Stream is the College’s CCAD’s video streaming service.
Create, discover, and share videos securely and leverage search and accessibility tools
To learn about uploading videos see the appropriate section below
Not sure where to start? Visit their Get Started page
For general info on how to use Stream, visit Microsoft’s Stream Docs
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Resources
Upload or download subtitles or captions to your Microsoft Stream video or use Stream’s ability to autogenerate a caption file
Learn how to increase interactivity to your videos by adding a survey, poll, or quiz to a Microsoft Stream video.
Upload a Video
To upload :
Login to office.com with your CCAD email and password. Select Stream from the list of available apps.
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Drag and drop or select files from your computer or device.
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Edit metadata
While your video is uploading and processing, you can fill out metadata for the video to make it easier to find.
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By default your video is viewable to everyone at CCAD. To make your video private to a smaller audience change permissions. |
Details
Title & Description
Fill out the title and description for your video to give your viewers context for the video. In the description field you can add the following to make your video more interactive:
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Note: The title is limited to 100 characters. The description is limited to 4,000 characters.
Video language
Select the language spoken in the video. This will enable a closed caption file for supported languages to be automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will be able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript.
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Thumbnails
Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video after it's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, choose one to represent your video or upload your own custom image.
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Permissions
In the permissions section, you can control who can see your video, who can own and edit it, and which groups and channels it’s displayed in.
See this article for more in-depth information on video permissions.
Allow everyone at CCAD to view this video
When checked everyone in your organization can see the video and is able to add it to their groups and channels. This in effect makes your video available for viewing across the CCAD community. To be able to add a video to a CCAD channel this check box must be checked.
When not checked your video will only be viewable by those people and groups you've made viewers.
Shared with
Use the Shared with drop down to narrow your search scope and pick who you want to share your video with.
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For more information about permissions, see Video permissions.
Options
Comments
If you don't want users to be able to add comments directly on the video player page, set Comments to Off.
Captions
Closed captions are a text version, in the original language, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has a caption set viewers can click the CC button on the player while watching a video to show the captions under the video.
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Subtitles
Subtitles are a text version, translated into different languages, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has one or more subtitles set viewers can enable the the subtitles on the player while watching the video.
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For more information see the subtitle and captions article
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Publish and playback
Once your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting up your video, you can press the Publish now button at the bottom of the upload card. This will make the video available to those you've shared it with as soon as it's done processing. Press the title of the video on the top of the upload card to see the playback page for the video.
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Processing time is based on the length and resolution of your video. You won't be able to play the video until it's done processing. See upload processing details for more information.
Share
Select the Share icon on the bottom of the upload card to copy a link to the video, share on Yammer, or get the embed code for the video. For more inforamtion, see Sharing a video.
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Supported upload formats
See supported file formats for more information on what kinds of videos can be uploaded.
Quotas and limitations
See upload quotas and limitations for more information on video, user, and company limits.
Troubleshooting
For common upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.