University of Nebraska Omaha Adds YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform To Suite of Ed-Tech Tools
Part of the University of Nebraska System, the University of Nebraska Omaha has bolstered its commitment to accessibility by adding YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform and Zoom Connector, both of which were deployed last year. The University serves more than 15,000 students at its Omaha campus.
“At YuJa, we work to help institutions streamline their educational technology with a single, comprehensive and scalable suite of tools that can help instructors and students be successful.”
YuJa Panorama replaces the college’s previous digital accessibility tool to provide a comprehensive, streamlined approach to delivering accessible, engaging video and media content to students. In addition, YuJa Panorama will help course creators pinpoint and correct accessibility issues, as well as improve the learning experience by driving inclusivity as a key and measurable objective. YuJa Panorama integrates directly with Canvas, the institution’s learning management system.
“At YuJa, we work to help institutions streamline their educational technology with a single, comprehensive and scalable suite of tools that can help instructors and students be successful,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re always pleased when one of our customers sees value in one of our products and expands to meet more technology needs institutionally.”
About The University of Nebraska Omaha
With more than 15,000 students, the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s metropolitan university — a university with strong academic values and significant relationships with its community that transforms and improves the lives of those on a local, regional, national, and international level. The university is part of the University of Nebraska System.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Combines Power of Video and Accessibility Platforms to Benefit Students Campuswide
YuJa, Inc. announces that Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NEO) has deployed the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform and YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility to enhance teaching and learning and boost digital accessibility campuswide.
“Each of YuJa’s products are strong as a standalone product, but when combined, they create an all-in-one ed-tech stack for institutions of all sizes.”
The institution was seeking a video recording and editing, media management, and distribution solution, as well as a platform that would seamlessly integrate with its LMS to improve accessibility across the Canvas platform, and amplify course content to provide the tools for every student to succeed. The Video Platform’s built-in accessibility features are complemented by YuJa Panorama, one of a suite of high-impact media solutions that help institutions deliver accessible, engaging video and media content to users. When combined with the Video Platform, Panorama creates an even more powerful teaching and learning experience.
“Each of YuJa’s products are strong as a standalone product, but when combined, they create an all-in-one ed-tech stack for institutions of all sizes,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re excited for NEO to leverage these capabilities to continue creating high-quality teaching and learning experiences.”
About Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Based in Miami, Oklahoma, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (Agricultural and Mechanical College) is one of the nation’s most recognized two-year colleges preparing students for lifelong service and leadership. Its nationally recognized academic programs and award-winning intercollegiate athletics are balanced with an abundance of campus activities and student development opportunities.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
Netherlands-Based University of Twente Selects YuJa Enterprise Video Platform To Serve More than 12,000 Students
One of the world’s leading research universities, the University of Twente (UT) in Enschede, Netherlands, has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to securely record, edit, manage, and distribute video and media content to deliver engaging course content campuswide. The agreement comes after a formal tender process and evaluation to ensure the video platform works well with both Canvas, its learning management system, and additional third-party tools.
“We’re excited for the instructors to see the full range of features and benefits the Video Platform offers.”
Course creators and instructors will benefit from full-scale media management, a complete portfolio of lecture and video capture tools, course and event live streaming, video editing, and other robust features in a secure, all-in-one platform. In addition, the university will be able to take advantage of other tools that increase interactivity and drive collaboration, such as video quizzing, in-video commenting, and in-depth analytics to help guide decision-making institutionally.
The University of Twente has a diverse group of students from more than 85 countries. Implementing a Video Platform that works well for instructors and students, as well as in existing platforms is important,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re excited for the instructors to see the full range of features and benefits the Video Platform offers.”
