[TriLUG] Video/Web/Screen Sharing Solution

[Tim Jowers]

Hi Chander,

Please keep us posted on what you find out. We looked at this with VNC
and performance goes to hell after about 6 people connect.

Tim


On 6/4/08, Paul G. Szabady <paul at thyservice.com> wrote:
> Chander,
>
> Have you looked into Sakai (http://sakaiproject.org/)?  Admittedly it
> doesn't integrate the video, but you might be able to integrate that easily.
>
>  From their website:
>
> Web Content Tool
> The Web Content tool allows worksite owners to choose a website to
> display within the Sakai frame. The Web Content button in the left-hand
> menu is customizable so you can create a label for the button that
> matches the website you've chosen to display.
>
>      Examples of use
>      Instructors who want to provide many links to websites for their
> students may list them in Resources, but choose the most important for
> the Web Content feature.
>
>      Departments, collaborations, or other groups may choose to use Web
> Content to provide a prominent link to their public website within their
> Sakai worksite.
>
>
> --
> Paul
> @ Thy Service
>
>
> Chander Ganesan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to put together a basic framework for some e-learning
>> initiatives that we have here.  Basically, I want to combine streaming
>> voice/video with screen sharing to provide distance education.  I've
>> been looking, and it seems there is no open source solution that
>> combines these two technologies together.  Does anyone here know of any
>> (or has implemented any?)
>>
>> This would all be done in real-time..
>>
>> I've been looking at VideoLAN for streaming audio/video, but don't see
>> any good screen sharing type tools out there...
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
>
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