U Maine Applies Wowza To Stream Video to Students

Campus Technology: A new media center at the University of Maine has integrated a video streaming server into an internally developed learning management system.

The university's BioMediaLab, part of the School of Biology and Ecology, created Synapse to provide students with online resources, including course handouts, quizzes, grades, discussion forums and high-definition streaming media. Synapse runs on standards PCs and laptops and is available as an iOS app for the iPhone or iPad. Faculty are now using the Wowza Streaming Engine to integrate media that includes video, audio and slideshows.

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