Where should I upload my videos/lectures?
Once you have a recording ready, it’s time to share it. This guide shows options on where to upload and/or share your video files. Each option has pluses and minuses, especially in regards to sharing restrictions and auto-captioning capability, and you can choose which one fits your needs best.
Canvas Upload
Good use cases:
Sharing videos only with people who are in your class.
Things to keep in mind:
Your course has 1 GB storage limit by default. If you need more storage, please email olt@uw.edu.
Uploading videos via Files will count towards this limit, but uploading through the Rich Content Editor/Media Upload tool doesn’t.
Students won’t be able to download videos that were uploaded using the Rich Content Editor/Media Upload tool. The ability to download videos for offline viewing can be important for students who don’t have consistent internet access.
Relevant tutorials:
Google Drive
Good use cases:
Sharing and embedding videos without YouTube ads or links to related videos.
Sharing videos so that anyone at UW (those who have UW NetIDs) can view.
Sharing videos only with specific people (you’ll need to enter their individual email addresses).
Backing up videos.
Things to keep in mind:
You get unlimited storage through your UW Google accounts.
Relevant tutorials:
How to change sharing settings
How to embed Google Drive video on your Canvas course
Panopto
Good use cases:
Sharing videos only with people who are in your class.
Sharing videos so that anyone at UW (those who have UW NetIDs) can view.
Adding automatic captions to your videos.
Things to keep in mind:
If your recording is for asynchronous lectures, consider recording your lectures directly in Panopto instead of generating the video elsewhere and uploading it to Panopto.
SharePoint
Good use cases:
Sharing sensitive videos that need extra protection, that students don’t need to have access to.
Things to keep in mind:
SharePoint is supported by the iSchool IT (ihelp@uw.edu). Please email them instead of iSchool Learning Technologies for SharePoint questions.
VoiceThread
Good use cases:
Sharing videos only with people who are in your class.
Adding automatic captions to your videos.
Things to keep in mind:
If your recording is for asynchronous lectures, strictly slides with narration, consider recording your lectures directly in VoiceThread instead of generating the video elsewhere and uploading it to VoiceThread.
If you share a VoiceThread with your class, students will have to be logged in to VoiceThread before they can view it. To log in, users have to log in to Canvas first and then click on a VoiceThread LTI link.
YouTube
Good use cases:
Sharing videos publicly
Things to keep in mind:
If you plan to embed a YouTube video in your course or other pages, there is no way to hide a list of related videos once the video finishes playing.
Relevant tutorials:
Zoom Cloud Recording
Good use cases:
Sharing videos so that anyone at UW (those who have UW NetIDs) can view.
Allowing students to access video recordings by clicking on the Zoom link on the left sidebar of your course (anyone at UW can still access if they have the recording link).
Captions automatically generated once the cloud recording is processed.
Things to keep in mind:
If you used Zoom to record locally to your computer, you can upload the recording to Google Drive, VoiceThread, Panopto, or Canvas to share it. There is no way to upload a Zoom local recording to the Zoom Cloud.
Zoom cloud recordings will be deleted after 90 days, unless you turn off the auto-delete option from your account settings.
You can download cloud recordings and save them elsewhere for backups.
If you use Zoom LTI Canvas integration, your students will be able to access the cloud recordings by clicking on Panopto Recordings on the left sidebar of your course.