Uploading & Sharing

Who Will See My Video?

Once your video is complete you will need to make it available to your audience. There are many video hosting options available. Some important questions to ask when choosing where to place your video

• Who are my intended audience? Do I want my video made public?

• Do I have permission to make all of the content public? (e.g. stock photograph copyright, waivers from anyone in the video, etc.)

• How long does the material need to be available? A single semester? Indefinitely?

What Are My Hosting Options?

Microsoft Stream

• All Humber students have access to Microsoft Streams through their Office365 account.

• Access to videos can be limited to specific Humber viewers.

• Stream also features auto-captioning.

• Check out our instructions on how to share a video assignment on Stream.

Blackboard

• Access is limited to your class

• Accepts a wide variety of video formats (MPG, MPEG, AVI, MP4, FLV, MOV, etc.)

• Choice of uploading directly or embedding from another source (e.g. MS Stream, YouTube)

• Option of adding video transcripts

YouTube

• Accepts a wide variety of video formats (MPG, MPEG, AVI, MP4, MOV, etc.)

• Viewable on mobile devices

• Uploader can tag videos and add closed-captions

• Multiple privacy options (public, unlisted, private)

YouTube Privacy Options:

YouTube has 3 settings for privacy, you can choose your privacy setting at the time of upload, or at any stage using YouTube’s Video Manager:

1. PUBLIC – If you choose to make your video public, viewers around the world will be able to find your video through searches. Information from your username, video title, video description and tags will determine how the video is discovered.

2. UNLISTED – When you upload a video and choose the “Unlisted Option,” the video is only viewable by people with the URL/link for the video. This allows you to tailor who gets to see your video and how they access it (i.e. via your website, blog, email, Blackboard, etc.) Unlisted videos will not show up in searches on YouTube, Google, or other search engines.

3. PRIVATE – The Private setting allows you to give permission and access to specific people (group member, professor, etc.) to view your video by entering in their email address or username. Private videos will not show up in searches on YouTube, Google, or other search engines.