Byugle Brings Video To Your Computer
September 18, 2008
Byugle Now Available to Students and Faculty
What is Byugle?
Byugle is a powerful new media player that allows universal campus access to videos needed for educational purposes. Byugle makes media access easy and efficient for faculty and students and unlike other products does allow full screen viewing. Byugle can be accessed by going to http://byugle.lib.byu.edu or from the Harold B. Library homepage by clicking on Find Other Materials, CDs, DVDs, etc., BYUGLE- Video Streaming.
How can faculty use Byugle?
Byugle allows faculty to show video clips in class without having the media and equipment hand delivered to the classroom, Videos can be set up ahead of time to play only the clip needed by the professor and a specific link can be used to access this clip. Videos can also be bookmarked and organized into playlists. Faculty members who want to add content to Byugle can take the media to the production unit on the 6th floor of the Harold B. Lee Library along with a completed information form. As Byugle moves forward, this process will be completed online.
How can students use Byugle?
Byugle gives students to access required classroom media content anytime without having to view it in the LRC or other assigned viewing locations. Students can access Byugle from any campus computer, or a personal laptop if the students installs a plugin. Students can also use Byugle to watch additional videos they are interested in, such as the “Joseph Smith Lectures” or even the LDS classic “Johnny Lingo.” Like faculty, students can bookmark videos they want to save and organize them into playlists.
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Could professors post videos from lectures they give on campus?
Yes they can. There are issues with rights that we can help with. Professors can even put links in Blackboard to their videos so you can access them like any other digital content.
Can students request to have a film available on Byugle? I’d like to see the LDS classic, “The Phone Call” available.
Sorry, there is no system for student requests at this time. The list of titles available through Byugle is growing but the priority is to provide content for faculty to use in classrooms and for course assignments. I’ve forwarded your suggestion to the developers.
i heard you can watch “a more perfect union” from byugle…is this true? if so, how? what website can i go to? thanks.
Just go to http://byugle.lib.byu.edu and search for ‘more perfect union’. You have to be logged in with you route Y net Id and password.
Is there a plan to simply put all the content that is currently available in the LRC onto Bugle? It seems that a lot of the faculty won’t know how/care to go to the trouble to request the media be put on bugle. That would pose a major problem to the widespread use of this potentially extremely convenient learning tool.
The big issue in adding video content is the copyright. Any content added to Byugle must follow the rules and that takes time. By working with faculty requests we hope to provide the most useful content first. When the faculty see how easy it is to use streaming video we think they will adopt its use.
I was watching an episode of “The American Experience” about Amelia Earhart and the video ended early. Do you know why that may be?
It says I have to be on campus to view this…isn’t the whole point to allow access to students on a wider scale? Why restrict it?
Good question. There are some copyright issues and there also a concern about bandwidth. Byugle can play full screen video on campus. Thanks.
I am an instructor at Florida Community College at Jacksonville in Florida. Can I access byugle in my Blackboard here at work? Linda Nettles
Right now Byugle can only be accessed on BYU’s campus.We are looking into the issues of providing wider access.
If and when Byugle becomes available beyond campus only access, I would appreciate being notified.