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E d Te c h S h o w D a i l y F r i d a y, F e b r u a r y 5 , 2 0 1 6 4 HOVERCAM SOLO 8 AND Z5 REDEFINE THE DOCUMENT CAMERA In the era of tablets and iPads, the docu- ment camera market has been declining, according to figures published by edtech industry analyst Future Source. In the 18 months since HoverCam began shipping the Solo 8 document camera in volume, its sales have shot through the roof, resulting in backorders last summer and autumn. "Solo 8 is the document camera rein- vented," said Craig Justice, HoverCam Vice President of Sales. "It was the first and still is the only document camera with true 8-megapixel resolution that provides uncompressed 1080p video over USB 3.0. In the two years since we first showed the product, no other manu- facturer has been able to release nearly anything as good at this price point," Justice said. "It's an education revolution powered by a USB cord." The unit is powered by a USB cable connected to the computer. It's compati- ble with PCs and Macs and works well with computers with older USB ports too, according to the manufacturer. Factory production has caught up with the high demand, Justice said. One of the unique abilities of Solo 8 is recording no-lag HD video over USB directly to the computer. "More and more teachers want to record video to enhance their lessons, as a teaching tool or for flipping their class. The Solo 8 is a great tool for recording video and it's the only docu- ment camera that can record no-lag HD video over USB directly to the comput- er," Justice said. Solo 8, which weighs just over two pounds, has a base three inches by three inches and is significantly smaller than OPEN TECH STANDARDS FROM IMS GLOBAL: A PRIMER FOR K-12 By Berj Akian, Chief Executive Officer, ClassLink With IMS Global Learning Consortium gaining support across the technical com- munity, and as education technology leaders converge in Austin for TCEA 2016, ClassLink is encouraging all stake- holders – educators, technology leaders and solution providers – to join the call for industry-wide adoption of open tech- nology standards. In 1995, a group of concerned edu- cators and industry partners within EDU- CAUSE came together wanting to estab- lish a standard format for exchanging data between different data systems. Since that time, IMS has developed many standards for data exchange. What are the standards K-12 needs to know? IMS Global has produced four key stan- dards that we think are essential for school success in today's digital learning age: LTI, Common Cartridge, Thin Common Cartridge and OneRoster. We are going to explore two in detail that are making a big difference in schools. LTI (a.k.a. Learning Tools Interoperability; LTI Link; LTI Launch Link; LTI Connector) LTI is a standard for authenticating a user into another system and getting back spe- cific content. There are multiple editions of this Standard (v1.0, v1.2 and v2.0) and they are all active. The classic use case for LTI is that someone currently logged into one system, e.g. an LMS, can click an LTI link which instantly delivers targeted con- tent from another system, e.g. an e-text or some other content repository. The LTI Continued on Page 37 Continued on Page 37 Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Jeanie Catron JoEllen Lowry Greg Gonzales Associate Editors André Gressieux Art Director Yasmine Brown Krystal Robles Graphic Designers Sarah Glenn Freda Epum Customer Service Managers Stacy Davis Kimberly Stevens Show Logistics & Distribution Randal Fisher Rob Romeo Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2016 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.osercommunicationsgroup.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy