Platform to stream and record classes for free?

Question

Hi! I'm a high school student. Schools in our country have just been closed and I and my classmates (not the whole school, just under 35 people) would like to attend classes online.The only thing we need is a FREE service to stream and record classes (we can store then on Google Drive). It would also be great if it was like a conference call so that we can talk but a live chat is enough.Our school doesn't have a G Suite account and I'm not sure if we can create a throwaway account. Getting our headmaster's approval might take days or weeks as they're not really into tech, so there's might be now way to create an official school account. Every day counts as we have our final exams in May.Which platform would you recommend?

tech234a · Accepted Answer

While I have not had experience with using these products for classes, you do have a few options that I can think of that are available for free.
- Discord Go Live streams were just increased from 10 to 50 participants. I don’t know if there is any way to record those.
- Twitch. One-way streams with chat. Note that stream recording must be turned on in your account settings, and I believe that recordings are only kept for seven days in most cases, but can be exported to a YouTube channel.
- Skype. These can be recorded.
- YouTube live streams may also be useful for one-way streaming with chat. Streams can easily be hosted from the YouTube mobile app (phone number verification might be required).
Good luck with your classes!