Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Re: free/cheap video hosting

We use motionbox.com. It has been great and the parents like it.=0D
Basically no limits and no advertising but it costs $40 per year. =0D
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ann Hamel=0D
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:44 PM=0D
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0D
Subject: Re: free/cheap video hosting=0D
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Not sure if this meets all the requirements, but if you create a YouTube=0D
Account that is private and then hand out the generic username and p/w=0D
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parents and students you could use that for videos under 10 minutes=0D
long.=0D
-Ann=0D
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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Laura Loftus <lchase@gds.org> wrote:=0D
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> Hi all,=0D
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> Need some emergency advice for a well-intended project that may be=0D
going=0D
> awry.=0D
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> Here's the deal: We have around 75 4-6 minute .mov and .wmv files that=0D
> were created by our 8th graders for a history project. My original=0D
plan=0D
> was to create a conference in FirstClass or to upload them to=0D
Blackboard=0D
> so that the videos would be both secure and viewable by all the=0D
students=0D
> in the 8th grade.=0D
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> Neither of these options is proving to be particularly viable for what=0D
now=0D
> seem to be fairly obvious reasons (file size, upload time, limits on=0D
> available space on servers, complication on home computers when=0D
students=0D
> download the files and so on).=0D
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> So, can anyone recommend a free (or cheap) site that will allow me to=0D
> upload all these videos and password protect them? They will only need=0D
to=0D
> be up for about 2 weeks although I can see an ongoing need for=0D
something=0D
> like this in the future.=0D
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> The files are rolling in today, so I need something that I can start=0D
> uploading to . . . well . . . today. *glup*=0D
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> Laura Loftus=0D
> Educational Technology Specialist=0D
> lloftus@gds.org=0D
> (202) 295-6191=0D
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> 4530 MacArthur Boulevard, NW=0D
> Washington DC 20007=0D
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