About The University of Twente
The University of Twente (UT) is one of the world’s leading research universities, located in the east of the Netherlands. The institution prides itself in combining technology, science and engineering with social sciences to impact the world and create relevant solutions – using an approach called High Tech Human Touch. The institution has more than 12,000 students engaging in cutting-edge research to solve complex problems in all kinds of fields from nanotechnology to psychology, sustainable energy technology, health sciences, and more. Additionally, with over 1,000 spin-off companies and start-ups that have emerged at UT, the university is recognized as the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands. Students from 85 different countries study in one of 16 bachelor’s or 30 master’s programs.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
YuJa, Inc. Announces Participation in Internet2 Cloud Scorecard to Help Higher-Ed Institutions Assess Cloud Services
YuJa, Inc., a leader in enterprise video solutions, announces its participation in Internet2’s Cloud Scorecard, a pilot cloud services evaluation and discovery tool that helps ensure services meet higher-ed security, compliance, and technology requirements. The Cloud Scorecard enables institutions to readily discover cloud solutions and easily access vendor support in the research and education community, as well as helps facilitate decision making and procurement.
“We’re excited to see how the pilot evolves and provides institutions with a way to quickly assess and procure robust, comprehensive solutions to meet their individual needs.”
The Cloud Scorecard is the result of a NET+ Scorecard Working Group recommendation to create an evaluation tool to help research and education institutions quickly assess the degree to which cloud services meet common requirements for operating in the complex technology, security, compliance, and legal environments in R&E, according to the Internet2 website.
“When we started discussions to launch an assessment process for cloud services in late 2019, never did we imagine a global pandemic would rapidly accelerate the need for and use of cloud services on our campuses. It is our hope that the cloud scorecard will help peer institutions understand the risk profile of services already being used on campus and help assess future services reducing the workload on stakeholders like IT, procurement, individual academic departments and more,” the Working Group said when it released its final report.
YuJa prioritizes helping institutional leaders with thoughtful evaluation of its solutions to ensure the needs of the institution, instructors and students are met.
“This is just another way YuJa, Inc. is demonstrating its readiness to support rigorous and changing higher education standards for SaaS and cloud-based platforms,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re excited to see how the pilot evolves and provides institutions with a way to quickly assess and procure robust, comprehensive solutions to meet their individual needs.”
“Internet2’s Cloud Scorecard enables institutions to manage due diligence at scale as it assesses efficacy of cloud services, helping ensure services meet common requirements for operating in the complex technology, security, compliance and legal environments of higher education. This ultimately decreases time to procurement and reduces duplication of effort,” said Sean O’Brien, Associate Vice President, NET+ Cloud Services at Internet2.
About Internet2
Internet2® is a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 serves 330 U.S. universities, 58 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks and through them supports more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, over 1,000 InCommon participants, and 57 leading corporations working with our community, and 70 national research and education network operators that represent more than 100 countries.
Internet2 delivers a diverse portfolio of technology solutions that leverages, integrates, and amplifies the strengths of its members and helps support their educational, research and community service missions. Internet2’s core infrastructure components include the nation’s largest and fastest research and education network that was built to deliver advanced, customized services that are accessed and secured by the community-developed trust and identity framework. For more information, visit https://internet2.edu or follow @Internet2 on Twitter.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
YuJa, Inc. Announces Agreement with Concordia University Texas to Deploy YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Sitewide
YuJa, Inc., a leader in ed-tech solutions, announces an agreement with Austin-based Concordia University Texas to provide a comprehensive video and media creation, hosting, storage and distribution solution campuswide. YuJa will replace VidGrid, the institution’s former video enterprise learning and development platform, which is phasing out its education offering.
“We are excited for Concordia University Texas to get started using the YuJa Video Platform to see how simple, yet powerful it is for everyone – from administrators to instructors and students”
The institution was seeking a platform that integrated with its learning management system, Blackboard, and that provided recording, editing, commenting, captions, video quizzing, direct link and embed codes, and a way to replace videos after editing. In addition to these features, Concordia University Texas will benefit from comprehensive analytics, gradebook integration, and other user-friendly features that enable instructors to create engaging, interactive content.
