[Academic] Important: Zoom videos being deleted

[Paul McKenna]

Dear Brian, All,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'll raise it with the Faculty.

Best wishes,

Paul



On 01/12/2020 15:14, Brian wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> I agree. I suspect this is to save storage costs on the Zoom servers.
>
> As this is coming from the University, and will have been decided at a 
> high level I suspect, I think any such request should come from an 
> organised response from several HoD's, Deans etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
> On 01/12/2020 15:05, Stefan Kuhr wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian (now cc all),
>>
>> Thanks - I also strongly think they should be kept. This causes 
>> unnecessary work for almost every academic, and we have better things 
>> to do than copying gigabytes of video lectures.
>>
>> Can you not enquire if it is possible to install a “keep” option, so 
>> we can tag those lectures that should definitely not be deleted, 
>> whilst they just delete all the other ones, in case they need to free 
>> up some storage space.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> *From:*Academic <academic-bounces at phys.strath.ac.uk> *On Behalf Of *Brian
>> *Sent:* 01 December 2020 14:35
>> *To:* academic at phys.strath.ac.uk; Paul Edwards 
>> <paul.edwards at strath.ac.uk>; Bernhard Ersfeld 
>> <bernhard.ersfeld at strath.ac.uk>; Jochen Bruckbauer 
>> <jochen.bruckbauer at strath.ac.uk>; Jonathan Pritchard 
>> <jonathan.pritchard at strath.ac.uk>; Robert Cameron 
>> <robert.p.cameron at strath.ac.uk>
>> *Subject:* [Academic] Important: Zoom videos being deleted
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The University have just announced they are *deleting all video 
>> recording from Zoom from 15 Jan*.:
>>
>> https://universityofstrathclyde.newsweaver.com/cvg4pnmkid/1cx7f6jmkbu1qp7xbycweq?email=true&lang=en&a=2&p=58313374&t=31139365 
>> <https://universityofstrathclyde.newsweaver.com/cvg4pnmkid/1cx7f6jmkbu1qp7xbycweq?email=true&lang=en&a=2&p=58313374&t=31139365>
>>
>> "/If staff have teaching recordings still hosted on Zoom which are 
>> linked from Myplace, these should be downloaded and transferred to 
>> Microsoft Stream immediately./"
>>
>> Instructions on how to do this are given in the above link.
>>
>> That'll keep the servers busy...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>> -- 
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>> Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
>> Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
>> University of Strathclyde
>> 107 Rottenrow East
>> Glasgow, G4 0NG
>> Scotland
>> Tel:    0141 548 4727
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> University of Strathclyde
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