Illinois Webmaster Workshop New Digital Media Service On Campus

CITES Digital Media Group has been working on an RFP to procure an enterprise-level digital media upload, catalog, storage, and distribution system—in other words, a U of I "YouTube-Style" experience. This builds upon many years of work done by the Center for Multimedia Excellence steering group and stresses strong commitment to user-generated media, curation, and searchability of content, quality audio and video, and accessibility.    In this Webmaster Workshop, Drew MacGregor and John Tubbs will explain ways the Web community can participate with the new media platform, and provide a status update on the RFP and implementation.  

Presenters: John Tubbs is an eLearning Developer in the College of Business. Tubbs builds opportunities for user-generated media within courses, creates digital textbooks and curriculum content, and develops institutional media delivery strategies. Tubbs has been a pioneer in web media for the past 17 years on campus as a streaming media producer and as an original member of the Center for Multimedia Excellence. His projects exhibit a strong commitment to equal access and scalable solutions that bring digital content to the widest audience possible. Tubbs holds an Ed.M. in instructional technology from the University of Illinois. @tubbsjohn   Drew MacGregor has been the Manager of Digital Media in CITES since November 2012. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with the Department of Computer Science/College of Engineering IT unit, supporting multimedia, video capture, and digital signage. Drew is also a member of the Center for Multimedia Excellence, a cross-disciplinary user group on campus devoted to developing a better rich media environment.  

When: Wednesday, April 23, 2-3 p.m.