Video Tools and Techniques for Educators (Rev. 5):

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• Video Tools and Techniques for Educators (Rev.
  5)
• (Including edTPA Video
• Preparation)

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Warning 1
Before you start editing your videos, (1) make
copies of all your clips, (2) put the original
masters in a safe place, and (3) only edit the
copies (and never the originals). Then, even if
a mistake or accident does occur, your original
videos will still be safe.
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Warning 2
Each video clip you upload to the edTPA video web
site should cover a continuous span of time with
absolutely no breaks or insertions anywhere in
the video.
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Warning 3
Be sure to check your work both while you are
editing your video(s) and after you have uploaded
them to the edTPA video web site. For your
particular program of study, check to make sure
(1) you have the correct number of clips, (2)
your clip(s) are the right length, (3) your
clip(s) contain the proper content, (4) your
clip(s) are in one of the allowable file formats,
and (5) your clip(s) can be properly viewed on
both the PC and Mac platforms after they have
been uploaded to the edTPA video web site.
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Things to Check Before YouShoot Your Video(s)

• Before recording your lesson(s), make a short
  test recording. Then, play it back to make sure
  everything is working/set up properly.

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• Is the camera battery is sufficiently charged to
  record for the duration of the lesson(s)?

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• Is there sufficient tape/disc space/memory to
  record the lesson(s)?

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• Does the camera have adequate mechanical support
  to avoid annoying hand-held shake? (Please use a
  tripod, if possible.)

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• Is the camera oriented properly (i.e., landscape
  vs portrait mode)?

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If you plan to shoot your videos with a
smartphone or tablet, be sure to shoot in
landscape (rather than portrait) mode to avoid
problems with incorrect orientation when the
clips are uploaded to the web and viewed by
others.
Those who use an iPad, iPod, or iPhone to shoot
their videos should hold the device so that the
Home button is on the right and the Up/Down
Volume buttons are facing downward.
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• Is the camera zoomed in/out sufficiently to place
  all important subjects in the frame (and hide
  those individuals who do not have permission to
  be in the video(s))?

zoom
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• Are all subjects properly illuminated (neither
  too dark nor too light)?

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• Is the teachers voice (as well as the voices of
  his/her students) loud/clear enough to be readily
  heard against the background of normal
  environmental sounds?

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Criteria for the selection of thevideo tool(s)
we will be using

• The following six criteria were used during the
  software selection process to help identify the
  right tool(s) for the job.

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• The tool(s) must provide basic information about
  video files that will enable the user to make
  informed technical decisions.

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• The tool(s) must enable the display, cutting,
  trimming, joining, rotation, conversion, and/or
  compression of a wide array of video file types
  encountered by pre-service and practicing
  educators.

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• The tool(s) must be available on both PC and Mac
  platforms.

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• The tool(s) must cost nothing to use (i.e.,
  freeware, public domain software, etc.).

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• The tool(s) must be relatively easy to use for
  persons with a limited technical background.

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• The tool(s) must be accessible to visually
  impaired individuals with low (or no) vision
  through the use of a keyboard-only interface
  (i.e., without a mouse).

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• Based on the selection criteria, MPEG
  Streamclip is the logical choice for educators
  seeking a rudimentary video editing tool. It is
  a powerful, yet easy-to-use, program that opens,
  displays, converts many different video file
  types and offers editing capabilities that
  include cutting, trimming, and joining of video
  clips.

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Where to obtain MPEG Streamclipfor use on your
own PC or Mac

• Please go to the following URLhttp//www.squared
  5.com/

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For Windows users Please click on the link
entitled MPEG Streamclip for Windows. Then,
under the Free download, Windows version heading,
click on the downward-pointing arrow to the right
of Download MPEG Streamclip 1.2 for Windows to
download the latest (stable) version of the
program. (Do not download the beta version.)
Please carefully follow all instructions on the
download page.
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For Mac OSX users Please click on the link
entitled MPEG Streamclip for Mac. Then, under
the Free download, Mac OSX version heading, click
on the downward-pointing arrow to the right of
Download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 for Mac OSX to
download the latest (stable) version of the
program. (Do not download the beta version.)
Please carefully follow all instructions on the
download page.
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• Since it would be unrealistic to expect any video
  editor to be able to open every conceivable video
  file type, it would be wise to avail ourselves of
  at least one of the many utilities capable of
  converting problematic videos into a format that
  can be readily accessed by MPEG Streamclip. A
  prime example of such a program is WinFF.

