Audio & Video in CCSD21 Wikis & Blogs
23.October.2011 17:57 Filed in: Tech Tips
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Due to technical limitations that include hard drive
space, physical location, and bandwidth allocation,
on our wiki and blog servers, like most major
websites, we cannot embed video and audio clips
directly within a wiki or a blog. Rather, we post the
audio or video clips to a different server, and then,
we link to those clips within the wiki and blog.
Video and audio clips include any podcasts, sound files, video clips, and MP3s/MP4s.
Due to current bandwidth limitations, we also cannot stream audio and videos via links in our wikis and blogs.
To add a video or audio clip to a wiki or blog with a link, the first step is to send audio or video files to the iTech teacher in your buildings. The audio or video files you send will be placed on our media server, which is designed to hold and distribute these files.
After the file has been uploaded to the media server, the iTech teacher will be send you the link to the file (which is sitting on our media server) to place on your wiki or blog. Then students can interact with the audio and video files right through the wiki or blog, at home or at school.
You can also link audio and video files on the Internet on your wiki or blog. If you choose this option, please make sure it is noted on the wiki or blog that the files can only be played from outside of the school district.
When you, as a teacher, want to share a video or audio clip with your students, you should play it directly from your Staff MacBook, having put the actual clip on the Staff MacBook prior to class. Due to bandwidth limitations, you cannot simply click on audio and video links and stream those across the Internet. Information, for example, on downloading clips from YouTube can be found here.
Video and audio clips include any podcasts, sound files, video clips, and MP3s/MP4s.
Due to current bandwidth limitations, we also cannot stream audio and videos via links in our wikis and blogs.
To add a video or audio clip to a wiki or blog with a link, the first step is to send audio or video files to the iTech teacher in your buildings. The audio or video files you send will be placed on our media server, which is designed to hold and distribute these files.
After the file has been uploaded to the media server, the iTech teacher will be send you the link to the file (which is sitting on our media server) to place on your wiki or blog. Then students can interact with the audio and video files right through the wiki or blog, at home or at school.
You can also link audio and video files on the Internet on your wiki or blog. If you choose this option, please make sure it is noted on the wiki or blog that the files can only be played from outside of the school district.
When you, as a teacher, want to share a video or audio clip with your students, you should play it directly from your Staff MacBook, having put the actual clip on the Staff MacBook prior to class. Due to bandwidth limitations, you cannot simply click on audio and video links and stream those across the Internet. Information, for example, on downloading clips from YouTube can be found here.
