Finding, managing and using MediaHub content

Nicola Osborne MediaHub Service Manager / Digital Education Manager at EDINA

Nicola.Osborne@ed.ac.uk or @suchprettyeyes

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About MediaHub• Multimedia service launched 2011 offering video, images and sound curated for use in

education. • Jisc-licensed multimedia is copyright-cleared for educational use (with appropriate

attribution) and includes rare archival material and extensive news film collections.• Enables searching across high quality external multimedia collections.• User Upload facility enables CC-licensed images to be hosted and shared via MediaHub.• One logged in, all records can be bookmarked, tagged, commented upon, shared.• Widget for web/VLEs and iOS app available, Android app coming soon.• Part of Jisc eCollections subscription service: jisc-collections.ac.uk/

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Finding, managing, and using MediaHub content

Try MediaHub for yourself! Anyone can browse, search and explore the site:jiscmediahub.ac.uk/

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Finding, managing, and using MediaHub content

jiscmediahub.ac.uk/

Login via UK Federation or via IP range

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Jisc eCollections Content

• Identified by Jisc MediaHub triangle• 40+ collections covering a huge range

of subject areas, times, locations, etc. • Material includes:• 76,000+ videos• 57,000+ images• 250+ audio• All material is copyright-cleared

for education

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External Collections• Marked by grey square with red arrow• Carefully selected collections - high

quality content under CC or licenced for educational use• Search allows you to find the best

available materials both from Jisc eCollections and external• Full view and download of these items is

always via the external collection’s site

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Example MediaHub search: “edinburgh film”

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Exploring MediaHub

• Browse and explore materials by Collection, Place, Subject, etc.• Find learning materials

around MediaHub content• Browse most searched for

or viewed items

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Full Records• View and download video, listen to

sound clips, or access full size images• Find rights and credits information• Access information about the item -

title, date, location, tags, thumbnails, etc.• Find associated resources, e.g.

shortlist, scripts (some news film).• Mark or login to Save, Favourite or

Comment on the item • Like, favourite or share via social

media

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Jisc Digital Media Guides (A-Z)• Guides on the use of digital media in

teaching, learning and research• MediaHub users may be interested in:• Practical Ways to Use Digital Images in

Teaching and Learning• Mobile Learning for Education • Organising Digital Media Content in a VLE• Using Digital Media in Moodle• Audiovisual Copyright: FAQs • Copyright and Still images FAQs. • Basic Guide to Accessibility jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guides/a-z

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User Uploads• Accessed via My MediaHub section. • Upload images from your computer or

from Flickr• Images must be uploaded under

Creative Commons licence (various options, can be edited after upload)• Tag, organise, and add your own

metadata to your images• Make your images searchable and

sharable by any MediaHub user – including colleagues, students, etc.

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Jisc Digital Media Guides: Managing• Guidance on managing digital media

collections and digitisation projects• Useful guides for making your own

uploads to MediaHub:• Approaches to Describing Images• Copyright and Still images FAQs• Controlling your Language: a

Directory of Metadata Vocabularies• Using Flickr to Organise a Collection

of Images

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Support and Information• Help sections - full of practical advice

and support• Our blog - explores highlights from

collections, key news, etc.• Our widget - enables you to embed our

search box on your VLE, website or blog• EDINA Helpdesk - can help with support,

advice, publicity materials, Webinars, etc.• Facebook and Twitter – staying in touch,

sharing highlights, and answering you and your students questions • Terms of Use:

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• Visit the MediaHub Service on your iOS device:• Click on the special iOS

banner or,• Click on the download

button:

• Search the App Store for “MediaHub”.

MediaHub iOS AppThe MediaHub App is free to download and carries no advertising.

Watch our walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8i43R7xns

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And finally… A word about Digimap for Colleges

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• Online mapping service specially designed for Colleges• Ordnance Survey digital map products for all of GB• Variety of zoom levels inc OS MasterMap, building footprints• Annotate maps with text, markers, areas, photos, graphs• Measure distances, areas, buffer points and lines• Save annotations• Create maps as pdf and jpg for printing and insert• Variety of help materials• Maps can be used in teaching and learning resources,

including those shared or published on the web.• Maps can also be used for College websites, events, etc.

Try it: http://digimapforcolleges.edina.ac.uk/

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Questions? Comments?• Do you already use the service in your

University of College? We’d love to hear more about how you use it, and if you have a case study you’d be willing to share!• Are there any new support,

information or learning and teaching resources you would like from us?• Do you have any feedback on what we

are doing well, and what we could be improving?

• Further questions and comments are always welcome via: edina@ed.ac.uk • Explore MediaHub for yourself:

jiscmediahub.ac.uk/ • Explore the Jisc Digital Media Guides,

Infokits & Toolkits: jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guides/a-z

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