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Why I'm getting rid of Kaltura (and why you should too)

5 months ago I wrote a post about the beginning stages of our experimentation with Kaltura to provide an open source video management solution on our campus. The possibilities were extremely promising with the ability to stop offloading video hosting by faculty and students to third-parties like YouTube. The built-in

Building a Domain of One's Own: Plugins, Add-ons, and Plans

In this final post I wanted to take a look at some of the plugins and extensions that are currently out there that we're thinking of using to build a better interface for users as well as some ideas of what could make the project even better. I&

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Sign-Up

We considered a lot of different options when developing the strategies for signing up for Domain of One's Own. It sounds inconsequential but in contrast to many University-run programs this project was offering something that many didn't have experience in and with first impressions being important

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Panel

In part one of this series I talked about our different hosting options for running the Domain of One's Own project. In many ways those options are no different than any major project a school might be considering whether it be a new LMS, a blogging platform like

Building a Domain of Ones Own: Hosting

I have a deep dark confession to make. While working as an instructional technology specialist I've been moonlighting as an alter ego. At first I thought it would be a fling, a one time experiment. But the more I put this new hat on, the darker down the

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