Low Bandwidth Issues and Solutions
- Living document for tips on how to teach in low bandwidth environments: https://go.wisc.edu/39vg6p
- If you have a Windows workstation in your office and want to connect to it remotely, see this “how to” from the CS lab: https://csl.cs.wisc.edu/services/remote-access/windows-remote-desktop-howto . It might be easier to move large video files around from there, than from a home, if your home internet is slow.
- Kaltura is experiencing long processing wait times to upload videos until they are accessible, due to current very heavy usage. We suggest using different methods to record & share your content. DoIT recommends to use Kaltura *only* for recordings that truly require capturing what’s on the screen, and that are short (5-10 min videos). Also, viewing content saved/uploaded directly on Canvas may eventually become congested and slow to access as well (this is not an issue yet). See alternatives below, for non-Kaltura recording and uploading.
- Upload videos to Box or Google drive, and then embedded into Canvas. How to, using Box: https://kb.wisc.edu/84747
- PowerPoint with audio narration (you get PowerPoint from campus: https://kb.wisc.edu/43841). on Windows: https://blendedtoolkit.wisc.edu/develop/creating-narrated-presentations-with-powerpoint-for-windows, and on Mac OS: https://blendedtoolkit.wisc.edu/develop/creating-narrated-presentations-with-powerpoint-for-mac/ . Make sure you export/save as a video. If you upload them as a PowerPoint on Canvas, the audio would be missing.
- Record lecture using the built-in feature in BB Collaborate. You can share the recordings with your students later.
- Mac screen recording via QuickTime: https://support.apple.com/guide/quicktime-player/record-your-screen-qtp97b08e666/mac
- Windows screen recording via the xbox app in Windows 10 or with VLC media player in later versions: https://techviral.net/record-screen-in-windows-10-without-any-software/