Use Video Content on a UW CMS Site

Introduction

There are two options for posting video on University of Wyoming CMS websites: Youtube.com and the UW's Multimedia Server.

Youtube.com

UW uses an official UWyo YouTube account, providing our vast array of audiences one central location to search for and view UW-related videos. Posting videos for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/uwyo is the preferred option and can be easily integrated into CMS websites or shared among social networks.

Procedure

1. Connect to the shared video folder:
   • On a PC, go to \\warehouse\uprphoto$\youtube
   • On a MAC:
     • In the finder, select Go > Connect to Server
     • Type in smb://warehouse/uprphoto$/youtube in the server address field
   • Enter your UWYO username and password
      
2. Copy the video-metadata.xlsx spreadsheet from the video folder to your computer and fill out the required metadata information for each video you will be uploading, including the Video Filename, Title of Video, Description of Video and related Keywords. Save the spreadsheet with a new filename and then copy it into your unit's appropriate subfolder:
   •  Administration
   • Admissions
   • Agriculture
   • AHC
   • Arts-and-Sciences
   • Athletics
   • Business
   • CACS
   • CTL
   • Education
   • Engineering-Applied Sciences
   • Epscor
   • Foundation
   • Health-Sciences
   • Institutional
   • Law
   • News
   • Outreach
   • Science Posse
   • Sports
   • Student-Life
   • UWTV
      
3. Copy your video files into your unit's folder. Any popular format can be uploaded to Youtube (view more information). Each video must be no more than 2GB in size or 15-minutes in length.
    
4. Notify Institutional Marketing Web Services at webhelp@uwyo.edu that your videos are ready for upload.

Multimedia Server

For videos or audio files that can't be uploaded to Youtube.com, a multimedia server is available for use through IT. To request space on the multimedia server, go to the Central Website Requests site at https://www.uwyo.edu/csr and select the Request Central Site Creation option. Choose Multimedia Streaming Site in the Site Purpose dropdown menu. After the site is created, you will receive notice from IT on how to connect.

The multimedia server can host:

• Windows Media (.wmv),
• MPEG4 and MOV files - supporting h264 (.m4v,mp4)
• Flash (.flv)
• Audio (.mp3)

Only Flash and MPEG4 videos encoded using h264 are supported in the UW CMS video callouts.

Reviewed: 1109 By: MW, GG