An overview of using the Jisc multimedia service at EDINA. Presented at two e-Resources breakout sessions being held at the West College Scotland Information Technology Symposium, at Erskine Bridge Hotel, on Wednesday 12th August 2015.

1. Finding, managing and
using MediaHub content
Nicola Osborne
MediaHub Service Manager / Digital Education Manager at EDINA
Nicola.Osborne@ed.ac.uk or @suchprettyeyes
Part of the session: “e-Resources: Copyright free multimedia, eBooks and more…”
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About MediaHub
• Multimedia service launched 2011 offering video, images and sound curated for use in
education.
• Jisc-licensed multimedia is copyright-cleared for educational use (with appropriate
attribution) and includes rare archival material and extensive news film collections.
• Enables searching across high quality external multimedia collections.
• User Upload facility enables CC-licensed images to be hosted and shared via MediaHub.
• One logged in, all records can be bookmarked, tagged, commented upon, shared.
• Widget for web/VLEs and iOS app available, Android app coming soon.
• Part of Jisc eCollections subscription service: jisc-collections.ac.uk/

3. Finding, managing, and using MediaHub content
Try MediaHub for yourself!
Anyone can browse, search
and explore the site:
jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
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jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
Login via UK
Federation
or via IP range
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5. Jisc eCollections Content
• Identified by Jisc MediaHub triangle
• 40+ collections covering a huge range
of subject areas, times, locations, etc.
• Material includes:
• 76,000+ videos
• 57,000+ images
• 250+ audio
• All material is copyright-cleared
for education
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6. External Collections
• Marked by grey square with red arrow
• Carefully selected collections - high
quality content under CC or licenced for
educational use
• Search allows you to find the best
available materials both from Jisc
eCollections and external
• Full view and download of these items is
always via the external collection’s site
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Example MediaHub search: “edinburgh film”

8. Exploring MediaHub
• Browse and explore
materials by Collection,
Place, Subject, etc.
• Find learning materials
around MediaHub content
• Browse most searched for
or viewed items
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9. Full Records
• View and download video, listen to
sound clips, or access full size images
• Find rights and credits information
• Access information about the item -
title, date, location, tags, thumbnails,
etc.
• Find associated resources, e.g.
shortlist, scripts (some news film).
• Mark or login to Save, Favourite or
Comment on the item
• Like, favourite or share via social
media
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10. Jisc Digital Media Guides (A-Z)
• Guides on the use of digital media in
teaching, learning and research
• MediaHub users may be interested in:
• Practical Ways to Use Digital Images in
Teaching and Learning
• Mobile Learning for Education
• Organising Digital Media Content in a VLE
• Using Digital Media in Moodle
• Audiovisual Copyright: FAQs
• Copyright and Still images FAQs.
• Basic Guide to Accessibility
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jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guides/a-z
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11. User Uploads
• Accessed via My MediaHub section.
• Upload images from your computer or
from Flickr
• Images must be uploaded under
Creative Commons licence (various
options, can be edited after upload)
• Tag, organise, and add your own
metadata to your images
• Make your images searchable and
sharable by any MediaHub user –
including colleagues, students, etc.
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12. Jisc Digital Media Guides: Managing
• Guidance on managing digital media
collections and digitisation projects
• Useful guides for making your own
uploads to MediaHub:
• Approaches to Describing Images
• Copyright and Still images FAQs
• Controlling your Language: a
Directory of Metadata Vocabularies
• Using Flickr to Organise a Collection
of Images
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13. Support and Information
• Help sections - full of practical advice
and support
• Our blog - explores highlights from
collections, key news, etc.
• Our widget - enables you to embed our
search box on your VLE, website or blog
• EDINA Helpdesk - can help with support,
advice, publicity materials, Webinars, etc.
• Facebook and Twitter – staying in touch,
sharing highlights, and answering you and
your students questions
• Terms of Use:
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/terms
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mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk
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14. • Visit the MediaHub Service
on your iOS device:
• Click on the special iOS
banner or,
• Click on the download
button:
• Search the App Store for
“MediaHub”.
MediaHub iOS App
The MediaHub App is free to download and carries no advertising.
Watch our walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8i43R7xns
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And finally… A word about Digimap for Colleges

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• Online mapping service specially designed for Colleges
• Ordnance Survey digital map products for all of GB
• Variety of zoom levels inc OS MasterMap, building footprints
• Annotate maps with text, markers, areas, photos, graphs
• Measure distances, areas, buffer points and lines
• Save annotations
• Create maps as pdf and jpg for printing and insert
• Variety of help materials
• Maps can be used in teaching and learning resources,
including those shared or published on the web.
• Maps can also be used for College websites, events, etc.
Try it: http://digimapforcolleges.edina.ac.uk/
Digimap for Colleges Features

17. Questions? Comments?
• Do you already use the service in your
University of College? We’d love to
hear more about how you use it, and
if you have a case study you’d be
willing to share!
• Are there any new support,
information or learning and teaching
resources you would like from us?
• Do you have any feedback on what we
are doing well, and what we could be
improving?
• Further questions and comments are
always welcome via: edina@ed.ac.uk
• Explore MediaHub for yourself:
jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
• Explore the Jisc Digital Media Guides,
Infokits & Toolkits:
jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guides/a-z
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