Pro's and Con's to DIY. Big on list is reliability and liability. How much time you want to put into it vs turning it over to someone else. Do you want a turnkey solution? The preview to be nearly impossible to download? Are you looking for Learning Management System <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Management_System#LMS_platforms> to accompany your videos? In other words will a student complete these training videos to earn a certificate or some other accreditation?
(*Disclaimer: - One of my friends/business relationships uses "SIMPLY DIGI.COM's service. I do not make any money, points or kudos) They are happy with SimplyDigi's service (used for the training videos and testing for each level of the course completed). Student response has been good to excellent (depends on age). Easy to use and navigate as a newbie. Nothing flashy or fancy. <http://www.simplydigi.com/> <http://www.simplydigi.com/products/lms/index.aspx> "...A Learning Management System LMS / LCMS handles and controls the delivery of self-paced, instructor led, e-learning courses. The LMS lets you publish courses and place them in an easy to use online catalog. Learners log into the LMS with any browser, select courses from the course catalog and take them. The LMS tracks the learners activities, providerships, professional licenses, progress, compliance with course assignments and much more. The LMS provides online reports for each course and learner yet is inexpensive and provides the essential features you need...." We shot a simple/straight forward video intro for each course. Another company produced a Power Point slide show that is the course material. That PPT was transfered to Flash (pause, rewind, take a break and come back later or another day). It is secure, allows for a teaser video and I believe you can customize it to your hearts content to get it to do what you want. They do the billing, you do the billing? Lots of questions. If you just want to password protect the videos to sell, then another one stop solution to look into is Google APPS <http://www.google.com/a/>. You can set up a membership and do some clever stuff with their other offerings (Google Video, Checkout, Picaso, GoogleTalk, Orkut). A while back Amazon had something that looked promising. I cannot for the life remember what it was called (if it had a distinct name) but the obvious advantage was a potentially higher ranking in a web search, a established and secure checkout, and it did provide a preview. It may have been called Amazon Author (for self publishers). If it comes to me I'll post it so that everyone can see it (unless someone knows and can save me now!!) There are a few other sites that also might be of use. Jonny "Platinum" Goldstein uses <http://Operator11.com> and that might work. <http://Blip.tv> or <http://Spinxpress.com> could also be a solution. GoToMeeting is more along the lines of a web conference but (I believe) there is a way to archive/sell video access. <https://www.gotomeeting.com/> Plenty of other ideas will be shared. If you want to know more about how we used Simply Digi contact me off list. D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "blah blah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This might be a common question. I am looking to host some training > videos that we sell to clients. So we need something secure and with > really good quality. The client will login, watch some free videos > with the option of watching paid videos. Can anyone recommend some > video hosting services that would work well for this? > > Thank you. > > - Pandu >
