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Each quarter, selected CSE Professional Masters Program (PMP) classes are enhanced with a set of  "distance education" features.  The features include:

• Remote classrooms capable of sending and receiving AV and multimedia.
• Lectures streamed live and on-demand over the Internet to the desktop.

PMP Remote Classrooms

Originating and remote classrooms will use MSR's ConferenceXP software and Internet2 transport to implement the audio/video conference.  PowerPoint slides and instructor annotations will be transmitted between classrooms with the Classroom Presenter.  Live interactive classrooms will be located at UW, and MSR.   The UW classroom is CSE 305.  The MSR classroom is 113/1159.

PMP Lectures on the Internet

Lectures from PMP distance education courses are viewable on the internet as Microsoft Windows Media programs, both live and on-demand.  Where possible, streams are encoded with embedded lecture slides and instructor tablet annotations which will be synchronized with the live or archived talk. 

We are presently doing live encoding using a multiple bandwidth format with a maximum level at 250kbps.  This stream is also available on-demand. 

Your reception of streamed content my be hindered if you are behind a firewall.  If you suspect a firewall may be causing a problem, be sure to configure your Media Player to enable http streaming, and make sure that your http proxy settings are correct for your environment. (The settings are in View menu->Options->Advanced tab.)  Since most firewalls permit access through port 80 (http), it may be possible for you to receive content this way.

It is also possible to view a live or archived program with real-time slides and instructor tablet annotations .  To do so, install  ConferenceXP WebViewer, then use that application to initiate the stream.  Note that the WebViewer depends upon Windows Media Player version 9 or later, and the .Net Framework.

Live Programs

• Using WebViewer 1.9.6 or later, click here during lecture.  With older WebViewer versions, open   http://www.cs.washington.edu/events/webcast/live_event_cxp.asx
• Without WebViewer, visit the CSE Live Webcast Page, or alternatively use a stand-alone Windows Media Player.

Archived Programs

Links to both WebViewer-enabled and normal lectures will be posted in in the course web on the day following the lecture.  

There is selection of past PMP courses and CSE Colloquia available for on-demand viewing.

If you are implementing a streaming service of your own, you may be interested in the details about our production methods and tools

Support and Feedback

The best way for those of us who implement and manage these technologies to know whether or not they really work is to receive feedback.  If you have a comment of any kind, or if you're having trouble with the technologies, feel free to contact us:

Fred Videon , Email: Fred Videon
    Office phone: 206-543-4725
    Cell phone (during lectures): 206-617-4706.

Rod Prieto , Email: Rod Prieto
    Office phone: 206-543-2928
    Cell phone (during lectures): 206-369-7998

We also have contacts at our remote sites who can help with local technical support issues.  Just ask, and we will happily put you in contact with them.

Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Box 352350 Seattle, WA  98195-2350 (206) 543-1695 voice, (206) 543-2969 FAX [comments to Fred Videon]