UniTube

Making media accessible for learning and teaching

Abstract

Sharing video and other media for teaching and learning in the University setting can be problematic. Negotiating the mix of in-house systems for hosting files, dealing with competing file formats, copyright and intellectual property rights, not to mention supporting the access and use of material by students can present significant challenges. This paper describes a new open source web application, called UniTube. UniTube is based on the YouTube concept, but is specifically tailored for use in a Higher Education setting. This short paper describes the rationale for developing UniTube, an overview of the system features, usage data to date, initial evaluation and plans for further development.