This release is a complete redesign and expansion of the site.
Additions
- Ask a Question feature can turn any live broadcast into an interactive event. When enabled, questions and comments can be submitted in advance of and during the broadcast.
- RSVP feature allows users to request email reminders for any upcoming live event.
- Landing pages for playlists, series, speakers and contributors.
- Play all feature for playlists.
- Playhead tracking allows us to “save your spot” in our videos and, when you return, take you right back to where you left off. Applicable to Kaltura videos only.
- New channel page layout is a mini-home page for a subset of the collection, with its own featured player and browse section.
- Video recommendations are generated based on video metadata.
- Friendly urls for videos, playlists, series and browse pages. Legacy urls are redirected.
- Autoplay setting allows users to disable autoplay on page load.
- Alternate source videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) honor autoplay preference.
Changes
- URLs for our videos, playlists, series and contributors have changed; permanent redirects are in place.
- URLs for our rss feeds have changed; permanent redirects are in place.
- RSS feeds use 100% local data (vs direct from Kaltura) to improve load time.
- Share tools are now in the body of the page, below the player, rather than the player controls.
- Thumbnail image size has changed from 96×80 to 192×80. URLs for new thumbs are now included in our feeds. We will continue to provide legacy thumbs through May 2013.
