United Streaming Video

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United Streaming Video
This tutorial will show you how to search and
save your videos. You will also learn how to
save and organize your video favorites into a
Playlist. It will also show you how to burn your
saved videos (and other files) to a CD as well as
how to view your videos in the Windows Media
Player or PowerPoint.
Go to www.unitedstreaming.com First time users
will be issued a New User Passcode to gain access
to the site. From there, the user will fill out
an online registration form and choose a user
name and password. After the account has been
set, the Existing User Log In will be used to
gain access to the site.
Index Terms Page 2 Searching for
Videos Page 3 Playlist..
Page 5 Downloading. Page 7 Save
Your Video.. Page 8 Burn a
CD. Page 9 At Home.
Page 10 Play Your Video.. Page 11
United StreamingMay 16, 2005Sherry
MurphyRenfro School
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United Streaming - Terms
LogIn - A user must log in to the United
Streaming web site to access their school
account. This is a subscription web site. Search
- Search for videos on the United Streaming web
site Network Manager - On the United Streaming
web site, all videos which have been downloaded
or scheduled for download are listed here. The
actual videos are downloaded to the G drive on
the schools server. These videos will be
automatically deleted from the school server
after 14 days. Playlist - On the United
Streaming web site, this is your personal list of
favorite videos. There are no actual videos on
the Playlist. It works just like Favorites on
the Internet but is not stored on the hard drive
of the computer. Your Playlist is stored on the
United Streaming web site under your user name
and can be viewed on any computer when you log
in. Stream - Videos can be viewed directly
through the Internet without download. Streaming
videos works like streaming music through the
Internet. The video is playable while
downloading but will stop playing periodically
until the download is complete. This is not
available at school due to time restrictions (9
am - 3 pm) and amount of volume of the schools
server. Download - All videos must be
downloaded from the United Streaming web site
before viewing. No downloading may occur from
the web site while at school between 9 am and 3
pm due to high volume network traffic. There are
no restrictions downloading to a home PC. Burn
a CD - To permanently save videos and other
files, they must be burned to a CD. A computer
must be equipped with a CD or DVD burner and
software installed such as Roxio CD Creator. Jump
Drive - A jump drive or keydrive is a small
removable data storage device that uses flash
memory and a USB connector. Depending on the
manufacturer, this drive will hold up to two
gigabytes of information. The jump drive would
be an excellent storage device for videos.
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United Streaming - Search

• Search for videos by Keyword, Subject, Grade,
  Topic, or Curriculum Standard. Type in your
  search word(s) and click (go).
• Search Learning Tools.
• Teacher Feature contains Teacher Resources,
  Student Activities and Video Clips for different
  themes. Click on the Archived Teacher Features
  for a complete list.
• Calendar has videos and activities for any day
  based on the historical events of that calendar
  date.
• Image Library - Search for images organized by
  subject. Images may be used in PowerPoint or
  other presentations.
• Quiz Center - Create your own quiz or Search for
  existing quizzes which are used with and linked
  to videos.
• Newsletter - An online link to whats new at
  United Streaming.
• Clip Art Gallery - Free clip art organized by
  category.
• Writing Prompts - Currently 50 writing prompts
  with images are on the web site.

