relief > > > > > > > teachers have to be very resourceful to get through their day. > The > > > > > ones I > > > > > > > have met usually have a book of tried and true lesson plans > and > > > > > techniques > > > > > > > for getting through, and they carry that book of stuff, > everywhere > > > > > they go. > > > > > > > > > Imagine if we could establish an intuitive, consistent and > easy to > > > > > follow > > > > > > > structure on WIkied for such lesson plans and their supporting > > > > > resources? > > > > > > > Much like what you have established on the St Michaels pages.. > and > > > > > that a > > > > > > > campaign targeting casual teachers managed to see their > private > > > and > > > > > > > sometimes guarded book of tricks coming onto the > wikieducator.. > > > and > > > > > > > Wikieducator becoming the support that so many (especially > > > younger) > > > > > relief > > > > > > > teachers need. > > > > > > > > > I think Wayne picked up on this idea and started the > > > > > > > Handouts4Teachers<http://wikieducator.org/Handouts4Teachers > > > >project... > > > > > > > Is St Michaels work part of that initiative? I haven't been > able > > > > > > > to put my money where my mouth is there as we don't have much > of a > > > > > need for > > > > > > > such resources in tertiary training... at least not that I > have > > > yet > > > > > > > recognised.. there might be some way to bridge though.. sorry, > > > just > > > > > thinking > > > > > > > out loud. > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 11:07 PM, Declan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Well I suppose it is a tad strange. This page gives it some > > > context: > > > > > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Termite_trails;Ineedtowork on > some > > > > > > > > text directly on the clip page. > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 18, 4:01pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > what a curious little video! Is there some text to explain > > > what is > > > > > > > > happening > > > > > > > > > with that termite? With text on the same page we could go > > > about > > > > > doing > > > > > > > > voice > > > > > > > > > overs for it... > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 8:28 AM, Declan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I see many posibilities for this video tool. I just > uploaded > > > a > > > > > short > > > > > > > > > > clip on termite behavior: > > > > > > > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Kaltura:Video_253029 > > > > > > > > > > > > There are so many things that one can't do in the > classroom > > > for > > > > > so > > > > > > > > > > many reasons. Often a video is an acceptable substitute. > I > > > need > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > spend more time learning the editing process, but it's > an > > > > > exciting > > > > > > > > > > addition to the tool box. SO thanks. 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