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From: Marco Maertens
Date: Nov 24, 2010 10:57AM

Hi John,

The YouTube limit was increased this summer to 15 minutes (see this article http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/youtube-time-limit/), but I recognize that's not long enough to meet your needs. When I worked at a state university a few years ago, the recommendation, which I endorsed, was to keep videos down below 10 mins anyway. This was five years ago, though, and a lot has changed in online video since then. Is it not acceptable for the department to break the video up into 15-minute segments?

-Marco.

Marco Maertens
Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist
Empathy Lab
610-572-2371