The following is a summary of the history of the Lectopia project, including details such as funding sources, statistics, and licensees.
Events
- University of Western Sydney licenses Lectopia (May 2008)
Major R & D
- Lectopia v3.7 released June 2008
- Added support for latest iTunes U API
- Added Flash MP3/MP4 audio streaming support
- Added scheduling and reporting enhancements
- Development of Echo360 desktop capture application
- Echo360 Capture Appliance integration with Lectopia
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UWA Statistics: 13,258 lectures; 779,699 hits
Events
- Lectopia presents at ascilite 2007, Singapore (December 2007)
- Lectopia wins Carrick Award for Services Supporting Student Learning (November 2007)
- Lectopia Users Conference held in Perth, Australia (November 2007)
- Lectopia/Echo360 presents at AETM Conference 2007, Darwin (November 2007)
- Lectopia presents at BbWorld AsiaPac '07, Gold Coast (September 2007)
- Lectopia presents at ALT-C 2007, Nottingham, UK (September 2007)
- University of Queensland licenses Lectopia (September 2007)
- Lectopia acquired by Anystream Apreso; Echo360 brand announced (August 2007)
- University of Sydney licenses Lectopia (August 2007)
- Griffith University licenses Lectopia (August 2007)
- Lectopia to present at EDUCAUSE Australasia 2007, Melbourne (April 2007)
- Newcastle University (UK) licenses Lectopia (March 2007)
- Lectopia wins 2006 WAITTA Product category (March 2007)
- RMIT University licenses Lectopia (January 2007)
Major R & D
- Lectopia v3.6 released December 2007
- Lectopia v3.5 released July 2007
- Addition of UTF-8 support for non-English languages
- Addition of new compression engines to Processor application
- Addition of Flash video support
- Development of self-service upload functionality
- Development of alternate media capture methods
- Rewrite of Document Processor application
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UWA Statistics: 11,171 lectures; 575,350 hits
Events
- Lectopia receives ascilite award (December 2006)
- Presentation at CreateWorld 2006 (December 2006)
- Lectopia Training event held in Perth, Australia (November 2006)
- Lectopia showcased at EDUCAUSE 2006, Dallas (October 2006)
- Monash University licenses Lectopia (October 2006)
- La Trobe University moves to implement Lectopia in two campuses (June 2006)
- Duke University plans move to production service of Lectopia in Fall 2006
- University of Auckland moves to second stage of Lectopia implementation
- Lectopia promotions tour of Australia (June 2006)
- Lectopia promotions tour of US, Canada, UK, New Zealand (February/March 2006)
Major R & D
- Lectopia v3.4 released December 2006
- Lectopia Student Survey conducted across five licensee institutions
- Development of Digitiser API offering start/stop functionality
- Development of Scheduling API enabling integration with timetabling software
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UWA Statistics: 9,500 lectures; 380,000 hits
Events
- Competition held at UWA to come up with a new name for the iLecture System internationally, resulting in the new name 'Lectopia' (August 2005)
- Arts Multimedia Centre receives $300,000 from University Facilities Budget to operate iLecture Service for UWA
- Deakin University licenses iLecture (April 2005)
- iLecture teams with Apple to record keynote presentations at EDUCAUSE Australasia Conference (April 2005)
- Duke University "proof of concept" trial of iLecture (February - May 2005)
Major R & D
- Added support for full podcasting integration
- iLecture branded as Lectopia internationally
- First version of iLecture Integration API
- Developed plugin for WebCT Vista, WebCT CE, and BlackBoard
- Added multiple PDF outputs to Document Processor
- Unit and recording level authentication system
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UWA Statistics: 7,000 lectures; 265,000 hits
Events
- Arts Multimedia Centre receives $91,000 from University Strategic Fund to contribute to iLecture Service at UWA
- Macquarie University licenses iLecture (May 2004)
- University of New South Wales licenses iLecture (June 2004)
- iLecture provides sponsorship for the Ascilite Conference held at the University of Western Australia (December 2004)
Major R & D
- Added support for publishing to mobile phones, iPods, MP3 players and PDA's
- Added support for iTunes as a compression engine
- Added support for bookmarkable mpeg4 audio files (as per audiobooks)
- Added support for VGA capture
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UWA Statistics: 6,800 lectures; 245,000 hits
Events
- University of Wollongong licenses iLecture (March 2003)
- Arts Multimedia Centre presents on iLecture at EDUCAUSE Conference in Adelaide.
