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Title: U Washington Deploys IP-Based 'Coursecasting'- David Nagel, Campus Technologies Post by: Mark David on May 27, 2007, 11:11:40 AM The University of Washington, in an effort to improve access to classroom materials for students, has deployed IP-based audio encoding devices throughout 24 classrooms, standardizing on Barix Instreamers. The implementation is part of a pilot program through U Washington's Coursecasting initiative, headed up by the university's Classroom Support Services. The 24 classrooms, in 13 campus buildings, have been equipped with one Interstreamer each in the projection booth at the back of each classroom. The Instreamer's line input is connected to the audio output of the PA systems in the classes. Audio is recorded and encoded, at which point the Instreamers connect through the campus network to Classroom Support Services' central capture server, which processes the audio and uploads it to an archive on one of the university's portal pages. The portal provides access to the recordings (encoded at lowest quality to keep file sizes small) via RSS.
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