We've had good luck with Vimeo.
Fred
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Laura Loftus <lchase@gds.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Need some emergency advice for a well-intended project that may be going
> awry.
>
> Here's the deal: We have around 75 4-6 minute .mov and .wmv files that
> were created by our 8th graders for a history project. My original plan
> was to create a conference in FirstClass or to upload them to Blackboard
> so that the videos would be both secure and viewable by all the students
> in the 8th grade.
>
> Neither of these options is proving to be particularly viable for what now
> seem to be fairly obvious reasons (file size, upload time, limits on
> available space on servers, complication on home computers when students
> download the files and so on).
>
> So, can anyone recommend a free (or cheap) site that will allow me to
> upload all these videos and password protect them? They will only need to
> be up for about 2 weeks although I can see an ongoing need for something
> like this in the future.
>
> The files are rolling in today, so I need something that I can start
> uploading to . . . well . . . today. *glup*
>
> Laura Loftus
> Educational Technology Specialist
> lloftus@gds.org
> (202) 295-6191
>
> Georgetown Day School
> 4530 MacArthur Boulevard, NW
> Washington DC 20007
> http://www.gds.org
>
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--
Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School
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