Set up a live feed project idea - Possible? Requirements?

[Jmods17]

Hi,

Im a teacher and at school we have started a gardening project. Students have planted vegetables in some pots outdoors in the playground.

They are also running a blogger site to share pictures and write posts about the garden project.

I had an idea if setting up a webcam to live stream the plants.....now Im not sure about it...would it be a good idea?

If so, is it possible to do? What hardware would be needed and how would I go about setting this up?

We have wifi across the whole school, we are a google apps for education school and a 1:1 ipad school.

Please as much info as possible - Also if this is the wrong place, please tell me where I should post!

Thanks!

 

[Ralston18]

Here are a couple of nice "starter" links explaining the overall concept.

http://www.camsecure.co.uk/WebcamHosting.html

and

http://www.howtogeek.com/221623/how-to-set-up-a-camera-to-monitor-your-home-when-you%E2%80%99re-away/

The overall key being getting your webcam's output to your webpage. You will need some help with the necessary HTML code as mentioned in the link.

E.g.: https://www.kirupa.com/html5/accessing_your_webcam_in_html5.htm

(Some code is provided.)

Also look into iCAM.

Technically should be fairly straightforward once the pieces are in place.

However, please remember the privacy laws, security, etc.. You do not want to be sending out or otherwise making images of students and staff publicly available. Intentionally or accidently....

Check on the rules and restrictions with respect to your school. And your network security requirements.