Tobira 2.0 released
We are very happy to announce Tobira 2.0, the first major version after Tobira’s initial release in July last year. A lot has happened since then! Tobira aims to be a pleasant interface through which users interact with your Opencast content. It lets you present videos and series in a customizable, hierarchical page structure, but…
DACH Meeting 2023
The following article is in German, as it is about the German-speaking community meeting in Bern. Vom 14. bis 15. August findet in Bern das deutschsprachige Opencast Community Treffen statt. Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenlos inkl. Pausenverpflegung. Wir freuen uns über eure Anmeldung bis 31. Juli 2023. Bitte beachtet, dass wir am Montag…
The State of Education Video
You heard it first at the Opencast summit in Berlin, so it comes as no suprise that commercial lecture capture solutions are becoming a financial burden to universities, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic explosion of video content. What is a surprise is the fact that Opencast receives an honourable mention in the respective…
Opencast 13.5 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at: RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
2023 Opencast summit: Annexe
After a three-year hiatus, the Opencast community was finally able to come together in person for their annual summit at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in March. More than 60 people joined, the programme was packed and the backlog for informal communication was reduced, but not resolved. Next stop: Bern in August for the German-speaking community. Go…
Opencast usage
With user registration finally in place, the long-lasting discussion about the usage and relevance of Opencast in the “lecture capture market” won’t end. Correspondingly, the survey the German association of higher education IT centers launched (German only) does not represent the usage in German (speaking) universities with 72 responses from 250 members (and more than…
Opencast Summit 2023: Travel, Transport and Accommodation
Related posts: Quick tips Accommodations We don’t have any hotel deals or did make any reservations for the conference. Berlin has a wide variety of accommodations. Take your pick. While there are accommodations in near the conference venue in Adlershof, we recommend choosing something near city center instead since the evening events will all be…
Opencast Summit 2023: Agenda
Related posts: From Wednesday, March 22nd to 24th the Opencast Summit will take place in Berlin. Here you can find the preliminary program. A description of the venue, accommodation, and directions can be found in the announcement of the event. Participant registration is still open and closes on 17th of March 2023. You can register…
Opencast 2023 Roadmap
As board, we talked to several members of the community about projects, efforts, and plans they have for Opencast in the near future, so that we could integrate them into a roadmap we would like to share with you. Hello New Admin Interface While we have been talking about it for a while, early 2023…
Opencast 13.4
Opencast 13.4 has been released: The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at: RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
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