Howard County September 3, 2010 Howard County September 3, 2010 Take advantage of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) Hall Davidson Director Discovery Educator Network Graphic: Matt Monjan, Discovery Educator Network Part II Captions

Captions: Open and Closed case

Closed Captions Hidden but there Open Captions There all time Thanks, Matt Monjan! Discovery Educator Network For more on captions, especially on used captioned videos from the media library, check Matt Monjan’s blog at or You must turn on captioning to get closed captioning to display on streaming or downloaded videos. How to do this follows. Opened captioned videos will play without manipulation, but they are rare on the web.

blog.discoveryeducation.com/streaming_a_to_z/ Matt Monjan Silently smiling

blog.discoveryeducation.com/streaming_a_to_z/ Matt Monjan Silently smiling

blog.discoveryeducation.com/streaming_a_to_z/ Matt Monjan Silently smiling

Benefits For individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. For individuals whose native language is not English, language captions improve comprehension and fluency. Captions can also help improve literacy skills for native English speakers. Ultimate digital native writing prompt Thanks, Matt Monjan

What types of video files work with CC ? Windows Media Player files, “.asf”, are fully compatible with CC. These files can be streamed and/or downloaded tp show captions Mac users can install a Windows Media Player ]When downloading videos on a Mac, users should choose the.mov or QuickTime files. Macs will need an application called VLC. It is free. You can download VLC at Thanks, Matt Monjan

Playing close captioning on your computer Note: not all videos are captioned! It is easier on a Windows machine. You turn on captions in the Windows Media Player Mac users can install a Windows Media Player. Macs will also need an application called VLC. It is free. You can download VLC at Thanks, Matt Monjan

Downloading closed captioned video files to play on a PC The captions are in separate files from the video files Download both the video files and the caption files Video files are.asf,.wmv, or other Captioning files are.smi files The two files must be in the same folder for the captions to play, so create a folder for your video and captioned files. When you download, make sure they are in the same folder. Thanks, Matt Monjan

Playing CC videos full screen on a PC Note: this only works on Windows Media Player 10 or higher Thanks, Matt Monjan There are some settings you have to adjust before captioning will play on your PC The images and instructions that follow will walk you through how to do this on your PC Mac instructions follow

Playing CC videos full screen on a PC 1.Open Windows Media Player 2.Click on the word Play in the tool bar and scroll down to Lyrics, Captions, and Subtitles 3.Choose On if Available Note: this only works on Windows Media Player 10 or higher Thanks, Matt Monjan

Playing CC videos full screen 1.Click on the word Tools in the tool bar and choose Options 2.Click on the Security tab 3.Place checkmarks next to:  Run script commands when present  Show local captions when present” (1 st and 4 th boxes) 4.Click on the Apply and OK buttons Thanks to Matt Monjan

Finding videos with closed captioned titles Closed captioned video must have caption files (.smi) with them or they won’t show captions Finding captioned files is part of what must be done to bring this advantage to your class A great place to start is DiscoveryEducationStreaming (formerly known as Unitedstreaming). It is the most used K- 12 web library in the world. Go to for a look and a free trial.

From Discovery Education Streaming – How to Find Closed Captioned Titles Click on the Advanced Search Link Scroll down and place a check in the Include Only Closed Captioned Titles box Thanks, Matt Monjan

Turning CC files on Windows 1.Check the Enable Closed Captioning box in the Media Settings area 2.Set CC as the default in your My Preferences Area Thanks, Matt Monjan

Playing streaming captioned videos on a PC or Mac from inside Discovery Education streaming On both machines, make sure that the Windows Media Player is installed and selected. Then place a checkmark in the Enable Closed Captioning box Thanks, Matt Monjan

Downloading CC videos and CC files on a Mac Make sure that the Enable Closed Captioning box is checked and that the Windows Media Player option is selected. Download the CC file (.smi) Change DE streaming Media Settings to QuickTime Thanks, Matt Monjan

Downloading CC videos and CC Files on a Mac - continued Download the.MOV file Put.mov and.smi file in the same folder To play your video with closed captions, you will need an application called VLC. It is free. You can download VLC at Open VLC and select Open File… from the File menu. Check Load subtitles file: and click Settings… Thanks, Matt Monjan

Downloading CC videos and CC Files on a Mac – last steps! Browse to the.smi file in the folder you created on your desktop, then click OK. Browse to your.mov file in your folder you created on your desktop by clicking the Browse… icon, then click OK. The video should begin playing with closed captions. Thanks, Matt Monjan

Neat Strategy to help students – Manipulating Close Captioned Text Go to folder where the files are downloaded Right-click on the.smi file and open with a text editor like Notepad Change the Font Size to 20 and/or color to red, green, etc.. Change the actual text! “Sharks are top predators This trick is awesome…” Thanks, Matt Monjan

10 pt 30 pt Before and After Shots of the CC Change Thanks, Matt Monjan

CC Text That You Can Change Thanks, Matt Monjan

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Final Note: Are all of Discovery Education videos/segments closed captioned? No, currently about 30% of the basic DE streaming is captioned and 19% of Plus is captioned It breaks down like this: Basic DE streaming = 1,149 full CC videos and 11, 729 CC video clips. Plus = 1,456 full CC videos and 16, 272 video clips

Opening up the Closed Captions 1.To help hearing impaired students 2.To reach visual learners 3.To reach ELL students 4.To enrich a grammar lesson 5.To teach a vocabulary lesson 6.To work on predicting outcomes Why might we want to use CC in the classroom?

Howard County September 3, 2010 Howard County September 3, 2010 Take advantage of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) Hall Davidson Director Discovery Educator Network Graphic: Matt Monjan, Discovery Educator Network Part II Captions Thank you!

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