Case Study: How Oakland University Uses YuJa’s Robust Suite of Ed-Tech Tools to Enhance Instruction Across Live, Hybrid and Hyflex Courses
Led by Dan Arnold, Ph.D., OU’s Manager of Support Services, e-Learning and Instructional Support, a selection committee of about a dozen users from various departments watched demonstrations and scored finalists.
“YuJa got on our radar as part of the procurement process. A lot of vendors came in with use cases strictly on video conferencing that could be used in a way for lecture capture, but not distinct tools for video conferencing as well as lecture capture,” Arnold recalled.
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Case Study: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Uses YuJa’s Video Platform to Deliver High-Quality Media Experiences to More Than 13,000 Students
Several years ago, SIUE had a locally-hosted, homegrown media streaming solution. Matthew Schmitz, Associate Director of Online and Blended Education, said the solution worked, but had a lot of disadvantages in that the interface wasn’t user-friendly, the public couldn’t upload content, and it was “load heavy” for the institution’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department.
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YuJa Launches New Community Forum
Users can create a profile and set preferences, then begin interacting. As users contribute to the community and connect, they earn points for badges and gain access to more rights in the community.
Join YuJa’s global community of users to engage with others, ask and answer questions, share experiences and best practices, attend professional development webinars and learn new strategies. Users also can collaborate directly with the YuJa Product Management team and Solutions Engineers on feature ideas.
Highlight areas within the community include:
Products: Discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it.
Release Notes: This space contains the release notes for all of our Products.
General Q&A: Post your questions by starting a new topic in this category.
Feature Voting & Ideas: Use this category to help give our team ideas of what features are most requested.
Support: Get your questions answered in one place at support.yuja.com
Events & Training: Get the latest news about our future conferences, next session trainings, and more.
Users can create a profile and set preferences, then begin interacting. As users contribute to the community and connect, they earn points for badges and gain access to more rights in the community.
YuJa Community is powered by its users, and we’re excited it to evolve and grow. To join the community, email your customer success manager.
Case Study: How Antelope Valley College Replaced its Former Vendor With YuJa’s Comprehensive, Feature-Rich Enterprise Video Platform
When the platform they were using announced it would no longer offer enterprise education video hosting, Dr. Alex Parisky, Instructional Technology and Multimedia Director, and Greg Krynen, Information Technology Services Technical Trainer, were tasked with finding an alternative solution.
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Case Study: Canada’s Largest Art, Design, and Media University, OCAD U, Turns to YuJa to Enhance Art and Design Education
Founded in 1876, OCAD U is dedicated to art and design education, practice and research and to knowledge creation and invention across a wide range of disciplines. OCAD U continuously builds on its traditional, studio-based strengths, adding new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practices, collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies.
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Case Study: How YuJa Helps North Carolina Virtual Public School Provide Supplemental Instruction to Tens of Thousands of Middle and High School Students Statewide
Students in sixth through twelfth grades enroll through their local public school, and grades are reported to their school for credit. The courses use learning management and collaborative software to maximize student interaction in each class. The purpose of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NC Virtual) is to provide e-learning opportunities to students.
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Case Study: Entire North Dakota University System Relies on YuJa to Deliver Top-Notch Educational Experiences
“One of our institutions, University of North Dakota, started an RFP for a video service, so we decided to join their search along with the other 10 institutions,” explained Randy Wald, Operations Manager, Academic Services and Training. Wald and his team support learning technologies across the system, as well as provide training and best practices.
Based on usability, tools offered, its clean aesthetic and affordability, YuJa came out on top.
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Improve the Learning Experience with Hardware and Software-Based Lecture Capture Technology
“Both software and hardware solutions have numerous advantages, and both help leverage technology to bring interactive educational opportunities to students.”
The YuJa Enterprise Video Platform allows a scalable lecture capture solution with desktop-based software, a hardware capture appliance, in-browser capture tools and mobile capture applications.
Software Capture and Personal Capture Applications
Record lectures anywhere and from any device, including mobile devices, with Software Capture.
Software capture offers:
- Flexible course delivery across locations
- Access using any device, whether its a browser, phone or tablet
- The ability to present using slides, audio, video and other peripherals
- Multi-stream audio and video captures with automatic-captioning
- Search-inside-video capabilities
Additionally, mobile apps allow students and instructors to record and view content on the go with an HTML5-based media player.
The YuJa Hardware Hub is Another Powerful Lecture Capture Solution
Simply placing a YuJa Hardware Hub in classrooms enables lecture capture and live streaming of multi-source content.
