News
On this page you will find news from the video platform (Pod) of the University of Montpellier.
Video Platform News (Pod)
Video platform upgraded to version 3.8.2 [07/11/2024]
This new version of the platform brings its share of fixes and new features:
- Improvements to the user interface and dashboard.
For example, users can now choose whether or not to display video subtitles automatically by default:
- Use Aristote Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate video titles, descriptions, keywords, etc.
You can find out more about this feature at the following address:
https://disi.pages.centralesupelec.fr/innovation/aristote/aristote-website/
This function is accessible to university staff via the tab
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Video platform upgraded to version 3.6.1 [05/21/2024]
This new version of the platform brings its share of fixes and new features:
- A dashboard has been added in place of My Videos.
Mass video updates are now possible.
- Transcription, used to generate automatic subtitles, is now performed via Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The subtitles generated are now of very high quality by default, although it is always possible to modify them at a later date, at your convenience.
- A personal meeting room is now permanently available to university staff, through the BigBlueButton-based meetings module.
- A skinning module has been added, enabling watermarking and start/end credits to be added to Pod videos.
- The recorder, which allows you to record a video or podcast in total autonomy, has been updated.
Video platform upgraded to version 3.4.1 [24/10/2023]
This new version of the platform brings its share of fixes and new features:
- Work on accessibility: 60% of RGAA criteria have been met.
The platform is therefore considered partially compliant.
The software's average compliance rate is 71%.
- Modifications to the playlist and favorite video system
- The video platform is now a progressive web application (PWA) that appears to the user as a native or mobile application. You can install it for faster access.
- If you wish, you can receive notifications when your videos have finished encoding.
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The site has also been optimized, particularly the home page.
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The main menu, which appears in the top right-hand corner once you've logged in, has been redesigned to include all the functionalities offered by the video platform.
The video platform goes to version 3.3.1 [17/07/2023]
This new version of the platform brings its share of fixes and new features:
- the possibility of holding Big Blue Button meetings, through the platform, via an intuitive interface.
You can find more information directly on the digital site of the university: https://numerique.umontpellier.fr/offre-numerique/visioconference-web-conference/
- the consultation of the recordings of the Big Blue Button meetings and also the possibility of being able to import them directly into the platform in video.
- importing videos from outside the platform. Thus, with this new feature, you will be able to centralize in the Pod platform all your videos from other applications such as Youtube, PeerTube, other Big Blue Button customers...
- cutting videos. This module allows you to edit a video and to be able to cut the beginning and/or the end of a video at your convenience.
- management of favorites. You can put your videos in favorites.
- the possibility of sorting your videos according to different criteria (Date of addition, title, date of the event, duration).
The video platform goes to version 3.0.5 [06/02/2023]
This new version of the platform brings its share of fixes and new features:
- a more modern and user-friendly interface.
- the possibility of holding Big Blue Button meetings, through the platform.
You can find more information directly on the digital site of the university: https://numerique.umontpellier.fr/offre-numerique/visioconference-web-conference/
- an efficient automated transcription system.
Available only in English and French, transcription is a voice recognition technology that transforms speech into text automatically.
- a modification of the video publication system allowing recovery in the event of a network or other problem.
This results in the fact of sending the video before entering other information such as the title, the description... But it remains clear and very intuitive.
