DPM
With classmates

One list for your whole class.

Nobody has to film every week. One of you keeps the list and publishes it, the others follow along on their phones, and whoever films the next figure sends it in. It works the same for classmates, a practice group or friends who go to the same festivals.

A reel of the basic whip, the first of its three videos: an anonymized clip in which the two dancers are coloured silhouettes A reel of the basic whip, the first of its three videos: an anonymized clip in which the two dancers are coloured silhouettes

How it works

  1. One of you keeps the list

    They publish it and get an 8-character code and a QR code to pass round. Only they can change the list.

  2. The others subscribe

    On the Lists screen, tap Subscribe and type the code or scan it. Each of them gets a live copy that grows every time a figure is added.

  3. Take turns filming

    Agree who records which week. Whoever filmed puts the clip online and sends in the figure with its link, and the keeper adds it for everyone.

Send in the figure you filmed

Once the keeper lets subscribers suggest patterns, you can send one from your copy of the list: its name, type and counts, a description and video links, signed with your name if you like. The keeper can correct it and add it with one tap, or dismiss it.

  • Off until the keeper switches it on, in the list's sharing settings
  • A daily limit, per person or for the whole list, so nobody floods it

A suggestion carries video links, never the files: videos saved on a phone stay there. The next section is how a clip on your phone becomes a link.

A subscriber suggesting a pattern: signed Mia, with two suggestions left today, the Reverse Whip as an intermediate whip of 8 counts A subscriber suggesting a pattern: signed Mia, with two suggestions left today, the Reverse Whip as an intermediate whip of 8 counts
Two suggested patterns waiting in the course list: Mia's Reverse Whip and Jonas's Throwout, each with its type, counts and description, and buttons to review, dismiss or mute Two suggested patterns waiting in the course list: Mia's Reverse Whip and Jonas's Throwout, each with its type, counts and description, and buttons to review, dismiss or mute
The keeper's side: suggestions wait in the list.

From your phone to a link

A published list carries video links, not files. To share a clip you filmed, open it in the figure and tap Put online. DPM hands the video to an app of yours, such as YouTube, where you upload it as unlisted. Then share the video's link back to DPM, or paste it, and DPM puts the link in place of the file. The transcript stays with it.

  • Shorten it to the figure first, and anonymize it if not everyone in it wants to be recognisable
  • Found a good video in the YouTube app? Share it to DPM and add it to a figure
  • YouTube and Vimeo videos, Dropbox links, video files on the web and streams play inside DPM. A link that won't play, such as a Google Drive page, gets a warning

DPM uploads nothing itself. Your own apps do the upload, so the video sits in your account, where you can take it down.

The Anonymize tab: a couple is chosen as who to hide, the two dancers are marked 1 and 2 on a frame of the video, and a button anonymizes the 20 seconds The Anonymize tab: a couple is chosen as who to hide, the two dancers are marked 1 and 2 on a frame of the video, and a button anonymizes the 20 seconds
Anonymize first: tap the dancers, and the phone hides them as silhouettes or covers their faces.

Publish it, or pass a file round

There's a second way that needs no cloud and no video site at all.

A published list

Everyone's copy updates by itself. It's read-only for the subscribers, and the videos are links, so they need to be online somewhere.

If the keeper stops sharing, the cloud copy is deleted right away, and everyone keeps their copy as their own list to edit.

A file passed round

Export the list to a file with your videos inside and send it on. Whoever records the next figure adds it and sends the list on again.

You can mark an export read-only, and imports are checked before anything is written, so a damaged file can't half-overwrite anyone's data.

Questions

Who can see our list?

Anyone who has its code, and with it every video link in it. If that's too open, the keeper can make the list members only: then the code lets people ask to join, and the keeper lets in the ones they know. More on that under As a teacher.

Can I add my own videos to the list I follow?

Not directly, since only the keeper changes it. Suggest the figure with your video's link, or keep your own list alongside for your private clips. Reels can play every list on your phone together.

Do my classmates need an account?

No. Following a list needs only its code. Suggesting a pattern or asking to join gets the phone an anonymous ID; nobody signs up.

What if the keeper leaves the class?

They can export the list and hand it to someone else to publish, or simply stop sharing. Either way, everyone keeps the copy they have.

Read on

On your own

Keep track of your own progress

Every figure from your courses and festivals, with your videos and how they connect.

Read more → As a teacher

Your course material, under your control

Decide who gets in, what your students may add and who can watch your videos.

Read more → As a student

Your teacher's list on your phone

What to expect from a course list, and how to subscribe with a code.

Read more →