NTU OnlineCD ROM Repurposing

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NTU Online/CD ROMRepurposing

• Rebecca Bedford
• Manager, Online/CD Development
• 4/8/02

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Encoding Process

• Video Encoding
• Receive Antenna to
• NDS receiver (MPEG2) to
• Windows Media Encoder (Multibit ASF)
• Burn CD for CD Archive
• Begin Repurposing Process
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• VTR (Beta, VHS, SVHS) to
• Windows Media Encoder (Multibit ASF)
• Burn CD for CD Archive
• Begin Repurposing Process

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Creating Course Metadata

• khepri.ntu.edu
• Web based course creation tool
• Windows 2000 Server
• IIS
• MS SQL Server
• ASP/JavaScript
• Windows Media Player 7

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Slide Synchronization Process

• Print PowerPoint file of slides
• Open ASF in Slide Timer Program (Khepri)
• Create Slide Flips Using Slide Timer Program
• Copy merged file into a text editor and save
• Merge text file with archive ASF using Windows
  Media ASF Indexer
• Edit ASF file using ASF Indexer to create preview
  ASF
• Create ASX file for each ASF file

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Slide Synchronization Process

• Print PowerPoint file of slides
• Open ASF in Slide Timer Program (Khepri)
• Create Slide Flips Using Slide Timer Program
• Copy merged file into a text editor and save
• Merge text file with archive ASF using Windows
  Media ASF Indexer
• Edit ASF file using ASF Indexer to create preview
  ASF
• Create ASX file for each ASF file

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Sample Merge File

• Properties
• Markers
• start_marker_table
• 000000 TABLE OF CONTENTS
• end_marker_table
• Script Commands
• start_script_table
• 000000 slide 1
• 000130 slide 2
• 001529 slide 3
• 001534 slide 4
• 001716 slide 5
• 001908 slide 6
• end_script_table

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Slide Synchronization Process

• Print PowerPoint file of slides
• Open ASF in Slide Timer Program (Khepri)
• Create Slide Flips Using Slide Timer Program
• Copy merged file into a text editor and save
• Merge text file with archive ASF using Windows
  Media ASF Indexer
• Edit ASF file using ASF Indexer to create preview
  ASF
• Create ASX file for each ASF file

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Slide Synchronization Process

• Print PowerPoint file of slides
• Open ASF in Slide Timer Program (Khepri)
• Create Slide Flips Using Slide Timer Program
• Copy merged file into a text editor and save
• Merge text file with archive ASF using Windows
  Media ASF Indexer
• Edit ASF file using ASF Indexer to create preview
  ASF
• Create ASX file for each ASF file

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Materials Creation

• Creating Slides
• Open PowerPoint file of slides
• Save all slides as .jpgs
• Using Photoshop, resize .jpgs
• Creating printable materials file
• Save original PowerPoint file as a .pdf
• Creating threaded discussion site
• Create threaded discussion and chat area in
  WebBoard 4.2 (Nabu)

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Questions Comments

• Rebecca Bedford
• Manager Online/CD Development
• rebecca_at_ntu.edu
• [phone]
• Nels Dachel
• Senior Director, IT
• nels_at_ntu.edu
• [phone]