“We are excited for Concordia University Texas to get started using the YuJa Video Platform to see how simple, yet powerful it is for everyone – from administrators to instructors and students,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “Our goal is to make the transition seamless, and our teams are experienced at helping institutions with the migration process from start to finish.”
About Concordia University Texas
Based in Austin, Concordia University Texas is a regionally accredited institution of higher education, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees through a variety of delivery methods, including online and accelerated learning. A privately held, liberal arts university, Concordia University Texas is affiliated with The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. It is a member of the highly respected Concordia University System, in which more than 36,000 students are enrolled nationwide.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
CUNY’s Brooklyn College Selects YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to Serve More Than 15,000 Students Campuswide
Part of the City University of New York System (CUNY), Brooklyn College has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to serve its more than 15,000 students who come from 136 countries around the world.
“We’re excited for Brooklyn College instructors and students to experience the powerful tools available within the YuJa Video Platform that will integrate seamlessly into their LMS and allow the college to consolidate ed-tech tools.”
YuJa’s Video Platform is an all-in-one video experience that will enable the institution to enhance teaching and learning with capabilities like lecture capture, auto captioning, video quizzing, and through embedding videos directly into Blackboard Ultra, the institution’s learning management system. The Video Platform also provides cloud-based, scalable storage, adaptive bitrate streaming, device compatibility, and more.
The institution was seeking a comprehensive video content management system with the ability to host, manage, and distribute content previously hosted through other third-party vendors, and one that integrated with its LMS.
“YuJa works with a number of colleges in both the CUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) systems,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re excited for Brooklyn College instructors and students to experience the powerful tools available within the YuJa Video Platform that will integrate seamlessly into their LMS and allow the college to consolidate ed-tech tools.”
About Brooklyn College
Part of the City University of New Your System(CUNY), Brooklyn College is an integral part of the civic, urban, and artistic energy of New York and uses the entire city as a living classroom that broadens its students’ understanding of the world around them. Brooklyn College has a student enrollment of 15,938 students—13,405 undergraduates and 2,533 graduates—who come from 136 nations and speak 91 languages. The college offers 175 undergraduate degree, graduate degree, certificate, and advanced certificate and diploma programs in business; education; the humanities and social sciences; natural and behavioral sciences; and visual, media, and performing arts.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
YuJa, Inc. Continues Innovation in Ed-Tech Space With New, Enhanced Features Across its Portfolio
Ed-tech solution leader YuJa, Inc. has released a number of new and updated features to build on the strength of its suite of software products. Built with higher education in mind, products include the flagship YuJa Enterprise Video Platform, YuJa Video Conferencing Platform, YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility, YuJa Himalayas Enterprise Archiving Platform, YuJa Engage Student Response System, and YuJa Verity Test Proctoring.
“Our goal is to provide a comprehensive suite of tools that can meet all of an institution’s ed-tech needs.”
“Our goal is to provide a comprehensive suite of tools that can meet all of an institution’s ed-tech needs,” said Dr. Ajit Singh, YuJa’s Chief Executive Officer. “To that end, we’re constantly adding new features, updating products, and enhancing the user experience, often based on feedback from our customers. We take pride in being responsive, innovative, and flexible to serve institutions of all sizes with tools they need and that everyone can use.”
Highlighted feature introductions and updates are listed below.
Enterprise Video Platform
New to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform is a Blue-Green Version Self-Selection. A complement to the Continuous Update Architecture, this allows institutions to delay their Video Platform by one release cycle. By providing the flexibility to align version updates to an institution’s academic calendar, administrators can choose to remain on an older version of the Video Platform. The Video Platform’s EnterpriseTube, or the public face for your institution, now supports the addition of non-video content such as PDFs, text files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and more.
In addition, content creators can now take advantage of the industry-standard srcset, which enables them to create responsive images to help save bandwidth by displaying the correct resolution for their screen. Other highlights include that filtered audit logs can be downloaded, a video quiz sync report has been added that resends bulk grades to the LMS gradebook. Dozens of small feature updates and enhancements have also been implemented.
