An instructor recently contacted me about the option of using a photo-sharing service for her photography class with CE@UP. I don’t have a lot of details about the course and her expectations, but there are a few things to think about that would apply to a number of different situations (roughly in order of importance):
- uploading options
- organization of the content
- storage limits
- bandwidth limits
- view options: full-screen slideshows
- sharing options
- log-in requirements
- visitor requirements
- privacy and permissions
- metadata options
- service reliability
- read the fine-print
- Web 2.0 framework
- service popularity
- licensing options
- statistics
- printing options