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On Tuesday, March 2 at 1:00pm, I am delivering a three session series of EUSP Live Online Workshops, Just for SharePoint Site Managers.

In the previous three articles of this series, I presented an overview of how to structure a SharePoint Multi-Media Resource Center. I have created a screencast that walks through the finished solution to give you an idea of how it will look to the End User, including the transparent access to external videos and resources through the implementation of LyteBox.

In the first two installments of this series, I did a high level overview of the solution and a walkthrough of how to create a custom list to access external videos for display in LyteBox. Today I’ll walk through how to configure a document library so that it can be used as a storage and display mechanism for internal screencasts.

Today, July 21 at 1:00pm EST, I am leading a live online workshop, Create a SharePoint Multi-Media Resource Center. Registration closes one hour before the event, so if you plan on attending, please register right away.

The Multi-Media Center concept I’ve worked out depends upon the ability to dynamically create a clickable link to activate the playback of a screencast or video. In the screencast below, I show how I use a calculated column to display the image of a playback button which, when clicked, opens a screencast.

In today’s screencast, I walk through the architecture of the media center solution, show what resources and relationships are needed in order to make the solution work.