YuJa Verity for Test Proctoring
YuJa’s test proctoring platform, YuJa Verity, has introduced Live Proctoring. Currently in beta, YuJa Verity now provides human-controlled live proctoring sessions in conjunction with the established AI-based reports. Instructors can enable the feature within their quiz settings and set specific time slots for tests to be monitored. Students then have the flexibility to register for slots that best suit their needs. It also now supports D2L Brightspace and Blackboard Learn, and provides the ability to exempt students who are already within a physically proctored environment.
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility
YuJa’s Digital Accessibility Platform, YuJa Panorama, now has a new content repository for creating accessible media, which aligns with the goal of providing a centralized digital accessibility strategy with learning organizations. Content repositories can be used by individuals and departments to enable self-management of digital content. Additionally, Panorama now has an accessibility suggestion that detects if captions are available for linked YouTube videos, which helps build on the Real-Time Accessibility Engine capabilities. Faster HTML to PDF processing speeds, new Alternative Format and Accessibility reports from the LTI app, and feedback submission forms are among the dozens of other updates to the platform.
YuJa Engage Student Response System
The YuJa Engage Student Response System now integrates with Blackboard Ultra 1.3 and Canvas LTI 1.3, so institutions can enable polls and surveys to be created and published directly to courses, as well as have grades sync to their LMS gradebook. Further, the Microsoft PowerPoint ribbon plugin now provides instructors with quick access to their institution from the sign-in panel and offers faster processing speeds for inserting polls questions into their slides.
Video Conference Platform
Video Conference Platform users will notice that the number of simultaneous video participants has increased to 140, with dial-in users increasing to eight. Additionally, presenters can now share their audio source when presenting a screen, and the live chat profanity filter automatically detects and censors inappropriate language during live sessions.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
Point Loma Nazarene University Selects YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility
Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) has selected YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility to help deliver accessible course content to its more than 4,600 students across several campuses throughout San Diego County and Bakersfield, California.
“We’re excited to provide PLNU with the ability to make content accessibility simple, with realtime accessibility suggestions in the rich text editor, auto generation of Accessible Alternatives, and other tools that help make course content accessible from its creation.”
YuJa Panorama is a digital accessibility tool that automatically improves the accessibility of digital media and course content. Panorama brings market-leading Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities into the digital accessibility process to auto-generate Accessible Alternatives of course material in the background, provide a visual accessibility gauge that alerts creators when their content has issues, provides a website accessibility tool that allows students to create a customized user interface, and gives administrators and instructors insight into their accessibility efforts with comprehensive reports and scorecards. YuJa Panorama also integrates directly into Canvas, the institution’s learning management system.
“We’re excited to provide PLNU with the ability to make content accessibility simple, with realtime accessibility suggestions in the rich text editor, auto generation of Accessible Alternatives, and other tools that help make course content accessible from its creation,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “YuJa Panorama provides out-of-the-box accessibility tools so instructors can do what they do best with confidence that their students can use content in a way that meets their needs.”
About Point Loma Nazarene University
Point Loma Nazarene University is a Christian liberal arts institution established by Phineas Bresee, the primary founder of the Church of the Nazarene. Accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), PLNU offers more than 60 undergraduate areas of study, as well as graduate, doctoral, and undergraduate degree completion programs. The institution serves more than 4,600 students across several campuses throughout San Diego County and Bakersfield, California.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
California-Based Antelope Valley College Expands Accessibility with Addition of YuJa Panorama to Serve More than 18,000 Students
YuJa, Inc., a leader in ed-tech solutions, announces that Antelope Valley College has selected YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility to increase the accessibility of digital media and course content for its more than 18,000 students in California’s Los Angeles and Kern counties.
“Accessibility is a top priority at Antelope Valley College. We’re excited to provide the tools that make accessibility second nature.”
