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I imagine that many classes that moved online are providing video lectures via YouTube.

by perennate 7y ago

gpderetta 7y ago
It is at least plausible that 4k might not be a strict requirement to fully benefit from an online class.
- perennate 7y ago
  That's true (although in some cases it may be hard to see text on blackboard), anyway it's just about YouTube making the default SD, but HD option is still available. > Users will still be able to watch in high definition if they want, but will have to choose to do so.
crazygringo 7y ago
That's more applicable to large classes at the college level. College seminars, as well as all of grade school, are conducted live. High school doesn't have "lectures" the way college does, or middle school or elementary school.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  You can live stream on youtube. And in fact, it is one of the few free options if you plan to have more than a few dozen viewers.
  - protomyth 7y ago
    Its a really hard option for instructors who aren't computer folks and stuck at home. The Business tier allows for 250 participants which is damn good for most classes. I get the feeling a lot of schools will come up with the money for a couple of months for a paid service. We're out $380 a month for our 20 instructors. Also, some of the paid services are allowing schools to use free accounts.
    - Mirioron 7y ago
      It really shouldn't be hard. There are endless amounts of guides on how to set up OBS and stream to YouTube. You can even get live support by volunteers within a few minutes of asking for help. Most of the time you don't even need to really set up much. You just take the key and plug it into OBS.
      - 6510 7y ago
        Not trying to be funny but is there no online course?
        Mirioron 7y ago
        On OBS? There are hundreds, likely thousands of them, but most of them are about optimizing it for bitrate. That's not really needed for a stream for teaching.
      - tapland 7y ago
        I'm pretty sure setting up OBS would rate among the most demanding tasks ever attempted on a computer for most users. Most users are not techies.
        Mirioron 7y ago
        Here's how setting up OBS goes for most users: you install the application and copy paste the stream key into the right box. Then you add what you want captured into a scene and you're done. Most of the fiddling that happens happens because of your specific hardware and encoders you have. A commercial solution faces the same problem.
      - protomyth 7y ago
        Why, when I can spend $380 and have a setup that is easy to use and doesn't require me to train on. They watch a nice video and we don't have to do a deploy of OBS to a bunch of laptops. I'm all for free or open source software, but I'm still dealing with a commercial entity either way. Plus, I don't have to worry about YouTube's algorithm flagging some content.
protomyth 7y ago
Actually, we (a tribal community college) went with GoToMeeting because it was $19 per instructor (we only needed 20 - some classes in the vocational area are going to do limited face-to-face) and a lot easier for the instructors to deal with. We will probably download all the videos, but I'm not sure we are going to post them to YouTube or let the students catch the replay at GoToMeeting.
- op00to 7y ago
  Why not? Privacy?
  - protomyth 7y ago
    No, they can just follow the link and rerun it with all the uploads and a transcript. [edit]Also, I'm pretty sure that since our instructors are at home they would probably prefer we put something a little more polished and formal on YouTube to represent their work[/edit]
jimhefferon 7y ago
Yes, for example I am doing that with my college classes.

I imagine that many classes that moved online are providing video lectures via YouTube.

gpderetta 7y ago

It is at least plausible that 4k might not be a strict requirement to fully benefit from an online class.

perennate 7y ago
That's true (although in some cases it may be hard to see text on blackboard), anyway it's just about YouTube making the default SD, but HD option is still available. > Users will still be able to watch in high definition if they want, but will have to choose to do so.

crazygringo 7y ago

That's more applicable to large classes at the college level. College seminars, as well as all of grade school, are conducted live. High school doesn't have "lectures" the way college does, or middle school or elementary school.

jjeaff 7y ago
You can live stream on youtube. And in fact, it is one of the few free options if you plan to have more than a few dozen viewers.
- protomyth 7y ago
  Its a really hard option for instructors who aren't computer folks and stuck at home. The Business tier allows for 250 participants which is damn good for most classes. I get the feeling a lot of schools will come up with the money for a couple of months for a paid service. We're out $380 a month for our 20 instructors. Also, some of the paid services are allowing schools to use free accounts.
  - Mirioron 7y ago
    It really shouldn't be hard. There are endless amounts of guides on how to set up OBS and stream to YouTube. You can even get live support by volunteers within a few minutes of asking for help. Most of the time you don't even need to really set up much. You just take the key and plug it into OBS.
    - 6510 7y ago
      Not trying to be funny but is there no online course?
      - Mirioron 7y ago
        On OBS? There are hundreds, likely thousands of them, but most of them are about optimizing it for bitrate. That's not really needed for a stream for teaching.
    - tapland 7y ago
      I'm pretty sure setting up OBS would rate among the most demanding tasks ever attempted on a computer for most users. Most users are not techies.
      - Mirioron 7y ago
        Here's how setting up OBS goes for most users: you install the application and copy paste the stream key into the right box. Then you add what you want captured into a scene and you're done. Most of the fiddling that happens happens because of your specific hardware and encoders you have. A commercial solution faces the same problem.
    - protomyth 7y ago
      Why, when I can spend $380 and have a setup that is easy to use and doesn't require me to train on. They watch a nice video and we don't have to do a deploy of OBS to a bunch of laptops. I'm all for free or open source software, but I'm still dealing with a commercial entity either way. Plus, I don't have to worry about YouTube's algorithm flagging some content.

protomyth 7y ago

Actually, we (a tribal community college) went with GoToMeeting because it was $19 per instructor (we only needed 20 - some classes in the vocational area are going to do limited face-to-face) and a lot easier for the instructors to deal with. We will probably download all the videos, but I'm not sure we are going to post them to YouTube or let the students catch the replay at GoToMeeting.

op00to 7y ago
Why not? Privacy?
- protomyth 7y ago
  No, they can just follow the link and rerun it with all the uploads and a transcript. [edit]Also, I'm pretty sure that since our instructors are at home they would probably prefer we put something a little more polished and formal on YouTube to represent their work[/edit]

jimhefferon 7y ago

Yes, for example I am doing that with my college classes.