How Do I get a Video Posted on ED.gov?

The Development Services Team (DST) offers assistance with preparing video files.
If you have video that you would like posted to the ED.gov Video Server, you must provide the following to the DST:

• The tape (VHS, DV or Mini DV) or original video file (AVI). Videos cannot be longer than 20 minutes; however, exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis.
• Text Transcript (can be in Word or Notepad format)
• Start Time and End Time. A video clip to be extracted from a longer video clip requires a Start time and End Time. (Ex: Start at 5:02:02, "Welcome to our training session" End: 25:05:00, "This concludes our session.")

Guidelines:

Please note: If you have a video prepared by someone other than the DST, you are responsible for ensuring that the video and associated files follow these guidelines so that it can be posted on the ED.gov Video Server.

• All video files must be streamed. AVI files will not be posted to the ED.gov video server for two reasons. AVI files are very large (can be more than one megabyte per second of video) and they cannot be streamed; the entire file is downloaded to the user’s machine before they can view it.
• The ED.gov video server supports Real Media video files. Videos must be compatible with Helix Universal Server version 9.02 (Real).
• Video files must be compatible with RealOne Enterprise Player.
• SureStream technology should be used to encode Real audio and video for multiple target audiences. 28K Dial-up, 56K Dial-up, 150K LAN and 256K DSL or Cable should be selected. To avoid excessive file size, no other encodings should be selected.
• Videos shall not be longer than 20 minutes in length. Because we are posting an increased number of videos, we must limit videos to 20 minutes in order to conserve server space; however, exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis.
• Videos must have captioning synchronized with the video. Section 508 requirements state: “Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.” The captioning provided must be the “verbatim” transcript of spoken words. Synchronized captioning can be accomplished by using Synchronized Multimedia Integrated Language (SMIL) to combine both video (with audio) and captioning.

For information on using SMIL, visit the RealNetworks website at: http://www.realnetworks.com/resources/samples/smil.html