- Murdoch University licenses iLecture (June 2003)
- Arts Multimedia Centre presents on iLecture at Apple University Consortium Conference in Adelaide.
Major R & D
- Migrated back-end database to MySQL - formerly FileMaker Pro
- First processor with a GUI
- Added pdf output to document processor
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UWA Statistics: 5,200 lectures; 150,000 hits
Events
- University of Melbourne become inaugural iLecture licensee (May 2002).
- Curtin University licenses iLecture (June 2002).
- iLecture a significant contributor to UWA winning an Australian (Institutional) Award for University Teaching (AAUT, 2002) for services to local and regional students.
Major R & D
- Java version of the digitiser developed supporting both Mac OS X and Windows
- First processor to support Mac OS X
- First document processor to support Mac OS X
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UWA Statistics: 3,900 lectures; 100,000 hits
Events
- Arts Multimedia Centre wins a $9,000 Apple University Development Fund (AUDF) grant to develop iLecture Editor.
- Arts Multimedia Centre allocated ~$40,000 to expand iLecture infrastructure into 8 more lecture theatres.
- Over 5,000 UWA students have access to iLectures for one or more of the units they study. More than 3,000 lectures were recorded and there were over 100,000 lectures hits.
- Demand for value adding to the system.
- Growing interest from other universities in gaining access to iLecture technologies – Arts Multimedia Centre hosts study tours for visitors from other universities, including University of Melbourne.
Major R & D
- Added support for customising processing options, including multiple data rate formats
- Begin work on extracting the iLecture System to become standalone and able to exist both in and outside of learning management systems
- ANU tests iLecture technology which would be deemed as pre-alpha version for third parties
- Web based management server developed
- Introduced web based staff tool allowing staff to add meta data to recordings and to upload PowerPoint files into the system for automated processing
- Developed document processor to automatically process PowerPoint files and associate them with a recording
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UWA Statistics: 3,100 lectures; 80,000 hits
Events
- Arts Multimedia Centre allocated ~$65,000 from University Strategic Fund to set-up iLecture infrastructure in 6 main lecture theatres.
- Earlier system replaced by a fully automated recording system that directly records the audio/video of lectures - developed by Arts Multimedia Centre. Technology was named the “iLecture System”.
- Arts Multimedia Centre presents on iLecture at Apple University Consortium Conference in Wollongong (April 2000) - generates significant interest from other universities.
- Decision to commercialise iLecture System technology.
- Arts Multimedia Centre presents on iLecture at Ascilite Conference in Coffs Harbour (December 2000).
Major R & D
- Added support for repeating schedules (according to University teaching semesters)
- Developed prototype bookmark feature for students to store references to points in lecture recordings
- Introduced ability to associate PowerPoint slides with a recording
- Added support for Windows Media and Windows Media Server
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UWA Statistics: 1,600 lectures; 30,000 hits
Events
- iLecture was used to support UWA's regional programmes venture in Albany
Major R & D
- Developed Scheduled Digitiser featuring sound triggered recordings and video recording – using AppleScript, AudioCorder, Coaster and BTV - original Digitiser became known as Manual Digitiser
- Added support for student problem report system
- Added support for processing video and visualiser/document camera recordings
- Added support for QuickTime and QuickTime Streaming Server
- Added support for server mirroring of content
- Developed prototype iLecture Caster
- Developed prototype iLecture Editor
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Events
- The Arts Multimedia Centre undertook a trial in 3 Arts units using RealAudio technology to deliver streaming versions of lecture recordings to students
- The first version of what became the iLecture System was developed by the Arts Multimedia Centre to replace the small lecture tape library service. This system supported the automated capture and processing of lectures from audio tape lectures.
Major R & D
- Devised fundamental system architecture and approach (proves to be a unique key to iLecture success and remains the same today)
- Developed Digitiser application for un-attended media capture – using SuperCard, AppleScript and Coaster
- Developed automated processing and publishing application – using AppleScript and RealEncoder
- First Server component developed to exist within The Forum - a Learning Management System developed by The Arts Multimedia Centre – using FileMaker Pro, Lasso and WebStar.
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| A small lecture tape library service was available for predominantly part-time UWA Arts students who had difficulty attending lectures. |
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