Advance your AWS Media Services skills with two new digital courses

Are you interested in learning about the daily operations of media services? Ever considered creating high-quality video for broadcast or video-on-demand? We’ve released two new courses that can help you: AWS Elemental MediaLive Primer and AWS Elemental MediaConvert Primer.

Each 60-minute, intermediate level course includes short, 10-30 minute modules, making it easier for you to access the information you need. Both courses are intended for new or experienced media operators who want to gain more knowledge about the day-to-day operations and video workflows of AWS Elemental MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaConvert.

AWS Media Services training curricula includes more than 30 courses and hands-on labs that can help you design and develop media solutions, master the skills needed for daily operations of services, and choose the solutions that best fit your needs. Progress your skills from foundational video concepts to technical deep dives, and help your organization deliver live streaming, video-on-demand, monetization, data analytics, and artificial intelligence solutions.

AWS Elemental MediaLive Primer

AWS Elemental MediaLive is a broadcast-grade live video processing service. It lets you create high-quality video streams for delivery to broadcast televisions and internet-connected multiscreen devices, like connected TVs, tablets, smart phones, and set-top boxes. In the 60 minute, AWS Elemental MediaLive Primer course, you’ll get an overview of the fundamental functions of AWS Elemental MediaLive, focusing on key operational aspects of live streaming video workflows. It also includes a demonstration of the steps to create a live video stream using AWS Elemental MediaLive, and outlines the basic steps to monitor system health. You’ll learn the essentials over the course of five brief modules:

Module 1: Building Blocks and Workflow of a Live Streaming Event
Module 2: Create and Run a New Channel
Module 3: Clone, Edit, and Delete an Existing Channel
Module 4: Create and Use Channel Templates
Module 5: Monitoring AWS Elemental MediaLive

AWS Elemental MediaConvert Primer

AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. It allows you to easily create video-on-demand (VOD) content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery at scale. Throughout four modules, AWS Elemental MediaConvert Primer provides an overview of the fundamental functions, focusing on key operational aspects of VOD workflows. You’ll view a demonstration of the steps to format and compress offline video content for delivery to televisions or connected devices, and review the basic steps to monitor system status. Each module is focused on key stages of VOD workflows:

Module 1: Building Blocks and Workflow of a VOD Streaming Event
Module 2: Create and Run a New Job
Module 3: Duplicate and Modify an Existing Job
Module 4: Create and Use Custom Templates and Presets

Enroll in one or both courses today: AWS Elemental MediaLive Primer and AWS Elemental MediaConvert Primer.