How disappointing.... Google is turning off the "Record from Webcam" feature of YouTube in January: http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/12/youtube-will-turn-off-its-webcam-capture-feature-after-january-16-2016/
I'm assuming this means that Video Everywhere will no longer be functional after this point. Is this in fact, the case? To what extent will the Voice Thread B2 provide a similar capability?
Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
Lisa
We issued a support bulletin last week on this topic. https://blackboard.secure.force.com/apex/btbb_articleview?id=kAA39000000006eGAA
Valerie,
Is it possible for you to provide a summary of the support bulletin here? I am not a sysadmin and therefore do not have a Behind the Blackboard account to be able to read the bulletin.
Thanks,
Crystal
Here is the bulletin:
Product: Blackboard Learn
Type:Support Bulletin
Google has announced that the webcam capture feature will not be available on YouTube after January 16, 2016. Some users have reported that there are already issues with this tool not working properly in YouTube. This will have an impact on Blackboard Learn’s Record from Webcam (Video Everywhere) feature, which uses YouTube’s webcam capture feature. While users will be able to launch the Record from Webcam tool, they will be unable to directly record new videos from their camera within the Content Editor.
Users will still be able to choose recorded videos from their YouTube libraries and add them within the Content Editor after launching the Record from Webcam tool. To do so, they should click on the “Browse” tab. YouTube videos already embedded into a content item with the tool are unaffected by this change. This change affects only the Record from Webcam tool in the Content Editor; the YouTube Mashup tool is not affected. Blackboard is investigating additional solutions to address this change.
Workaround #1:
There are still a number of ways to upload video to YouTube for use within the Content Editor.
Windows 8+ Users:
Record video using the Camera Application
Mac OS X Users:
Record video using Photo Booth
iOS and Android Device Users:
Open the YouTube app from your device
Record video
Once uploaded, a video can be selected for embedding into the Blackboard Learn Content Editor with the Record from Webcam tool by clicking the “Browse” tab.
Workaround #2:
Users using the Bb Grader app for iOS are still able to add video feedback when grading because the app does not use the YouTube Webcam Capture feature.
Some administrators may wish to disable the tool entirely to prevent confusion:
Thanks! You beat me to it
We are using Kaltura B2 for this exact reason. As a school we do not have a contract with Google to maintain and support the YouTube Mashup and Video Everywhere tools. Thus they have no obligation to keep their tools working or conform to what schools or Blackboard want them to.
We came to this realization a while back when Video Everywhere and the YouTube mashup tools stopped working after Google changed something on their end and it took quite a while for a fix to come out so that anyone could use these tools again.
Dangers of using Free Tools form 3rd party vendors. What can you do?
David,
How satisfied are you and your users with the Kaltura Building Block? How is their service working for you?
We like it. It works well and had components that allow it to push out versions of the videos that are consumed that have different formats and bit-rates that work best for whatever the end user is using. So if someone is using a mobile device with a bad connection it will compensate and play the "flavor" that best matches what the user is using so they have the best experience with playing back the videos.
Seconded; Kaltura has served us well. We use it in conjunction with Echo 360.
We are using Ensemble Video with a building block and Echo360 as well here at University of Hartford. Both work really well for us.
Bevin
Hi Valerie,
Do you know how to remove this tool from the Content Editor? Also Tier 1 Blackboard Support apparently doesn't have this information.
Katrina
You should be able to just turn off "Browse My YouTube Videos" in Course Tools and then it should no longer appear.
I could see the difference as we had it off in production and on in test in each corresponding content editor areas.
I hope that is what you are looking for.
Cheers,
Toni P.
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We issued a support bulletin last week on this topic. https://blackboard.secure.force.com/apex/btbb_articleview?id=kAA39000000006eGAA