Stream on SharePoint offers the same features as Stream Classic with many improvements. However, at this time the ability to add embedded polls to Stream videos is not currently available in Stream on SharePoint. Microsoft has included this feature in their roadmap and has indicated that it is in development. We will update the community re: release date as we know more. Improved auto-transcription is available in Stream on SharePoint.
You can see a full comparison list of features here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/features-new-version-stream#detailed-feature-comparison-to-stream-classic.
No. MyMedia is a separate video hosting service maintained by the University of Toronto Libraries. It will not be impacted by the Stream Classic retirement.
There are many considerations when choosing between OneDrive and SharePoint for your video storage. OneDrive is your personal storage space for the work you do with the University, and SharePoint is generally used when you are working in a group setting with colleagues who all need full access to the same files/recordings. For a full overview of these considerations from an information management perspective, see this page from our SharePoint teamhttps://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/SPLearn/SitePages/Information-Management-and-Office-365.aspx
In Stream Classic, the “group” tab shows you videos sorted into their corresponding Microsoft Teams team/channel. The videos you see here will often be meeting recordings and/or videos where a team has been added as an additional owner. The group tab will not be available in Stream on SharePoint, but your videos will still be associated with the team/channel they were associated with in Stream Classic, and you can group your videos into folders and libraries. If you want to display the videos associated with a specific team/channel with Stream on SharePoint, you have a few options. You can read more here
You could set up a new library in a SharePoint site for your department, or request a new SharePoint site through this form: https://uoft.me/getsite. If you are new to using SharePoint sites, get it touch with our SharePoint support team through their website: https://uoft.me/sharepoint.
Yes, we can assign inherited permissions from Stream Classic
There are a limited number of videos in Stream Classic that have no owner associated with them because the video owner has left the University. In some cases, community members may still require access to an abandoned video: for example, a TA who is no longer with the University may have uploaded a lecture recording that the course instructor still needs to use. If you require access to a video that no longer has an owner, please email stream.support@utoronto.ca for support.
No. If you have custom captions associated with your videos you must download them separately. Please note that this is only necessary for custom captions – you can generate new captions after uploading the video to OneDrive or SharePoint. For instructions on downloading video captions from Stream Classic, see Downloading videos from Stream Classic.
The Stream Migration process is designed to transfer all your videos and associated metadata from Stream Classic to the new Stream. This includes video titles, descriptions, transcripts, captions, comments, likes, views and permissions. For a full list of metadata that will be moved with your videos, please see this overview from Microsoft.
Note: If you are downloading videos manually, this will not automatically download metadata such as captions and video descriptions. You must download these items separately.
The embedded poll feature is not yet available in Stream (on SharePoint). However, it is important to note that you will not lose access to any existing polls after Stream Classic is retired: polls attached to Stream Classic videos will continue to be available via the Microsoft 365 Forms app as they are stored separately. We will update the community if/when this feature becomes available for Stream (on SharePoint). Alternative solutions at this time could include:
- Pasting a link to the poll in the video’s description on Stream Classic.
- Adding a video to a Forms poll using these instructions.
- Creating a SharePoint page to show a video and a poll side-by-side. Please reach out to the University’s SharePoint team via uoft.me/sharepoint for more information.
