Many of us have experienced the poor quality of playing a YouTube video over Zoom. Sync-Video is a tool that might be able to solve some of these issues for you. Sync-Video is an online website that allows you to synchronously watch a video with other people online. As the room creator, you control when the movie is playing, paused, and who is in the room watching.
Pros
- Play/control a video for in-class and remote learners at the same time.
- Works with a number of free video providers online
- Create video playlists to automatically play the next video
- Students can chat about the video with the moderator
- Teacher can control who enters the room
Cons
- Teacher cannot control or disable the chat
- Students can create any name they like when they login
- Adds on the page playing the video
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