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Where to obtain WinFF for use on yourown PC(no
Mac version available)

• Please go to the following URLhttp//winff.org/h
  tml_new/index.html

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For Windows users (only) Please click on the
Downloads button near the top of the page. Then,
under the Microsoft Windows (All Supported
Versions) heading, click on the first option
listed (i.e., the option whose name begins with
WinFF, followed by a version number, and then the
phrase Windows Installer (all windows versions)).
After the download is complete, double-click on
the file to begin the installation process.
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Everything we see on a computer (or TV) screen is
composed of tiny picture elements called
pixels.
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Whether were talking about text or (still or
moving) images, they are all comprised of a
pattern of pixels (that vary in both color and
intensity).
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Each pixel, in turn, is often made up of a series
of different colored sub-pixels which, when
viewed from a distance, determine the overall
color of the pixel.
Red sub-pixels turned on, and green and blue
sub-pixels turned off
Blue sub-pixels turned on, and red and green
sub-pixels turned off
Green sub-pixels turned on, and red and blue
sub-pixels turned off
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Color depth is a measure of how many different
colors a pixel can have.
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Color depth2 (a.k.a. 1 bit color) (0 to 1)
Black White
Amber White
Green White
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Color depth16 (a.k.a. 4 bit color) (0000 to
1111)
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Color depth64 (a.k.a. 6 bit color) (000000
to 111111)
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Color depth256 (a.k.a. 8 bit
color) (00000000 to 11111111)
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Color depth 16,777,216 (a.k.a. 24 bit
color) (000000000000000000000000 to
111111111111111111111111)
Even if each pixel in this image represented a
different color, the total number of pixels would
still equal only a small portion of all
16,777,216 colors that are available.
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Comparing image quality fordifferent color
depths
1 bit color(where each pixel can have 1 of 2
possible colors)
4 bit color(where each pixel can have 1 of 16
possible colors)
24 bit color(where each pixel can have 1 of
16,777,216 possible colors)
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Resolution tells us how wide and how tall an
image is. It can be expressed as
followsResolution Width (in pixels) X Height
(in pixels)
Normally, when expressing resolution, the width
and height are not actually multiplied together.
Instead, both the width and height are expressed
(e.g., 16X16, 640X480, 1920X1080, etc.).
However, if we were to actually multiply the
width by the height, we would get the total
number of pixels in the image.
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This (magnified) image is 40 pixels wide and 30
pixels tall. We say its resolution is 40x30.
(Since 40 X 30 1,200, thats how many pixels
are in the image.)
30 pixels tall
40 pixels wide
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Comparing the relative resolutionsof common
video sources
VCD--(Resolution352X240)

• Flip Video F260B digital camcorder--(Resolution64
  0X480)

DVD and older Mini DV camcorders--(Resolution720X
480)
iPad 2/iPhone 4/iPod Touch 4 and Flip
UltraHD/Flip MinoHD video camera--(Resolution1280
X720)
Blu-Ray--(Resolution1920X1080)
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Aspect ratio is the ratio between the width of
an imange and its height. It can be expressed as
followsAspect ratio Width (in pixels)
Height (in pixels)
Since most computer images are wider than they
are tall, aspect ratios greater than 1 are quite
common. Aspect ratio may either be expressed as
a fraction (e.g., 4/3, 16/9, etc.) or as a ratio
(e.g., 1.331, 1.781, 169, etc.).
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This (magnified) image is 40 pixels wide and 30
pixels tall. We can express its aspect ratio as
40/30 (usually reduced to 4/3) or 1.331 (or
simply 1.33).
30 pixels tall
40 pixels wide
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Comparing different aspect ratios
Frame from a classic TV show from the
1960s Aspect ratio1.331 (or 43)
Frame from a modern motion picture from
2009 Aspect ratio2.401
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When a sequence of still images is presented to
the eye in rapid succession, the illusion Of
motion is produced.
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Since this video has 16 frames displayed each
second, its frame rate is 16fps.
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Some sample frame rates

