- time
- effort
- expense
- know-how
Time
A webcast makes communicating to stakeholders faster and more efficient.
One of the biggest complaints about making videos is the amount of time required to shoot, edit, and publish nice-looking videos. This webcasting solution uses Wirecast to allow a student-team to seamlessly transition from nicely edited, pre-recorded student or teacher-generated content to a “talking-head”, live announcement feed, and wrap it all in school-centered branding. The videos can be used internally to communicate with students or staff. They can also be posted to the school website, shared in an email blast for the parent community, or recorded and shared at a board meeting.
My webcast studio package saves an enormous amount of time in the editing space. The system uses Wirecast live-editing software to allow students, teachers, or administrators to quickly create school messaging. Wirecast can even be used for live streaming to classrooms and beyond.
Effort
Expense
The cost of entry into video production is lower than ever.
Several years ago, during my time as a “Tech TOSA”, I supervised the installation of an on-campus video broadcast system. The overall cost pushed close to $30,000. Over $20,000 of that was installing a cable network infrastructure. My webcasting solution utilizes free video streaming to the Internet via the existing network. The cost of entry has dropped below $7,000.Where possible, I have purposely priced and selected off-the-shelf, entry-level equipment for this webcasting solution. As a former teacher, I know schools do not have a lot of extra funding.
