What it is . . .

Interactive iDVS Viewer . . .

Web Based Video Management System . . .

 The Interactive Digital Video System^TM (iDVS^TM) utilizes software that provides an Internet based “Store and Forward” distribution system for classroom instructional video and many other types of visual images.  The exclusive e-Mod / iDVS viewer software  provides the capability to view videos or other media  “full screen” and to add annotations to create interactive instructional classroom lessons and student based projects.  The e-Mod.com corporation works closely with numerous educational video producers, providing digitized video content for many of today’s most widely utilized classroom instructional materials.  This ensures that the media is current, topical, and meets the needs of today's standards driven educational curriculum.  Approximately 2000 titles are currently available and the collection is constantly updated.  As necessary, the e-Mod.com corporation will work with your video supplier to arrange for the digital IP distribution rights to additional media.

System users are not restricted to the media content that is available from e-Mod.com.  Any standard media file, such as mpg, avi, mov, or jpg, can be utilized with the e-Mod / iDVS^TM viewer.  Existing digital media collections, public domain media, or locally produced digital media may also be utilized effectively in the educational setting.

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Interactive iDVS^TM Viewer Technology . . .

The most important feature of this technology is the viewer that provides the capability to annotate videos and still images.  Creating interactive classroom lessons and student projects, with either the Windows or the Macintosh version of the e-Mod / iDVS viewer, will enhance the educational value of the classroom curriculum materials that are being utilized.  Move beyond just using linear video in the classroom - explore the power of interactivity!  The viewer provides the capability for full-screen/full-motion projection at virtually the same frame rate as broadcast quality television.

In a typical lesson, a science teacher might present a video on cell mitosis.  An annotation file that synchronizes with the video can be prepared and be shown as part of the video as a reinforcement or expanded lesson.  The annotated video can be programmed to stop at any frame to provide the opportunity for classroom discussion.  Slides can be added to summarize important issues.  In addition, titles, drawings, and sound clips can be added to the video or other media.  Students could be instructed to complete various activities, such as identifying and labeling the cell parts on a selected video frame or identifying a segment of the video that describes a specific concept.  Individual or groups of students can also utilize the viewer to complete various projects that can then be demonstrated to their classmates.  The resulting student assignments can be stored in a small file on a floppy disk, which can be reviewed by the teacher at a later date.

The viewer supports many of the features of modern word processors, such as the ability to change type fonts, sizes, colors, and backgrounds.  Existing Microsoft Word text also can be “pasted” into annotations or the annotation content can be pasted into a Word document and then printed, creating an instant student study guide or teacher notes.

 This interactive system presents the classroom teacher with the capability to utilize this technology in many innovative ways.  The teacher can electronically review the students’ work, add additional virtual sticky note comments, and electronically return the completed assignment to the student’s computer.  Individual or groups of students could also prepare an annotated video presentation for the remainder of the class that illustrates various instructional concepts presented in the video.  When annotations are saved on the computer, they are stored in a small computer file separate from the original video  Consequently, they may be utilized many times or modified for future lessons.  The original video film is unchanged, which preserves the copyright. 

The e-Mod /iDVSTM viewer is the only product available to educators that provides this annotation capability to create teacher lessons and student projects.  Without its' features, educators are reduced to showing linear video to their students, just as they did with 16 mm film.

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Web Based Video Management System . . .

This innovative software system will allow students and teachers to search a web based media/video catalog.  Any selected media image or video can be downloaded over the Internet to the teacher’s desktop computer for use in the classroom or other designated location in the school.   Media images or digitized films from other sources, that are stored in the most common formats such as  “mpg”, “mov”, “avi’ or “QuickTime”, can also be utilized, and the viewer also provides the capability to view still images, such as “jpg” and “bmp” files.  A scheduling system enables the video files to be downloaded over night, when the school Internet connection is not as heavily utilized.  A school may also elect to have a central ordering system and arrange downloads to a central desktop computer or network server, thus enabling the videos to be available to many classrooms throughout the school or district.  The videos can be shown to an entire class by utilizing an LCD projector or large screen television connected to the computer, or utilized on all of the computers in a classroom or computer lab.  The videos in the e-Mod.com iDVS^TM web catalog are stored in a standard MPEG1 format, and can also be viewed with any Windows or Macintosh multimedia viewer.  Security for this system is provided not only through login and password protection for registered user accounts, but also through the registration of computer Internet Protocol computer addresses.

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