When it comes to places to post videos online there are many to choose.
This week I want to look at a video hosting site and Web 2.0 tool that is a vital part of my
work at the online graduate school that I produce educational videos.
This site is Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com). Vimeo may not be the first video hosting tool,
but I have found it to be one of the best for video quality (1st major service with HD video
uploading), ways to upload videos (weboage, standalone Vimeo app for PC and Mac and ability to use
other tools like tubemogul.com or pixelpipe.com.
I use Vimeo each month for posting a monthly video program that is streamed live to donors and
other supporters of the school. This is a way to give a special time of learning and interaction with
Dr. Stuart Dauermann, the Senior Scholar of the institute. It is streamed live on the internet using
uStream.tv's watershed service and I record to SD card on my video camera for posting to Vimeo.
Vimeo has a Vimeo Plus paid service ($60 per year) that allows the user to make videos only able to
be played on certain sites via embed, which we use this for a secure website that requires signing in,
which allows those who missed the live broadcast to login to the website archive and view the
archived videos. This makes the content available as a premium for supporters and donors.
Vimeo is a great tool, quick uploads, high quality video plays and with the Vimeo Plus plan alot of
extra features for video producers.
This is a great tool and one that I use regularly.
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