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Adding Video Content:
How do I add my video lesson to LearnHub?
Can I add audio only lessons?
What video formats are supported?
What audio formats are supported?
What is the maximum file size allowed for uploading?
How do I reduce the file size (MB) of my video?
My Sorenson 3 Video encoded files wont process…
Will my videos/audio lose quality if I upload to LearnHub?
How long will my video take to upload?
How long does it take for my videos to process?
How do I publish my video lesson to a community or course?
How do I delete a video lesson?
Who can view my video lessons?
How can I share my video lesson with others?

Viewing Video Content:
How do I find video lessons?
I can’t view videos…
Can I comment/rate video lessons I watch?
What do I do if I find an inappropriate video?

First, you need to have your video file on your desktop. Once you have your file ready, adding video lessons to LearnHub is easy. Please follow the below instructions or watch Mrs. Hubfellow’s video:

1. Log in to LearnHub or create an account.
2. Click the Lessons Tab in your personal Workspace.
3. Click the ‘Start a Lesson Video’ button to begin.
4. Title and describe your video.
5. Browse and choose your video file from your Desktop.
6. Click the ‘upload’ button to begin the process. (This may take several minutes.)

Mrs. Hubfellow’s Video Tour:

Yes. You can upload a number of audio files (wav, mp3 for example) with the video application. To upload your audio lesson simply follow the same instructions as you would when uploading a video lesson (see above). Audio plays in the video player with a generic still background image.

Click here for an example of an audio lesson.

• Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
• Digital Video (.dv)
• QuickTime (.mov, .qt)
• MPEG Video (.mpeg, .mpg, .mp4)
• Advanced Streaming Format (.asf)
• Windows Media Video (.wmv)
• Flash Video (.flv)
• Mobile Video (.3gp)

• MPEG (.mp3, .m4a)
• WAVEFORM (.wav)
• Windows Media Audio (.wma)
• QCELP and AMR-NB (.qcp, .amr)
• MOD (.mod)

You can not upload a video or audio file bigger than 300MB. If you try to upload files bigger than 300MB the system will automatically cancel your upload. With the right video codec you can have a 10 minute video under 150MB.

If your video or audio files are over the 300MB limit, you can compress your multimedia using the latest audio or video codec. Compressing video requires Video Editing Software (Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, FinalCutPro) or a 3rd Party Compression Software. A full lesson has been created to help you compress your video or audio here.

Sorenson Video 3 is a very popular QuickTime codec commonly used by software programs. Currently, we are having technical difficulties when processing the Sorenson format to our FLV format. Because of this, your video will hang on the processing screen indefinitely.

To fix this issue you must re-encode your video with a different video codec. I highly recommend the H.264 or MPEG4 compressor. We are working closely with Fliqz to work out this bug and we expect the issue to be resolved soon.

While FLV compressed video retains excellent quality, your large format video (HD for example) will be reduced in size and quality in order for your video lesson to stream seamlessly on the internet. This is an unavoidable aspect of internet video, no matter what website you upload too. We pride ourselves on retaining the highest possible quality while still streaming internet fast and with little to no load time.

[ HD ]                                           [ FLV ]

Depending on your connection speed and the size of the video the time it requires to upload can vary anywhere from several minutes to several hours. Generally, if you are on a high-speed connection the average upload time is about 1-2 minutes for every 3 mb. However, the experience of every user may be different because of various connection speeds.

The file size (MB) of the video plays the largest factor in how long the conversion process requires. On average the estimated encoding times are as follows:

• Less than 5 MB: 5 minutes or less
• Less than 50 MB: 15 minutes or less
• Less than 100 MB: 25 minutes or less
• Less than 200 MB: 50 minutes or less
• More than 200 MB: up to 90 minutes

Another factor that may affect the processing time is the weight of traffic on LearnHub. Generally, this will not play a role in process time.

Once your video lesson has finished uploading, you will be automatically transfered to the video edit screen. There you can preview your lesson, modify your title, description, and tags. You may also publish your lesson from there.

In the “Publishing” widget you will find a drop down box titled “Would you like to share your video?” with the options:

1. No, not yet: Your video will not be published.
2. Yes, privately in one or more courses: Your lesson can be published in courses.
3. Yes, publicly in my Workspace and other areas: Your lesson can be published in communities.

By selecting one of the options, a new box will pop up allowing you to check mark the communities or courses you wish to publish your video lesson in. You may publish your lesson in as many communities as you see fit. But remember, only publish in communities that relate to your lessons subject.

If you decide to completely remove one of your video lessons from LearnHub you can do this by clicking the red x found in your Workspaces video listing. Once you’ve removed your video it’s gone for good. You must upload it again if you change your mind.

I highly recommend unpublishing your lesson from a community or course if you do not wish to delete it. Unpublishing hides your video from the public but does not actually delete it.

Depending on how you publish your video lesson greatly shapes who can, and who can’t view it. If you publish your video lesson publicly to one ore more communities, anyone who joins or browses the community can view your video. As well, your lesson will become visible in global searches. If you publish your video lesson privately to a course, only members who have enrolled in your course may view it.

There are three concrete ways to spread your video lesson to others around the internet:

1. Publish it to related communities: Publishing your lesson to one or more relating communities is the best way to attract members to it. You are directly targeting members who are interested in that subject matter.

2. ShareThis: Clicking the ShareThis link will give you the ability to share your lesson across many social and portal websites including: Facebook, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Digg, and MySpace.

3. E-mail to a Friend: You can share your video lesson with friends not currently registered on LearnHub. By clicking on the ‘E-mail To A Friend’ link allows you to type in your friend(s) name, e-mail address, as well as a personal message. They will receive a message in their inbox with your message and a link to the video.

You can share other members video lessons with your friends as well.

There are two straightforward methods to finding video lessons that interest you. The first is by searching for the community by subject (example: math, science, geography). Once you join the community, you will find a host of lessons, tests, presentations, discussions and videos. You may also use the global search found at the top of any LearnHub page to search keywords.

Community Search

Global Search

In order to view lesson videos on LearnHub you must have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed. It is also required that your web browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc.) is up to date.

Yes. In fact we encourage members to rate and comment on lessons they view. The more you do, the greater affect you have on how well ranked lessons are. If you rate a lesson ‘thumbs up’ you allow the lesson to climb up the ranking list making it more likely someone will want to read the lesson. If you rank a lesson ‘thumbs down’ you help lower the lessons ranking making it less likely someone will read a bad lesson. It is important you rate lessons on how you truly feel.

If you come across a video that you feel is inappropriate, please report it to support@learnhub.com immediately with the video URL. Community staff will remove the video right away.