A Video Solution for Online Learning

Many schools and universities have canceled classes to prioritize health concerns. While some districts have pre-existing infrastructures to support online learning, some schools are left wondering how they can effectively educate and interact with their students when classes aren’t meeting in person. Sometimes, it’s not enough to add a voiceover to a slidedeck. Certain class material requires discussion and demonstration. Live video conferencing can recreate the classroom environment online.

SchoolTube is a K12-focused video hosting platform designed for sharing teacher and student-produced content. Teachers can use SchoolTube to record lesson videos, create channels and playlists for their classes, turn any video into a quiz, and now SchoolTube offers a turnkey distance learning system called Virtual Classroom.

Live Video Conferencing for Schools

Virtual Classroom is a distance learning solution, fully integrated into SchoolTube offering a suite of web-based tools that enable a teacher to invite students into a virtual classroom for lectures, demonstrations, two-way discussions, 1-on-1 tutoring and more. Teachers invite students through a URL unique to their account, which can be password protected if desired.

Unlike Zoom or other web-based conferencing solutions, Virtual Classroom is specifically designed for teachers. Virtual Classroom enables teachers to collect, store and organize lesson materials on the platform, including slides, documents, and videos that can be presented to students with a click. This allows teachers to pull resources together for a class and present them seamlessly. SchoolTube offers plans that can accommodate up to 500 participants per account. 

Classes can be recorded and automatically saved to the teacher’s SchoolTube channel where students can reference it later to learn at their own pace.

Virtual Classroom features:

• Live video, audio and desktop sharing

• Session recording

• URL-based join link, with optional password protection

• Integration with SchoolTube channels

• Integration with YouTube video play

• Participant camera feeds 

• Stored playlists: videos, slides, documents

• Quiz tool - poll students, create live quizzes

• Quick link for inviting students and participants 

• Annotation tools (markers, arrows, whiteboard) 

Sharing Pre-Recorded Lessons

Due to time restrictions or class material, a simple solution is to pre-record your lessons and post them online so students can work at their own pace. SchoolTube offers a suite of FREE tools for recording videos, creating video quizzes, and sharing videos through channels, and playlists. Once a video is recorded, it can be shared on a SchoolTube channel where students can watch and learn at their own pace. You can secure permissions so only your students can access and comment. SchoolTube’s basic service can be implemented FREE supported by school-appropriate ads and sponsors. SchoolTube also offers ad-free plans for the teacher, school and district levels. 

SchoolTube features:

• Create unlimited personalized channels

• Upload unlimited videos

• Create public or private sharing environments

• Embed comments or a full quiz into video productions

• Record screen, audio and camera images right from your desktop

• Safely share YouTube videos through your SchoolTube account

• Viewership analytics on your channel and videos 

• SchoolTube can be deployed as a free service, supported by school-appropriate ads and sponsors or under an ad-free (paid) program available at the teacher, school and district levels.