Note Click to return to main
Search screen to make other selections in Search
and Learning Tools rather than use the BACK
button on your computer.
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United Streaming - Search Results
The results of a video search are displayed as
available Videos, Clips and Images. Other
resources which may be associated with videos
include Blackline Masters, Teachers Guides, and
Curriculum Guides. (All of these resources may be
printed, saved to a users home directory, jump
drive or saved for burning to a CD without
downloading.) Click on the video name or other
hyperlink text.
A video is available complete or broken down into
segments. It may be advantageous to download
the individual clips when teaching a subject.
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1. Stream - Do not use this button at school
between 9 am and 3 pm. 2. Download - Do not use
this button at school between 9 am and 3 pm.
Home use is unrestricted. 3. Download by Network
Manager - Use this button to have your video
downloaded at night. 4. Add to Playlist. Use
this button to add the video to your Playlist.
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United Streaming - Playlist(This does not
download the video, but saves it as a favorite
under your United Streaming login.)
Once you save a video in your Playlist on the
United Streaming web site, it will never be
deleted. The video itself is not downloaded but
tagged as a Favorite so that you can download it
for use at any time. To use, click on the a
to add a video to your Playlist.
Choose an existing Playlist or create a new
Playlist. Click Select Playlist.
You will see this screen. From here, go back to
choosing videos and images or view your Playlist.
When viewing the Playlist, you can click the ?
for downloading later or remove it from your
Playlist by clicking the r. If you click to
download at night, you will automatically be
taken back to the main Playlist screen.
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Playlist - Editing
On the main Playlist screen, choose Edit for more
options.
The Playlist Edit Menu Check out the options!You
can share a great video with other teachers in
your school or the entire district! Click in the
appropriate areas and then click the Edit
Playlist button to save your updates. If you
chose to share your playlist, a new tab will
appear at the top which reads, School Playlists
All teachers in your school will now have access
to this School Playlist.
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Downloading Videos from your Playlist
Remember, you still have to click the ? for
your video to be downloaded at night. Once the
download has been successful, the ? will be
changed to a ?
Right click on the ? and choose Save Target
As. Choose the location to save your video. If
you are planning on burning a copy right away,
choose Desktop. Once the video is saved to your
Desktop, you can rename the video to something
more easily recognizable. If you want to store a
number of videos and/or files on a Jump Drive,
locate the Jump Drive in My Computer and save the
file there.
TipTo rename a video, right click on the video
and choose Rename. Simply type in your desired
name!
Important!If you restart your computer before
you burn your CD, the video will disappear from
your desktop due to Deep Freeze.
Original VideoName
NewVideoName
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Save Your Video At School From Network Manager
After logging in to United Streaming, click on
Network Manager. You will see a list of all
videos downloaded (or set to download) from the
entire school. Click on your video title. If
your video has a green checkmark in the box, it
was successfully downloaded to the server.
Right click on the (d) or the ? and choose
Save Target As Save the video on the Desktop
for easy retrieval . The videos name will
consist of letters and numbers. Do not change
the name of the video until it is on your
Desktop! If you want to rename your video to a
more easily recognizable name, right click on the
video and choose Rename. Type in your new
name. Note If the original video name has an
extension such as .xyz, make sure you include
that at the end of your new video name.
Important!If you restart your computer before
you burn your CD, the video will disappear from
your desktop due to Deep Freeze.
Video downloaded to desktop.
Video Renamed
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Burning a CD
To burn your video(s) to a CD, open Roxio Easy
CD Creator 5. (Start/Programs/Roxio Easy CD
Creator 5/Applications/Easy CD Creator)Use
CD-Rs for one time burning. CD-RWs will allow
you to add to or delete files from the CD. This
would be the preferred method although the
CD-RWs are initially more expensive than the
CD-Rs.
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1. Locate and highlight your saved video(s).
2. Click Add or drag your video(s) to this
section. 3. Notice how much space you have on a
CD. You can add many videos, or add all the
files needed for your unit. (blackline masters,
PowerPoint's, images. Etc.) 4. Click the red
Record button to begin recording your CD.
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NOTE After you have finished recording your CD,
you will be asked if you want to save the layout
to the C drive. Click NO. Saving your videos
anywhere but on a CD (or Jump Drive) will defeat
the purpose of saving space on our servers.
Downloading and Saving Videos On Your Home
Computer
When you log in to United Streaming from home,
the web site will appear the same as it does at
school. You will be able to add to your Playlist
a and choose videos to download at night to the
school server via Network Manager ?. The only
thing you wont be able to do is quickly retrieve
your videos that have been downloaded to the
Network Manager. These videos reside on the
schools server which you do not have access to
from home. There are no restrictions on
Streaming s or Downloading d the videos from
your home. Please remember that if you have a
dial-up Internet provider, your download could
take HOURS! Download the video(s) to your desktop
or wherever you want to save them. Remember that
they take up space on your hard drive so it would
be a good idea to burn them to a CD and then
delete them off of your computer as soon as you
can. To burn CDs at home, follow the
instructions on your own CD burner (if you have
one). You can also save your videos, etc. on a
Jump Drive. This is a small portable drive that
connects to your computer using a USB port. (If
you have an older computer, you may not have this
capability.) Saving to a Jump Drive is just like
saving to a floppy or hard drive. It will show
up as another drive in My Computer.
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Play Your Video
There are two ways to view your videos using the
Media Player on your computer or inserting the
video in a PowerPoint presentation.
Windows Media Player
Open Windows Media Player. (Start/Programs/Accesso
ries/Entertainment/Windows Media Player) Go to
File/Open and locate the video. (CD ROM,
etc.) Click Open. The video should automatically
play. If you go to View on the Menu bar of the
Media Player, you can choose Full Screen. (To
exit Full Screen, hit the ESC key.)
PowerPoint
To show your video using PowerPoint, go to
Insert/Movies and Sounds/Movie from File. Locate
your video and choose Insert. The video is small
but can be resized by clicking in it to see the
little white formatting boxes and dragging the
corners outward. Remember that the larger the
video, the fuzzier it becomes. To watch your
video, double click on the black video screen.
Or go to Slide Show/View Show. Click on the
video to start it. An advantage here is that you
can click on the video to pause it for a
teachable moment. IMPORTANT! If you want to
burn (save) your PowerPoint to a CD, make sure
you add the actual video into the CD layout along
with your PowerPoint. PowerPoint presentations
do not contain the video but a link to the video.
TIPTo make the background black on the slide, go
to Format, Background and click on the arrow for
colors. Then click Apply.
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In Conclusion...
Remember that videos take up lots of space on our
server and/or computer. Having the server full
makes it run slower. The same goes for the
computers. Anyone using an old IBM knows that
means a virtual crawl! That is why it is
important to store the videos on CDs or Jump
Drives and delete them from your computer. The
benefits of using the United Streaming videos and
related teacher materials in your units far
outweigh the time you spend searching and
saving. Not only will you have quality videos to
utilize, images, correlation to state standards,
blackline masters and teachers guides are at your
fingertips to make your lesson a powerful
learning experience. As always, your CSS will be
available to help you get started!
Enjoy!!!!!