• 35mm film-based motion pictures24 (perhaps 48fps
  in the future)
• Old school (analog) TV standards
• NTSC (used in North America and Japan)29.97fps
  (often rounded to 30fps)
• PAL (used in Western Europe and Australia)25fps
• SECAM (used in Russia and parts of Africa/Middle
  East)25fps
• Modern ATSC (digital) TV standard (used in North
  America)24, 30, or 60fps
• Modern computer videocan vary, but often 30fps
  in US
• Video games30 or 60fps (and sometimes even
  higher)

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MPEG Streamclip uses the following timecode
notation

• 00000,00

Hours
Seconds
Frames
Minutes
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The higher the quality of video in a video file,
the larger its file size will be.
F R A M E R A T E
R E S O L U T I O N
C O L O R D E P T H
Video Quality
File Size
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Less complex audio waveform of a pure tone
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More complex audio waveform of the spoken word
noodle
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Just as images on a (modern) computer or TV
screen can be broken down into tiny pixels that
can be stored as a string of digits, sound can
also be broken down into miniscule samples that
can be represented by a number.

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Analog Signal
Digital Signal
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Sampling rate refers to the number of times
(each second) that a sample is taken of an audio
signal. The higher the sampling rate, the better
the sound quality (and the larger the file size).
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INCREASING SAMPLING RATE
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Bit depth refers to the number of bits (binary
digits) that are used to represent all possible
values of the amplitude (strength) of an audio
signal each time a sample is taken. The greater
the bit depth, the better the sound quality (and
the larger the file size).
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INCREASING BIT DEPTH
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The higher the quality of audio in a video file,
the larger its file size will be.
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BIT DEPTH
SAMPL ING RATE
Audio Quality
File Size
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Some video file formats employ compression to
reduce file size while still maintaining high
playback quality.
Original Video File
Compressed File
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Lossless compression offers a moderate
reduction in file size with absolutely no loss of
information.
Original Video File
Decompressed Video File
Lossless Video Compression
Video Decompression
Compressed File
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Squeezing a sponge to make it smaller is
analogous to lossless compression. When
released, the sponge reverts back to its original
shape and size.
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Lossy compression offers a more substantial
reduction in file size, with some loss of
information.
Original Video File
Decompressed Video File
Lossy Video Compression
Video Decompression
Compressed File
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Using a pair of tweezers to judiciously remove
tiny bits and pieces of a sponge in a way that
wont be noticed is analogous to lossy
compression. What remains is similar--(but not
identical)to the original sponge.
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Using MPEG Streamclip to Perform Common
(edTPA-Related) Video Editing Tasks

• Depending on what you wish to do, perform the
  appropriate procedure(s) from the list below
• Obtain valuable information about the audio/video
  components of a video file
• Delete the unwanted portion(s) of a video
• Extract just the portion(s) of a video you want
  to keep
• Transcode (convert) video files to other formats,
  compress them to reduce their size, and/or make
  adjustments to video/audio quality
• Rotate and/or flip videos.

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How to obtain information about the video/audio
characteristics of a video file

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following two steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file you wish
  to investigate by (a) clicking File/Open Files in
  the Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating to the
  file, (c) selecting it with your mouse, and (d)
  clicking the Open button at the bottom-right of
  the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Once the clip has opened, click on File in the
  Streamclip menu bar, and select the Show Stream
  Info option from the drop-down menu. Now, in the
  MPEG Streamclip Stream Info window that appears
  on your screen, you may view the technical
  details for the Video Tracks and Audio Tracks
  within the video file. When done viewing the
  technical details, the Stream Info window may be
  closed by clicking on the tiny x button in the
  upper-right hand corner.

