Multimedia
Increasingly, schools are being called upon to provide their constituents multimedia content on the web, typically in the form of audio and video content. Working with Silverpoint, a school can quickly and efficiently deploy multimedia content right within their website. True to its mission of providing services to meet the unique needs of each client, Silverpoint creates audio and video players customized to match the look and feel of a school's existing website. Additionally, Silverpoint provides its users with podcasting services, which allows a website visitor to subscribe to a particular type of content (a distinguished lecture series, for example), then have that content automatically delivered to their listening or viewing device of choice, whether it be their personal computer or portable audio/video device such as Apple’s iPod.
Silverpoint creates fully-integrated multimedia solutions including:
- “Featured content” areas and graphical call-outs on other site pages to highlight audio and video content
- Audio and video players with unique “skins” that fit within the existing site
- Supporting content pages for FAQs, Help, and subscriptions
- RSS Feeds that allow site visitors to subscribe to client-defined categories, such as Distinguished Lectures, Academic Classes, School News, etc.
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