Create Direct Links to Articles, eBooks, Videos and More  Tags: persistent_links stable_urls faculty staff  

Open the Discovery Education streaming video database. 

      NEW! If a video link is used within eLearn, the video will open without library's user ID and password

LINK to individual videos or CREATE a video list
        (in "My Content") to use throughout a semester:

LINK to Individual Videos

1. Select the video or video segment you want your students to access.
2. Right click on the title and "Copy Shortcut" or "Copy Link Location."
   
   Your link will look similar to the one below.  It may subsitute ".com/player.cfm?guidAssetID="
   http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=88FCD751-614A-40BD-85BA-B0805A7B63AB&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US#
   

   You are FINISHED!  No prefix needed!

CREATE a List of Videos

You may prefer to create a list of videos to which you will refer students during the semester.

1. Create a user account or simply add to "My Content" anonymously.
2. Open "My Content" (right side of screen)
3. Select "Add Folder" and save in "My Content (Global)."  Proceed as instructed.
   or simply select a video and below the segment list (#1 below), "Add selected items to 'My Content.'"
   
   Create a new folder (#2) if needed or add to an existing one.
   Feel free to create a folder for each course.
   
   

Download the Video

Note: CDE requests that we LINK to a video within eLearn! 
         Okay to download video to a classroom or office PC for a semester.

1. Right-click on the download icon and choose "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As" depending on your Internet Browser.
   
   
   
   
2. Download as Windows Media (for eLearn) by selecting the file type from the drop down below the video player.
   If hyperlinking within a PowerPoint presentation or Microsoft Word document, be sure to save the download within the same folder as the presentation or document.  In PowerPoint, test the link within "Side Show" mode.

Closed Captioning
Many videos are available with closed captioning (Windows Media Player only).

To activate closed captioning, click on the Closed Captioning icon at the bottom of each individual box for a segment or video.

To download videos with closed captioning:

1. First download the video following the above instructions. 
2. Next click on the closed captioning icon next to the video to download the closed captioned file.
   
   Important! This file must reside in the same directory as the video and the filename (before the .smi extension) must be identical to the video filename.

LINK indefinitely to video.

DOWNLOAD video for a semester only.

"Copies must be deleted or erased after use or expiration of the Term, whichever occurs first."

Read the full Terms of Use.

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Guide Author: Sandra Williford

Last Update: Summer 2010