How does the VIVA streaming service work?
Links in online library catalog records or course management systems will point to a secure video streaming server at the University of Virginia. The streaming service uses a technology called Shibboleth. People requesting videos will be asked to identify their home school. If the school is a VIVA member who has joined the InCommon federation the person requesting the video will be asked for a user id and password by their home campus. If that checks out the streaming service receives an assertion that the requestor is a current student, faculty member or employee at a VIVA school. Once it receives the assertion the stream is launched and the video begins to play.