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Exercise 1 (part 1 of 2)

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

1. Download the (2.0MB) 512 kb MPEG4 version of the
   video to your desktop.
2. Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
   Streamclip.
3. Use Streamclips Show Stream Info option to
   answer the questions on the next slide.

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Exercise 1 (part 2 of 2)

• General Questions
• What is the file type (i.e., the
  format/extension)?
• What is the duration (i.e., the total playing
  time)?
• Video Questions
• What is the resolution?
• What is the aspect ratio?
• What is the frame rate?
• Audio Questions
• Is the audio mono or stereo?
• What is the sampling rate?

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How to mark the parts of a video youwant to
delete, and keep the rest

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following six steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file you wish
  to edit by (a) clicking File/Open Files in the
  Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating to the file,
  (c) selecting it with your mouse, and (d)
  clicking the Open button at the bottom-right of
  the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Navigate to the beginning of the segment you wish
  to delete (by simply playing the video, or
  dragging the play head to the point of interest),
  and mark that as the in point (by either
  pressing the i key on your keyboard, or selecting
  Edit/Select In from the Streamclip menu bar).

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Step 3

• Navigate to the end of the segment you wish to
  delete (by continuing to play the video, or
  dragging the play head to the point of interest),
  and mark that as the out point (by either
  pressing the o key on your keyboard, or selecting
  Edit/Select Out from the Streamclip menu bar).

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Step 4

• Delete the unwanted portion of the
  video--(represented by the dark gray segment on
  the timeline between the in and out points you
  specified in the previous two steps)--by either
  pressing ctrlx on your keyboard, or selecting
  Edit/Cut from the Streamclip menu bar.

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Step 5

• Repeat steps 2-4 if you wish to delete other
  segments from the video.

Repeat steps 2-4 if you wish to delete other
segments from the video.
If you discover that you can not make more than
one deletion at a time, click File/Save As to
save the video with the (single) deletion you
just made in step 4. Then click File/Close (one
or more times) to close all open videos, and
repeat steps 1-4 on the intermediate video you
had just created. Repeat this procedure on each
iteration of the video until all desired
deletions have been made. Make sure to give each
resulting intermediate video file a different
name that reflects the current stage you are at
in the overall process.
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Step 6

• When you have finished making all of the desired
  deletions, you are left with only the portion(s)
  of the original video you wish to keep. You may
  either save the remaining portion(s) (by pressing
  ctrls on your keyboard, or File/Save As from the
  Streamclip menu bar), or use Streamclip's Export
  functionality to transcode (convert) the finished
  product into another file format. Remember to
  give the saved or transcoded file a meaningful
  name which is different from that of the original
  video.

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Exercise 2

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

• Download the (3.4MB) 512 kb MPEG4 version of the
  video to your desktop.
• Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
  Streamclip.
• Use the Cut option to delete the parts of the
  video that do not actually show an explosion.
• Use Streamclips Save As option to save the five
  remaining portions of the video (that do show
  explosions) as a single mp4 file on your desktop.

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How to mark the parts of a video youwish to
keep, and delete the rest

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following six steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file you wish
  to edit by (a) clicking File/Open Files in the
  Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating to the file,
  (c) selecting it with your mouse, and (d)
  clicking the Open button at the bottom-right of
  the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Navigate to the beginning of the segment you wish
  to keep (by simply playing the video, or dragging
  the play head to the point of interest), and mark
  that as the in point (by either pressing the i
  key on your keyboard, or selecting Edit/Select In
  from the Streamclip menu bar).

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Step 3

• Navigate to the end of the segment you wish to
  keep (by continuing to play the video, or
  dragging the play head to the point of interest),
  and mark that as the out point (by either
  pressing the o key on your keyboard, or selecting
  Edit/Select Out from the Streamclip menu bar).

