Apr 2019

Report Date
April 2019

Achievements

  • 102 public-facing videos and podcasts on Media Hopper Create have been subtitled, edited and peer reviewed by 10 student subtitling media editors in the first month of the project

  • The web publishing community, library services, student admissions, communications and marketing and IAD have been invited to nominate media for subtitling during the pilot period, along with targeted messages to owners of suitable public-facing media on Media Hopper Create  

  • A number of meetings have been held with Quorate, the spin-off company from Informatics, who provide automated subtitling services to the UK Parliament (Hansard) and Bloomberg

  • Further work on the communications plan has been done by the Project Team with the help of Lorraine Spalding, LTW Communications Manager. Key messages were agreed by the Steering Group on 29 April 

  • The first R&D event is fully booked with another 13 on the waiting list

  • Training for Content Creators planned for 5, 6, 12, 13 June (Argyle House)  

Milestones completed

  •   Due Actual  

    To review budget for 2019-20  

    28 Apr  

    29 Apr  

    APPROVED 

Next steps

  • Pilot to continue
  • Student Disability Service to issue survey to students with adjustments - questions about subtitling provision have been included
  • "Sorry, could you repeat that?" event 10 May 2019
  • Teaching Matters blog, student blog and student video to be produced
  • Planning for next event 31 May 2019
  • Next Project Team meeting 07 May
  • Next Steering Group Tue 11 Jun

 

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
GREEN
Change Status
Time
No Change
Cost
No Change
Scope
No Change
Overall
No Change
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Project Sponsor, 28 Feb
Change Commentary
A number of milestones have been extended (approved by the Steering Group 11 Mar), but this will not impact Project end date.
Activity
Approved budget
86.0 days
Activity this month
13.9 days
Activity this year
37.9 days
Activity to date
49.9 days
Estimate to complete current year
39.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Subtitling for Media
Code
MLE007
Programme
ISG - Lecture Recording (MLE)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Karen Beggs
Project Sponsor
Melissa Highton
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Transform
Start Date
15-Oct-2018
Planning Date
21-Dec-2018
Delivery Date
31-May-2019
Close Date
04-Sep-2019
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Discretionary

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