Online Classroom

[sassafras9]

Hi,

I am going to try to setup an online classroom and could use some help or suggestions.

I would like to setup a site where several people, all on different computers, will be able to watch one teacher and interact with that teacher either by text message or voice audio in realtime. The video must be of respectable quality and not too choppy and have clear sound. As far as logging on, the students would just have a time to go online.

Is this possible? Is there software out there that is ready to use or buy? What would you recommend?

How would you set this up?

Thanks for any posts.

[gorky]

Sounds like just a chatroom and a video feed from a usb webcam. It'd require some fat bandwidth, as multiple computers would constantly be downloading a real-time video and audio feed, which you would have to constantly stream.

If you google search "video conference software", "video broadcast software" and "webcast software" you'll get various results. I believe certain forms of webcasting actually require a license if you're going to make a profit or advertise.

You shouldn't have a lack of software choice, it's hosting it that will be a large hurdle to jump. I'll look into it more, especially the licensing.

-Gorky

[sassafras9]

Thank you.