The Australian Film, Radio and Television School

Solutions

“We chose PreviousNext to develop the system in Drupal, as this was the solution that would enable media sharing within an education portal and Drupal also had the community functionality we required. We went with Drupal 7 which we feel is really future proof.  It’s sophisticated and will allow future updates and enhancements.” 

– Peter Giles, Head of Educational Media, AFTRS.

Because much of the media content is video, we had to work with the existing infrastructure at AFTRS and help the internal IT team to host and support the system. 

All video content was encoded using the Kaltura video platform. Once complete, ot was displayed within Drupal-generated web pages. 

The system essentially replicates functionality found in learning management systems such as Moodle. But because it's built in Drupal, the system's features and flexibility are substantially richer. 

The results

Given the sheer scope of this project, a stringent staged release process was followed, with tutors working with the new site prior to student release as part of quality assurance and training.

“It’s been received extremely well and it’s been quite a conversation starter. Users have been talking about the content that’s on the system. Probably the most positive outcome would be that students can now more efficiently share media around the school. In the past we’ve used USB’s and this new website allows a whole new level of information sharing.” 

– Peter Giles, Head of Educational Media, AFTRS.

AFTRS now has a web platform they have full control over, and future functionality enhancements include mobile compatibility and improved social networking capabilities. 

Our team at PreviousNext was engaged for ongoing support and enhancements following the system's public release.