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Step 4

• Extract the desired portion of the
  video--(represented by the dark gray segment on
  the timeline between the in and out points you
  specified in the previous two steps)--by either
  pressing ctrlt on your keyboard, or selecting
  Edit/Trim from the Streamclip menu bar.

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Step 5

• When you have finished with the trimming process,
  you are left with only the portion of the
  original video you wish to keep. You may either
  save the desired portion (by pressing ctrls on
  your keyboard, or selecting File/Save As from the
  Streamclip menu bar), or use Streamclip's Export
  functionality to transcode (convert) the finished
  product into another file format. Remember to
  give the saved or transcoded file a meaningful
  name which is different from that of the original
  video.

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Step 6

• Repeat steps 2-5 if you wish to extract other
  segments from the video remembering to save each
  extracted segment as a separate file (just as you
  did in step 5).

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Exercise 3

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

1. Download the (1.8 MB) 512 kb MPEG4 version of the
   video to your desktop.
2. Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
   Streamclip.
3. Use the Trim option to extract only the portion
   of the video that shows the moon actually
   traversing the disk of the sun.
4. Use Streamclips Save As option to save the
   extracted portion of the video as a single MP4
   file on your desktop.

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How to convert video files into other formats
(such as mp4) and/or make adjustmentsto their
quality/file size

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following five steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file you wish
  to convert (or adjust) by (a) clicking File/Open
  Files in the Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating
  to the file of interest, (c) selecting it with
  your mouse, and (d) clicking the Open button at
  the bottom-right of the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Once the clip has opened, click on File in the
  Streamclip menu bar, and select from one of the
  available Export to options in the drop-down
  menu. (Because of near universal support of the
  mp4 file format among different operating
  systems, we will select Export to MPEG-4 in this
  example. The procedure is basically the same,
  however, for any of the Export to options that
  are provided.)

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Step 3

• Make any desired changes to the settings in the
  MPEG Streamclip MPEG-4 Exporter window. For
  example, if video quality is more important than
  file size, you might want to drag the Quality
  slider all the way to the right (i.e., 100).
  Conversely, if file size needs to be reduced,
  experiment by dragging the Quality slider to the
  left until an acceptable balance is achieved
  between file size and video quality. When done
  making adjustments, click the Make MP4 button at
  the bottom-right to close the Exporter window.

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Step 4

• In the Create New MP4 File window that now
  appears on your screen, navigate to the location
  where you would like to save the converted (or
  adjusted) file and provide an appropriate name in
  the File name field. (Remember to give the file
  a meaningful name which is different from that of
  the original video.) Finally, double-check to
  ensure that MP4 files (.mp4) (or whatever format
  you are converting to) appears in the Save as
  type field before clicking the Save button near
  the bottom-right of the window.

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Step 5

• You now see the MPEG Streamclip Exporter
  Preview window (where the converted (or adjusted)
  video is displayed), and the MPEG Streamclip
  window (where the progress of the
  conversion/adjustment process is depicted). When
  conversion is complete, both of these windows
  close automatically, and the newly-created video
  file is ready to use.

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Exercise 4

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

1. Download the (5.6MB) Quicktime version of the
   video to your desktop).
2. Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
   Streamclip.
3. Use the Export to MPEG-4 option to convert the
   (mov) file you downloaded to the mp4 format, and
   save the converted file to your desktop.

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How to rotate videos in either a clockwise or
counterclockwise direction by 90 or 180

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following five steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file you wish
  to rotate by (a) clicking File/Open Files in the
  Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating to the file
  of interest, (c) selecting it with your mouse,
  and (d) clicking the Open button at the
  bottom-right of the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Once the clip has opened, click on File in the
  Streamclip menu bar, and select from one of the
  available Export to options in the drop-down
  menu. If you simply want to rotate the video,
  and do not want to convert it to another format,
  select the Export to option that matches the
  file type of the original video (i.e., use Export
  to MPEG-4 for mp4 files, etc.). (For this
  example, we will assume you have selected Export
  to MPEG-4. The procedure for any of the other
  Export to options is basically the same.)

