The Great Lives website is a relatively simple yet powerful example of using WPMu as a media presentation platform.
Advantages of using “blogging software” for webcasts (we’ll again pretend that we are using “blogging software” as a derogatory term):
- The latest video gets featured at the top of the site automatically.
- Videos are easily added once they are produced.
- There is an RSS feed so that users can be notified when the latest video has been posted.
- Static pages can be added for support and other instructions/ information.
- Sidebar links can help users find a specific video or videos.
- Users can discuss the videos and perhaps create an even richer resource than the videos themselves.
- The site can be customized to complement an “official” site (http://umw.edu/greatlives).