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Bitrate

Bitrate, as the name implies, describes the rate at which bits are transferred from one location to another. In other words, it measures how much data is transmitted in a given amount of time. Bitrate is commonly measured in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (Kbps), or megabits per second (Mbps). For example, a DSL connection may be able to download data at 768 kbps, while a Firewire 800 connection can transfer data up to 800 Mbps. Bitrate can also describe the quality of an audio or video file. For example, an MP3 audio file that is compressed at 192 Kbps will have a greater dynamic range and may sound slightly more clear than the same audio file compressed at 128 Kbps. This is because more bits are used to represent the audio data for each second of playback. Similarly, a video file that is compressed at 3000 Kbps will look better than the same file compressed at 1000 Kbps. Just like the quality of an image is measured in resolution, the quality of an audio or video file

Internet Society Community Grant: Summary

Today, online presentation applications are increasing in popularity and providing powerful tools for creation of instructional materials and accessible information in audio-visual formats. When used appropriately, these tools can support and extend traditional education in valuable ways in both developed and developing countries. PresentationTube Project (http://presentationtube.net) has been established to help teachers and students in the Sultanate of Oman, produce and share quality video presentations that meet Omani curriculum standards and students' needs. PresentationTube offers an easy-to-use free video presentation recorder that synchronizes a variety of visual aids, including presenter's audio and video footage, PowerPoint slides, text, drawings, and web content. With visual aids, like the drawing board, presenters can draw lines, curves, graphs, and shapes on the screen to emphasize or clarify their ideas, so the demonstration can be clearer. The whiteboard helps

Creating videos for flipped learning

"Another great option for presentation is PresentationTube, which allows educators to make videos, then upload to Presentation Tube or YouTube, allowing educators to share the video link with students". Learn how to create education videos for students through vodcasting, a cheap and easy way to flip classes at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/09/09/educators-video-flipped-008

Auto-play: A usability and accessibility failure

My organisation recently published a number of videos on the public website (EDIT – have removed the link as the videos have been taken off now). Those videos started automatically as soon as the page loaded. The problems with this are: Automatically playing audio on a webpage is usually an action which the user will not expect. It is therefore, at the very least, an irritation, especially if the user is in an environment where this is not appropriate. At worst, though, the audio may conflict with other audio that the user is already listening to. That might be music, or perhaps another video. But far worse, it could be a blind user’s screen reader software, and the resulting conflict would make it very hard to browse that page to pause the video or mute the sound. By: James Coltham, 2009 http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/07/autoplaying-videos/

PresentationTube Project Startup in Oman

Many barriers are facing the selection and development of quality e-content in developing countries, particularly in the Arab region. Many of these barriers could be avoided through rapid e-learning development networks that easily encourage educators to create and share quality e-content themselves. Research highlighted the importance of considering the potential possibilities that online videos present when deciding how to support recent e-learning communities. Watching video is considered as a basis for mental activity. It is socially acceptable and widely used and supported by multimedia cell phones and portable media players. Video can add interest and engagement to e-Learning and training strategy deliveries. PresentationTube, a non-profit and research-based project, and one of the winners of the Internet Society Community Grant 2013, offers a video presentation recorder and video sharing network to help teachers and learners in Oman produce and share quality video

World Summit Award 2013: Jury Evaluation

Jury Evaluation PresentationTube is an innovative free platform for production and sharing of value added presentations for  teachers, students, and business professionals. The recorder provides for synchronization of audio, video, slides, hand-written text, drawings, and web pages into a single presentation video to achieve increased engagement, effectiveness and impact. The platform allows interaction through comments and customization by the audience as they can control both the time and progress of video presentation. PresentationTube has been developed in Egypt and implemented early in 2012. Within few months it received a considerable local and international recognition from many educational organizations, universities and academicians in these countries. PresentationTube's  YouTube- API powered video sharing network now has more than 10,000 visitors a day, 5,000 subscribers, and 500 video presentations in a v

PresentationTube Received the World Summit Award 2013

  PresentationTube is one of the 40 WSA Winners 2013. The project has been selected by the WSA Grand Jury as best and most innovative in e-Content 2013 in the category e-Learning & Science. More at: h ttp://wsis-award.org/winner/presentationtube-108320130905

What do you know about PresentationTube?

  PresentationTube offers a PowerPoint presentation recorder and video sharing network to help teachers, students and business professionals produce and share presentations in video format. The recorder allows the presenter to narrate PowerPoint slides and synchronize a variety of visual aids, including presenter's audio video footage, whiteboard, drawing board, and web content. PresentationTube integrates scrollable slide thumbnails allowing the audience to move to the respective video content and control both the time and progress of video presentation.  How to start recording and sharing your PowerPoint video presentations? Record presentation: Download PresentationTube Recorder and start recording and narrating your presentation using PowerPoint slides, whiteboard, drawing board, and web content. Upload video: Upload your video presentation file via PresentationTube website and enjoy the new and interactive features of video presentations.