With the Hardware Hub, instructors can:
- Automate recording, remotely scheduling, starting and pre-scheduling on their schedule
- Publish and distribute content automatically
- Integrate hardware with existing video and audio sources
- Preview sources connected to the Hardware Hub, which enables real-time source monitoring
Advantages of Hardware and Software-Based Lecture Capture Solutions
Both software and hardware solutions have numerous advantages, and both help leverage technology to bring interactive educational opportunities to students. No matter which solution is chosen, videos are processed with AI-based semantic analysis, which enables auto-captioning and video search.
Which solution is right for an institution depends, but listed below are some considerations for each.
Software-Based Capture is:
- Cost-effective. It doesn’t require additional equipment outside of a podium computer or instructor’s laptop.
- Easy to use. This solution may require more instructor involvement than a hardware solution.
- Intuitive. Software Capture is an ideal option for new users who are looking to test the features of YuJa.
Device-Based Capture (the Hardware Hub) is:
- Scalable. This solution is ideal for university-sponsored connected classroom integration.
- Automated. Device-based capture automates the process and reduces instructor involvement in lecture capture. It can be turned on manually or set to activate according to a pre-programmed schedule.
- Hands-off. This solution allows a more hands-off approach, making it ideal for faculty who prefer not to manage technology.
Student Perspective: How YuJa’s Accessibility Tools Helped a University of Alberta Student in Their Final Semester
Odayh Jamal recently earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, a Top 5 Canadian university located in Edmonton, Alberta. During his last semester, two of his instructors started using the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform’s Lecture Capture tools to record and disseminate lectures to students.
Student Use Case
“Videos captioned in other platforms were often unreliable and inaccurate. It wouldn’t catch certain words, making it hard to find what you’re looking for later.”
Odayh used the Video Platform for three primary purposes, all of which reflect the university’s goals of providing accessible and inclusive content to learners:
- Transcripts: YuJa features like transcripts, which provides text of spoken words, made searching simple. “The transcripts made it easy to read everything that was said during class,” Odayh said, adding that transcripts also simplified searching by keywords when reviewing for exams. “The ability to search the text allowed me to find exactly what I was looking for.”
- Auto-Captions: An accessibility feature, many students use captions for an added layer of comprehension. Instructors were using another vendor prior to YuJa, but Odayh said the captions weren’t reliable. “Videos captioned in other platforms were often unreliable and inaccurate. It wouldn’t catch certain words, making it hard to find what you’re looking for later,” he relayed.
- Rewatching Lectures: Before starting an assignment, and particularly before midterms and finals, Odayh said he would rewatch lectures to review any problem concepts and to ensure he was prepared. “(The other software) wasn’t optimized for learning,” Odayh stated. “In my final semester at the University of Alberta, YuJa made it easy to find information in eClass (Moodle Learning Management System).”
Embracing New Technology Improve the Learning Environment
Odayh said instructors embraced the new technology, which provided another avenue to connect during the pandemic. “If institutions want to make a positive switch, using YuJa could help improve the learning environment for students,” he concluded. “It’s definitely easier than other platforms.”
YuJa Ranks Alongside Zoom, Gitlab in Top 20 Percent on Forbes’ List of America’s Best Startup Employers
“The 500 companies on our list of America’s Best Startup Employers have had to pivot, attracting and engaging employees through virtual games, classes and support systems in a year unlike any other,” the article said.
Methodology
Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to evaluate 2,500 American businesses founded between 2011 and 2018 with at least 50 employees. Each business was started from scratch, not spun out of existing enterprises. Companies were judged based on three criteria: employer reputation, employee satisfaction and growth.
According to Forbes, as it compiled information on companies, Statista reviewed articles, blogs and social media posts pertaining to each employer searching for specific phrases centered on keywords like culture, diversity and engagement. Statista then assessed employee satisfaction by evaluating online reviews, and measured growth by examining the organizations’ website traffic and head counts over a two-year period.
Top 20 Percent
Coming in at Number 78, YuJa ranks in the top 20 percent of the list. Founded in 2012, YuJa is a leader in enterprise media solutions. Our products harness the power of media to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. Our portfolio includes products for video management, lecture capture, live streaming, social learning, video conferencing, digital asset management, video test proctoring, digital media accessibility, and digital archiving and compliance.
“YuJa is proud to be recognized for the work we do in helping institutions and corporations with their video and content recording, distribution and storage needs,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa. “We have built a group of incredibly intelligent, talented and passionate people to help build and scale this company over the years, and we wouldn’t be successful without our team.”
