Tools and productivity gains for instructors, curriculum designers and staff

Instructional Need:
Teachers would like to use more media and incorporate video to enhance instruction.  They have too much to do to be uncumbered by traditional video processes that render every request into a lengthy video editing project or a new job ticket for the IT department.

Solution: MediaCAST's Digital Media Tools
While there are many stakeholders in the K-12 environment, the needs of those using MediaCAST most — teachers — are met with a set of easy-to-use, web-based tools.  These tools make multimedia part of learning instead of a separate, technical exercise.  When teachers master a technology, it quickly becomes integral to the classroom, fostering achievement and productivity. 

Easy to use tools for instructors, instructional designers and media specialists

Create media segments—Snag-A-Segment lets teachers create quick segments within video and audio resources.  This lets them create a list of their favorite segments, key topics of a video, an outline or agenda for staff development tutorials, or just mark a reminder of where the teacher left off so they can resume it next class period.  The segments can be global so if one user creates the table of contents for a resource others can share it. 
     Snag-A-Segment: Here's How it Works

Correlate to standards—LinkBuilder lets an instructor or curriculum designer correlate individual media files (video, audio, documents, images etc) to specific education standards and learning benchmarks.  MediaCAST comes with your state standards preloaded in the system.

Add links to media—External URL Builder lets you send a link to a student or colleague directly to the segment you wanted them to see.  This is a great way to embed a video and multimedia in PowerPoint, Photostory, or Microsoft Word.  When a student clicks on the video link it plays the segment the teacher intended them to watch without dealing with embedding massive videos into your presentations. 
     URL Builder: Here's How it Works

Keep track of favorites—Bookmarks lets a teacher create a playlist of their favorite media resources for quick access.   

Additional tools for teachers

• Upload almost any electronic file to the digital library - video, audio, documents, images, Web site links and special files like Captivate, Impatica, SMART Notebook, AutoCAD and many more.

• Access previous viewing history

• Make content reservations

• View previous search results

• Deliver Podcasts and live Webcasts