The FCCN, the FCT's digital services unit, provides a range of digital services aimed at the national higher education and research community. One of its key areas is collaboration, with resources that facilitate remote connection, collaboration, and communication among students, faculty, and researchers.
THE Videocast is one of the available resources. This digital service allows you to broadcast academic events live, taking them further and expanding their reach.
Discover 4 interesting facts that demonstrate the full potential of Videocast.
1: Global, uninterrupted transmission
Videocast allows the entire academic and research community to broadcast live events to the entire world, through a single page. Web. This modality is compatible with academic events such as classes, lectures, workshops, or even internal programming or another event, as long as it is relevant to the academic and/or research context. It is also possible to share the link broadcasting the event on social media, reaching wider audiences.
The service is also linked to the project Nature on the Web, an initiative created in 2007, with the support of Refer-Telecom and Jornal Público, which allows real-time viewing of various animal species in their natural habitat. Visit the public videocasts, ongoing sessions and see some examples of animals you can follow.
The broadcast is of high quality, guaranteed by the high availability of FCCN servers, which allows simultaneous broadcasts for thousands of users. Furthermore, the platform is free of ads and advertising interruptions.
2: Video and audio integrated
Videocast allows you to share your vspeaker video, slides from the presentation and audio: everything can be transmitted via Videocast simultaneously and in real time, with layout customizable for each event.
Broadcasting is compatible with a variety of mobile devices, from smartphones the tablets.
3: Real-time interaction with chat interactive
In addition to participants watching the broadcast, they have the possibility to interact via chat and in real time, thus promoting greater and more active involvement between those who attend and those who organize the event.
You can also access statistics and monitor how many users are connected, among other aspects, and, after the event ends, obtain detailed access reports.
4: Free access with federated authentication
In addition to the advantages already listed, Videocast has another bonus point: it can be used in a completely free of charge for Higher Education and Research institutions that are part of the Science, Technology and Society Network (RCTS).
Access to the Videocast is simple and depends on the type of event, in the case of private events, only authenticated users can access, either through their institutional credentials (email and password) or through a password specific. In the case of public events, access is free to anyone interested.
For all these reasons, academic events can now go beyond physical borders, using to a reliable service with secure authentication, available 365 days a year.