YuJa Panorama replaces the college’s previous digital accessibility tool to provide a comprehensive, streamlined approach to delivering accessible, engaging video and media content to students. In addition, YuJa Panorama will help course creators pinpoint and correct accessibility issues, as well as improve the learning experience by driving inclusivity as a key and measurable objective. The platform uses market-leading artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to automatically generate accessible versions of all uploaded documents and provides users with customized website accessibility profiles that can be applied to any webpage.
The accessibility platform builds on the college’s use of YuJa Enterprise Video Platform and Zoom Connector, which the institution deployed over a year ago. The Video Platform provides an all-in-one video solution that enables AVC to create, edit, manage and distribute media. The Zoom Connector allows instructors to sync Zoom meeting recordings into the secure, cloud-hosted YuJa Media Library and make them viewable across devices.
“Accessibility is a top priority at Antelope Valley College. We’re excited to provide the tools that make accessibility second nature,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “We’re always thrilled when our customers find value in our suite of high-impact solutions and expand to provide an even greater impact to learners.”
About Antelope Valley College
AVC was founded in 1929 as a department of Antelope Valley Joint Union High School in Lancaster, California. Today AVC has a service area of 1,945 square miles with an annual unduplicated headcount of more than 18,000 and employs more than 850 people. The institution takes pride in providing a quality, comprehensive education for a wide variety of learners. It is committed to student success, offering value and opportunity for all members of its community.
About YuJa, Inc.
AVC was founded in 1929 as a department of Antelope Valley Joint Union High School in Lancaster, California. Today AVC has a service area of 1,945 square miles with an annual unduplicated headcount of more than 18,000 and employs more than 850 people. The institution takes pride in providing a quality, comprehensive education for a wide variety of learners. It is committed to student success, offering value and opportunity for all members of its community.
Scotland, UK-Based University of Dundee Deploys YuJa Himalayas Enterprise Archiving Platform to Manage Large Data Workloads
Scotland, United Kingdom-based University of Dundee has deployed YuJa Himalayas Enterprise Archiving Platform to better manage large data workloads. The data archiving and compliance solution is an addition to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform, which the institution adopted several years ago after an extensive tender process, pilot, and trial.
“The University of Dundee has been using the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform for several years. Now, with YuJa Himalayas, the institution can more affordably store videos and other media in cold storage, which is accessible when needed but not taking up active storage space.”
YuJa Himalayas provides a single, unified platform for archiving ingested video content, lecture capture and video conference recordings and other media, as well as enables users to create data policies and streamline rule management for their institution. Customized data policies can automatically govern how content is archived, retrieved, purged, or segmented based on the institution’s defined rules. Additionally, institutions can review and search recordings and analyze video content.
“The University of Dundee has been using the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform for several years. Now, with YuJa Himalayas, the institution can more affordably store videos and other media in cold storage, which is accessible when needed but not taking up active storage space,” said Nathan Arora, Chief Business Officer at YuJa, Inc. “This addition will help the institution manage storage at scale to meet the increasing demands of educators to create content and ensure enterprise compliance with data retention.”
YuJa, Inc. works with a number of institutions in the United Kingdom, including Canterbury Christ Church University, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University, Cambridge Judge Business School, London School of Economics, University of Reading, and others.
About The University Of Dundee
Situated on the east coast of Scotland in the United Kingdom, the University of Dundee is home to more than 16,000 students from all over the world. The University of Dundee is organized into 10 schools. In addition, all of these schools have associated research centers or units. In all, the institution provides more than 400 degrees in a wide range of subjects, excellent student facilities, and an award-winning students’ association.
About YuJa, Inc.
YuJa is a leader in ed-tech solutions. Our platforms provide organizations of all sizes with the tools to educate, engage, inspire and collaborate. We serve learning enterprises within all sectors, including higher-ed, K-12, government, healthcare, non-profit and corporate. We have legal headquarters in Delaware with primary U.S. offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Canadian offices in Toronto.
