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Webcasting @ UVic

Where can you use Webcasting?

Graduations
Concerts
Educational workshops
Public relations briefs
DIY/How to tutorials
Financial and investor reports
Shareholder meetings
New product launches
Product demonstrations
Employee training sessions
Breakout sessions
Sporting events, and more

Booking your webcast events

Webcasting is currently booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Media Services requires at least 5 business days notice for all requests, otherwise bookings cannot be guaranteed. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Before the webcast can take place, a live-test must be completed.

The following information is required at time of booking:

Location
Date and Time
Estimated number of concurrent viewers
Privacy: Will the webcast be public or private? A private webcast requires a login and password.
Electronic copy: If an electronic copy of the webcast is required, please advise us beforehand and specify which format you would like the webcast in (CD/DVD/Flash). If you aren’t sure, we will be happy to recommend one.

Client requirements

This service requires the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. To download this software, please visit:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

Support information

This service is supported by University Systems Computer Help Desk.

Visit the UVic Computer Help Desk at http://www.uvic.ca/systems.

Webcasting rates

There are four things to consider in the cost breakdown for webcasting:

Site Charge
The room and equipment rental cost (if any).

Bandwidth charge (cost varies)
There will be additional charges for bandwidth capacity as the number of clients viewing increases. Please note that this data is collected at month end only. When less than 60 concurrent viewers are expected for an event there will be no cost for bandwidth. For more information on bandwidth costs, please contact Media Services.

Technician charge
A technician will be on hand to capture your webcast with our equipment. Our normal working hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday PST (Pacific Standard Time). Special arrangements can be made for webcasts outside these hours.

Additional charges
Captured content can be moved to different media types such as CD or DVD.

File hosting service

File hosting services are available on the Flash Media Server. Embedding a player on your webpage is simple with our web-based Self-Help Wizard.

The current hosting rate is $20/GB per year. Please contact us for more information regarding this service.

Benefits

The webcasting service managed by Media Services can help you solve your presentation dilemmas with a full range of features for recording, publishing, distributing and viewing rich media presentations.

Webcasting at the University of Victoria is offered at reasonable and competitive rates. Adding to this, webcasting addresses a variety of communications solutions for business, education and government including:

Bridges distance
Allow people to attend your event virtually.

Overflow room
Provides for the creation of overflow rooms for your most popular on-site sessions.

Educational videos
You can use webcasting for training and seminars without the headaches and expense of moving trainers from location to location.

Communications
Hold team meetings, annual meetings, briefings, online events or course promotions live.

Webcast bookings

Tel: 250-721-8280
Fax: 250-721-6578
Email: webcasting@uvic.ca
Webcast request form