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Step 3

• About three-quarters of the way down the Exporter
  window you will find the Rotation pull-down menu.
  Click the downward-pointing arrow next to the
  default option of No, and select the particular
  type of rotation you would like to apply to your
  video. (See next slide for rotation options.)
  In most cases 90 CW or 90 CCW will achieve the
  desired results. When done making adjustments to
  video Rotation, and any other file parameters
  (such as Quality), click the Make MP4 button at
  the bottom-right to close the Exporter window.

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Rotation options
Original
Rotated 90 CW
Rotated 180
Rotated 90 CCW
Rotated 90 CCW and Flipped
Rotated 180 and Flipped
Rotated 90 CW and Flipped
Flipped
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Step 4

• In the Create New MP4 File window that now
  appears on your screen, navigate to the location
  where you would like to save the (newly rotated)
  file and provide an appropriate name in the File
  name field. (Remember to give the file a
  meaningful name which is different from that of
  the original video.) Finally, double-check to
  ensure that MP4 files (.mp4) (or whatever format
  you are using) appears in the Save as type field
  before clicking the Save button near the
  bottom-right of the window.

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Step 5

• You now see the MPEG Streamclip Exporter
  Preview window (where the rotated video is
  displayed), and the MPEG Streamclip window (where
  the progress of the rotation process is
  depicted). When video rotation is complete, both
  of these windows close automatically, and the
  newly-created video file is ready to use.

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Exercise 5

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

1. Download the (6.6MB) 512kb MPEG4 version of the
   video to your desktop.
2. Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
   Streamclip.
3. Use the Rotation function for the Export to
   MPEG-4 option to generate a video (in the mp4
   format) that is rotated 90 clockwise with
   respect to the original, and save the file to
   your desktop.

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Other Common (Non-edTPA)Video-Related Tasks

• Depending on what you wish to do, perform the
  appropriate procedure(s) from the list below
• Use MPEG Streamclip to join video clips together
• Use MPEG Streamclip to extract a single frame
  (still image) from a video
• Use WinFF to transcode (convert) video files into
  a format that can be opened by MPEG Streamclip
• Embed video files in PowerPoint 2010 slides
• Embed links to YouTube videos in PowerPoint 2010
  slides

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How to join video clips together

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following ten steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open one of the video
  files you wish to join together by (a) clicking
  File/Open Files in the Streamclip menu bar, (b)
  navigating to the file, (c) selecting it with
  your mouse, and (d) clicking the Open button at
  the bottom-right of the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Select the entire clip you opened in step 1 by
  either pressing the ctrla keys on your keyboard,
  or selecting Edit/Select All from the Streamclip
  menu bar.

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Step 3

• Copy the clip you just selected in step 2 to the
  clipboard by either pressing the ctrlc keys on
  your keyboard, or selecting Edit/Copy from the
  Streamclip menu bar.

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Step 4

• Close the clip you had just copied to the
  clipboard by either pressing the ctrlw keys on
  your keyboard, or selecting File/Close from the
  Streamclip menu bar. Do not, however, exit MPEG
  Streamclip at this time.

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Step 5

• Open one of the other video files you wish to
  join together by (a) clicking File/Open Files in
  the Streamclip menu bar, (b) navigating to the
  file, (c) selecting it with your mouse, and (d)
  clicking the Open button at the bottom-right of
  the Open Files window.

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Step 6

• Navigate to the point in the video you just
  opened (in step 5) where you want to insert the
  clip that was copied to the clipboard (in step 3)
  by either playing the video, or dragging the play
  head to the desired location.

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Step 7

• To paste the clip from the clipboard into the
  insertion point you specified in step 6, either
  press the ctrlv keys on your keyboard, or select
  Edit/Paste from the Streamclip menu bar.

