--- Forwarded Message from Gavin Ng <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:10:33 -0400 >From: Gavin Ng <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9123 American Sign Language stored video >To: [log in to unmask] >cc: Gavin Ng <[log in to unmask]> Hi Lillie, I don$E2t have a simple answer using your current technology. But if you$E2re looking for a superior solution for Sign Language learning and course management, you should take a look at our software system WebSwami, which integrates webcam capture across the internet. I guess one of the main advantages for you is that neither the instructor nor any of the students would need to deal with specific files or file conversion ever again - all the videos are seamlessly handled by WebSwami. The system allows: - One-click Webcam recording via any browser on any operating system - Instructors to access student recordings from anywhere on the internet - Students to submit video assignments from home without even visiting the campus - Instructors to leave video messages linked to specific student recordings - Highly compressed storage of video and voice (around 1-1.5MB per min) - High frame-rate recordings (20-25 frames per second) - Simultaneous recording for up to hundreds of students with full video capture - Real-time test management, with video instruction, many video-integrated activities and export grades to Excel functionality As well as the above benefits which answer your immediate needs, WebSwami fully integrates with the leading LMS Moodle and works with Blackboard, WebCT etc. WebSwami also offers 8 activity types which allow instructors to record / upload video directly for engaging learning content, 4 of which allow students to record video for sign-language practice and conversation simulation. Lillie, I think with your requirement as described, and WebSwami$E2s potential application for the rest of your language teaching, it would be well worth you taking a look at a demo. Please contact me at [log in to unmask] or visit our website at http://www.webswami.com/webswami-video-tour.html for more information. Here$E2s some other information you might find useful for the rest of your language faculty: WebSwami is world$E2s first language teaching system of its kind to integrate direct webcam recording for course development, online activities and instructor feedback all at CD quality. It's also the first online system to include a pitch measuring spectrograph (rhythm & stress included too), to greatly improve the pronunciation of any language. Other features include many easy-to-create interactive activities, including unique video-to-video matching and real-time conversation simulations. Kind regards, Gavin Ng Lead Developer & Designer, WebSwami www.webswami.com $E3Breaking the Barriers in Language & Distance Learning$E4 >Subject: American Sign Language stored video >Thread-Topic: American Sign Language stored video >Thread-Index: AcnHfEJI4LkUCpmPRtSAVLx1BJewYQ== >Accept-Language: en-US >acceptlanguage: en-US Hello, I have an American Sign Language testing problem. Students must burn their visual exams to CD due to the large file size (over 40 megs). Files are too large to FTP or email to their professor. With over 20 students in some ASL classes, students often backup waiting to burn CD's. I am looking for alternative methods of storing these large files so that the professor can access them outside of class time. Any suggestions to streamline this process are appreciated. Lillie Busby Technology and Languages Lab Coordinator Department of Foreign Languages Sam Houston State University Academic Building IV, 312 936-294-3590 *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************