MDID Users Group presentation at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, April 18th - April 21st, 2012, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. MDID.org

1. MDID Users Group
VRA Conference 2012
Albuquerque

2. Three quick polls
• Please text your responses to 22333
or submit online at http://pollev.com
• Polls will be available all day, so you can also
write down your response and submit it later
• Thank you!

10. MDID Strengths
• Manage any media type
– Unknown media types can still be uploaded and
downloaded
• Present many media types
– MediaViewer for dual screen image projection
– Built-in viewers for audio, video, PDF, etc.
• Develop custom front-ends to highlight
individual collections

11. Survey

12. Update
• MDID3 in production at JMU
– Pilot started after several faculty training sessions
in late 2010/early 2011
– MDID2 was available until December 2011
– MDID3 used exclusively since January 2012
– Continued bug fixes and feature improvements
based on automated and user feedback

13. MediaViewer Remote

14. Student projects
• Students have access to more features in
MDID 3
• Faculty participated in beta testing by
assigning student projects to test searching,
uploading content, creating data records, and
creating slideshows

15. MDID in other disciplines
• Music
– Students record themselves practicing,
conducting, or teaching
– They upload videos into a class collection
– Instructor reviews videos and gives feedback
• Photography
• Library Special Collections

16. External content
• Flickr
– Get a free, instant custom API key
• ARTstor
– Must be a subscriber
– Need to complete a Metasearch Agreement to get
access to ARTstor’s XML Gateway
• NASA NIX
– Recently changed their web site
– Currently not working

17. Delivering Video with MDID
• Progressive Download
Client MDID
Video
files

18. Delivering Video with MDID
• Streaming
– Simple integration without content protection
Client MDID
Streaming Video
Server files

19. Delivering Video with MDID
• Streaming
– Full integration with content protection
Client MDID
Streaming Video
Server File links
files

20. Survey

21. MDID as a platform
• MDID3 serves as a platform for building web-
based multimedia applications
• Stores, manages and delivers data records and
media files
• Web developers create custom user interfaces

22. MDID as a platform: The Breeze

23. MDID as a platform:
Shenandoah National Park Oral History

26. Collection Visibility Preferences
• Users can hide irrelevant collections to avoid
search result clutter

27. WordPress Integration (beta)

28. WordPress Integration (beta)

29. WordPress Integration (beta)

30. Making the Switch from MDID2
• Can run MDID2 and MDID3 in parallel for as
long as necessary
– Regular data migrations

31. Survey

32. Project Team
• Andreas Knab Lead Software Developer, CIT
• Kevin Hegg Assistant Director, CIT
• Grover Saunders Web Media Developer, CIT
• Christina Updike Visual Resources Specialist, SAAH
• Grace Barth Visual Resources Assistant, SAAH
• Mary Ann Chappell Educational Tech. Librarian
• Sarah Cheverton Associate Dean, CIT

33. Support
• MDID blog and wiki at http://mdid.org/
• MDID users list at
http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html
• MDID3 project on github at
https://github.com/cit-jmu/rooibos
• Email: mdid@jmu.edu

34. Information
• Authors:
– Kevin Hegg (heggkj@jmu.edu)
– Andreas Knab (knab2ar@jmu.edu)
– Christina Updike Visual Resources Specialist
(updikecb@jmu.edu)
• Further Information:
– Visit http://mdid.org/
– Email mdid@jmu.edu
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35. Additional MDID Events at VRA
• Thursday
10:30 am
Alvarado Salon C
Trevor Alvord – “Delivering Oral Histories”