Mediathread
Mediathread is an innovative platform built by the CTL that supports collaborative multimedia analysis. Users of Mediathread are able to lift video, audio, and image items from a range of digital collections and then work with them in a course-specific website.
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Teaching with Mediathread
Mediathread is used in numerous courses and departments across Columbia University. Instructors designate digital collections that contain source materials for a given course, and post analytic assignments in Mediathread. With the click of an easily installed browser bookmarklet, students can import items from these collections into Mediathread, where they then can then be annotated, organized, shared, and embedded into multimedia compositions.
Collections compatible with Mediathread include groups of videos, audio files, and/or images assembled for courses, multimedia databases licensed by Columbia University Libraries, and publicly available collections such as YouTube, Flickr, OpenVault, and Wikimedia Commons.
This video shows examples of how Mediathread can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
Get Support
The CTL offers a range of in-person services and online resources for instructors learning to navigate Mediathread.
In-Person Support
- Email ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu to set up a consultation or contact a CTL Learning Designer for the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department. Our learning designers help promote the purposeful use of educational technologies for hybrid and online education.
- Contact the CTL during walk-in and call-in consultation hours.
Online Resources
- Access the CTL’s CourseWorks Knowledge Base where you can find online resources and documentation for using Mediathread.
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