Over the last week BoB has been upgraded. BoB is a large video and radio recorder that you can use - in a similar way to iPlayer - except the recordings never expire!
Last week's post showed how we can use BoB to source materials from the TV and Radio for use in teaching.
https://blogs.bath.ac.uk/av/2015/09/24/sourcing-tv-and-radio-materials-for-teaching/
New Features to be aware of are:
1. A faster, more responsive website. A lot of work has been done behind the scenes to ensure iOS device users have a much improved interface. The desktop experience is better too.
2. Run Workflow. A new feature available with administrator approval that allows users to create an iOS friendly version of programmes that previously would not play on mobile devices.
3. Customise MyBoB. Users can arrange Programmes, Clips and Playlist areas in their preferred order
4. Old “My programmes”. If you used BoB National before January 2014, you will now have a playlist called Old My Programmes. This contains the historical content of my MyBoB from the previous incarnation of BoB National. Now, the My Programmes area will only contain programmes that you have recorded since the move to Imagen Web 3.2 in January 2014. Please inform your users of the change.
5. Share your playlists: MyBoB includes multiple options to share your playlist.
6. Related records feature. Each programme record will contain information and links to other episodes available in the archive
It's possible to use BoB to embed clips into moodle:
From the programme's page - select - "Embed as Code"- This will give you the code you should use for embedding the player in a VLE or webpage. It is compatible with both Blackboard and Moodle. You can also tweet the universal url using the "tweet" button which is also located beneath the player.
The full channel list of the channels that can be recorded are here:
http://bobnational.net/channels_available_on_bob
For further information on the BoB service, please click the link below:
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