F.A.Q.
- What is Sclipo?
- What are the benefits of Sclipo compared to other educational webs?
- Why join Sclipo?
- What are educational videos?
- Am I allowed to add videos that are not educational?
- What is the maximum file size allowed?
- What video formats do you accept?
- What is the best format for uploading?
- How long will my video take to upload?
- Are videos automatically posted?
- How do videos become featured content?
- How do I make great videos?
- Is Sclipo safe for children?
What is Sclipo?
Sclipo is a social learning network for teaching through video & webcam, and meeting people of common interests. At Sclipo, people and organizations can teach students, friends or customers by uploading educational videos (tutorials, how-tos, lectures, etc.) as well as through live, personalized webcam classes.What are the benefits of Sclipo compared to other educational webs?
At Sclipo you learn through video. Before Sclipo, online learning was text-based. However, real life learning is audio-visual. That’s why people go to school – to see and listen to the teacher. At Sclipo, you can learn from thousands of videos. To make the distance learning experience even more real, Sclipo allows you to take personalized, live classes with other members through our live webcam system called SclipoLive.
At Sclipo you can socialize while learning. Before Sclipo, learning on the web was a one-way experience: you read an educational text, but you could hardly interact with teachers or students. However, real life learning is all about socializing. Sclipo allows you to connect with teachers and students to form relationships based upon common learning interests.
At Sclipo anybody can teach anything (well, almost). Before Sclipo, you had to be accredited to teach stuff with massive demand. At Sclipo, anybody can offer her wisdom – we leave it up to the community to decide what’s good. You can also teach about anything (if legal), regardless of whether you want to reach a million students or just teach your son to wash his shirt.
At Sclipo you can earn a living. Sclipo will be offering many premium features for which teachers can charge their students. For now, you can charge for teaching personalized classes through our live webcam system called SclipoLive. SclipoLive also allows you to easily schedule appointments and even record your classes.Why join Sclipo?
You can watch most educational videos, without joining. However, signing up for free allows you to:
Create your personal profile, called Academy, where you can publish and promote your educational content.
Add educational videos, as many as you want.
Take and receive take personalized, live webcam classes through SclipoLive. All classes are recorded, so you can review them as often as you want.
Make money, by charging for teaching personalized live webcam classes through SclipoLive.
Connect and socialize with other members, by sending messages, commenting, evaluating, etc..What are educational videos?
Sclipo defines 4 types of educational videos.
1. Instructional videos, referring to tutorials, how-to and DIY.
2. Lectures, referring to videos taken of classes and speeches.
3. Informational videos, referring to news, interviews, and documentaries.
4. Demonstrational videos, referring to videos that show how a product or services works.Am I allowed to add videos that are not educational?
Nope, sorry! Sclipo only allows educational content about legal topics as specified in our Terms of Use. Videos that are not educational (see above) will be deleted.
If you find content that is not educational, please flag it. We will review and delete it if necessary.
If your video was correctly uploaded but is no longer on Sclipo, it has been deleted because it was not educational or because you infringed copyrights or other terms of use.
We do our best to notify all members whose videos are deleted.
Please email us any time to support-at-sclipo.com to inquire about your video.What is the maximum file size allowed?
We currently have a maximum file size of 200MB on all submissions.What video formats do you accept?
Sclipo.com accepts video files from most digital cameras and camcorders, and cell phones such as .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG and many others file formats.What is the best format for uploading?
MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at a resolution of 320x240 with an MP3 audio compression works well. If you do this there is less chance of an error taking place when your video is compressed to the FLV format.How long will my video take to upload?
Depending on your connection speed and the size of the video, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to upload a video. Generally, if you have a high-speed Internet connection you can expect the upload to take somewhere between 1-5 minutes for every 1MB. However, the experience is different for every user because of the variation in connection speeds.Are videos automatically posted?
First: Write a brief script of what you want to teach.
Second: Film your video using your digital video-camera or PC webcam or cell-phone. You can also use a screen-cast program, for example if you teach how to use a software program.
Third: Edit your video in an editing program. There are lots of free editing programs like Apple’s iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.
Here some helpful video-tutorials:
How to shoot a video?
How to use CamStudio to record your desktop?
How to record and upload videos with your PC webcam?
How to compress a video file?How do videos become featured content?
Sclipo.com members rate the videos they like, and the featured content is chosen through a combination of number of views, votes and ratings.How do I make great videos?
First: Write a brief script of what you want to teach.
Second: Film your video using your digital video-camera or PC webcam or cell-phone. You can also use a screen-cast program, for example if you teach how to use a software program.
Third: Edit your video in an editing program. There are lots of free editing programs like Apple’s iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.
Here some helpful video-tutorials:
How to shoot a video?
How to use CamStudio to record your desktop?
How to record and upload videos with your PC webcam?
How to compress a video file?Is Sclipo safe for children?
Parents should always monitor how their children use their internet and control the content that they view. Parents should decide which sites their children are allowed to visit and/or post to. The Visuarios Terms of Use state that Sclipo.com is not intended for children under 13 years of age.