The growing importance of video for education and training called for an easy to use hardware and software solution that integrates recording, playing-back, storing and publishing of video data. The previous Windows XP-based system was unreliable and not integrated. There was no centralised storage for video data and DVDs were used to transfer and publish files.

The aim was to build a future-proof, easy to use system that offers a seamless workflow from capture to reviewing, tagging, transcoding, data management and publishing to a learning management system (LMS). Recording stations should also be usable for other faculties. Halimedia was chosen as local partner with considerable experience in video workflows.

The solution was built around a centralised media asset management (MAM) server to allow for efficient workflow automation, including archiving. The video recording stations were built using highly reliable components and a web application was developed to allow remote control and tagging from iPads. Integration with existing planning tools was implemented to significantly reduce the management overhead of the training program. Over-all, ease of use and features surpass requirements.