Discovery Streaming Video

Discovery Streaming Video
A User’s Guide

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Curriculum Standard
Subject
Grade Level
Advanced
Searching Options

Curriculum Standards Search
Select an option from each drop-down menu
Click on standards to break them down into their components
Click on links (underlined standards) to locate videos on those standards

Information includes length, brief description, and copyright date
You can sort by best match, most popular, or recently added
You can click on “Add to My Content” to save
You can view all applicable curriculum standards for the video
You can narrow results by media type, video detail, materials, and service
Results List

Click on title or thumbnail of video
Click on play button in center of video
If desired, download to computer
Larger file sizes are lower on the list and will take up more space and time
To view in fullscreen, click on white rectangle with black center surrounded by four arrows
To return to preview, press ESC key
To Preview

Adjusting Video
Prior to maximizing video, adjust buttons below screen
Use slide to adjust sound
Play, fast forward, rewind, stop and pause are the same as for a VCR or iPod

Allows you to search by subject and grade level simultaneously
Reduces your results to a manageable number
You can simply select subject and grade level or narrow your search further with a topic
You might also want to select “Full Video” to narrow media type
Advanced Search

Other Features
You can share links on social networking sites
If your selected video is a segment of a full video, other segments of the video will appear to the right of the page
You can select any of these items to add to your content
Each page indicates whether or not the content is Closed Captioned