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FACULTY SENATE CONFERENCE 2014
ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE: VAST
PRESENTED BY: MELBA B.MARTIN
THEME: FACULTY SENATE CONFERENCE 2014
“Celebrating and Serving Houston.”
We are celebrating all the wonderful aspects of
Houston Community College Faculty Presented
by the Library Marketing Public Relations
Committee
Gwen Richard
Mildred Joseph
Stephanie Emesih
Melba Martin
Trudy Cleveland
Klarion Tang, Daisy Ngo and Justine Basharandle
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VAST: ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE
 Is Alexander Street’s flagship video
subscription
 Delivering key video that touches on the
undergraduate curriculum
 VAST is growing constantly and currently
offers well over 20,000 full videos and 9,000
hours of content
VAST HIGHEST-QUALITY VIDEO
 Designed to bring the highest-quality video
content to the broadest range of subject areas.
 Faculty and students will find content in VAST to
meet their learning, teaching, and research
interests needs
AWARD-WINNING ONLINE COLLECTIONS A TO Z
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collections.
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BLACK STUDIES IN VIDEO
The collection includes documentaries on leading artists,
writers, musicians, playwrights, and performers, such as
Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Huey P. Newton, Frantz
Fanon, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Eldridge
Cleaver, August Wilson, Bobby Seale, and Ethel Waters.
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ACCESS POINTS FOR RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
 Browse by:
 People, themes, and topics
 View videos by filmmaker, country of origin, production date, and
producer
 More than 15 combinable search fields let you cross-search all
video transcripts
 Hear the narrator, see production staff, and many other indexed
fields, including person discussed, year discussed, and all of the
browse options
FUNCTIONALITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP AND
CLASSROOM USE
 The collection will feature Alexander Street’s newly enhanced video player that
Includes variable bit streaming up to 2.5 mbps, and expanded embedded
video capability
 Teaching guides, field notes, and filmmaker biographies
 Synchronized, searchable transcripts run alongside each video
 Visual tables of contents let you quickly scan each film
 Permanent URLs let users cite and share video easily
 Rich playlist functionality lets users create, annotate, and organize clips and
include links to relevant content
 Permissions for in-class, on-campus, and remote-access viewing are all
included
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USING YOUR MOBILE DEVICE
 You can listen to an audio track or watch a video on your mobile
device, such as a smartphone. This is great for when you find
something you want to study later
 Wherever you see the “send to mobile” icon, you are able to obtain
a "shortlink" to enable playback on your mobile device
 We can send a shortlink as a text SMS message to your device
 We can email a shortlink to a specific address which you can then
pick up on your device
 You can enter a shortlink directly into your mobile device's web
browser
 On supported devices, you can also have your device read a special
barcode, or QR- Code, directly from your computer screen
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TEACHING POWER
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Video lets students of education observe and learn from real teachers and students
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The collection is indexed to meet the specific search needs of educational faculty and
students
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Search and browse by students level or subject
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Unlike physical DVDs and VHS tapes, this online collection makes it easy to queue up
video for in-class or assigned watching
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Clip-making tools and personalized playlists you can annotate and share—each with
permanent URL—let you integrate video into the syllabus
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Synchronized, searchable, scrolling transcripts run alongside each video, enhancing
navigation and access
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Click ahead in the transcript, and the video jumps to that point. Scan hours of video in
seconds
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On-the-go access using most handheld mobile devices makes it easy for students to watch
assigned footage
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Study and discussion guides, themed playlists on special topics, and related full-text
materials give instructors ready-made teaching tools
FAQS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
New Alexander Street Press Interface FAQ
New Alexander Street Press Interface Overview
Music Online Feature Overview 2013
VAST: Academic Video Online Feature Overview 2013
Link and Embed Best Practices
Discovery Services
Music Databases
Video Databases
Usage Statistics
Academic Video Store