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Step 8

• Play the resulting combination of clips to make
  sure everything looks OK, and save it (by either
  pressing the ctrls keys on your keyboard, or
  selecting File/Save As from the Streamclip menu
  bar). Remember to give the file a meaningful name
  which is different from that of the original
  video.

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Step 9

• If you wish to merge one or more additional clips
  into the (composite) video file you just created
  in steps 1-8, perform the following two-step
  procedure for each new clip you wish to add (1)
  Open the (new) clip you wish to insert, copy it
  to the clipboard, and then close it (just as you
  did in steps 1-4). (2) Next, navigate to the
  point in the (still open) composite video file
  where you want to insert the (new) clip from the
  clipboard, and paste the new clip into the
  composite file (in the same way you did in steps
  6-7).

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Step 10

• When done adding clips to the composite video
  file, dont forget to save the final compilation
  (using the same procedure you followed in step
  8).

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Exercise 6 (part 1 of 2)

1. Click the images on the right to view the web
   pages containing the (two) videos that will be
   used in this exercise.

1. Download the 512 kb MPEG4 versions of both Part 1
   (65.4 MB) and Part 2 (62.1 MB) of the 1960
   Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate to your
   desktop.
2. Open Part 1 in MPEG Streamclip, and use either
   the Cut or Trim options to extract Kennedys
   statements on education(see next slide for in
   and out times). Save his statements to an MP4
   file on your desktop.

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Exercise 6 (part 2 of 2)

1. Repeat the procedure in step 3 for Part 2 of the
   debate.
2. Merge the two clips you created in steps 3 and 4
   (above) into a single MP4 file with the remarks
   from Part 1 first, followed by the remarks from
   Part 2, and save this file to your desktop.

Part 2 In 01204,12 Out
01231,03
Part 1 In 00308,11 Out
00327,06
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How to create a still image froma frame in a
video file

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following five steps.

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Step 1

• Launch MPEG Streamclip and open the file
  containing the frame you wish to save by (a)
  clicking File/Open Files in the Streamclip menu
  bar, (b) navigating to the file, (c) selecting it
  with your mouse, and (d) clicking the Open button
  at the bottom-right of the Open Files window.

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Step 2

• Navigate to the frame of interest by either
  playing the video or clicking-and-dragging on the
  play head.

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Step 3

• Click the File option in the Streamclip menu
  bar, and then select Export Frame from the
  drop-down menu.

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Step 4

• Make any desired changes to the settings in the
  MPEG Streamclip - Frame Exporter window (e.g.,
  setting the Format option to JPEG, and dragging
  the Quality slider all the way to the right), and
  then click the OK button at the bottom-right of
  the window.

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Step 5

• In the Create New JPG File window that now
  appears on your screen, navigate to the location
  where you would like to save the selected frame
  and provide an appropriate name in the File name
  field. (Remember to give the file a meaningful
  name that is different from that of the original
  video.) Finally, double-check to ensure that JPG
  files (.jpg) appears in the Save as type field
  before clicking the Save button near the
  bottom-right of the window.

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Exercise 7

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

• Download the (542.6KB) 512Kb MPEG4 version of the
  video to your desktop.
• Open the file you just downloaded in MPEG
  Streamclip.
• Navigate to the frame that you believe to be the
  best example of a lightning bolt, and use
  Streamclips Export Frame option to save it to
  your desktop as a JPEG image.

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How to use WinFF to convert video files into
formats that are suitable for editing
inStreamclip (and other programs)

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following six steps.

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Step 1

• Launch WinFF and open the file(s) you wish to
  convert by (a) clicking the Add button near the
  top-left of the WinFF program window, (b)
  navigating to the file(s) of interest, (c)
  selecting them with your mouse, and (d) clicking
  the Open button at the bottom-right of the Select
  Video Files window.

To select multiple files, click on the first clip
of interest, and hold down the Control key while
clicking on any additional files you wish to
convert.
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Step 2

• Below the list of file names that were just
  selected in step 1, open the pull-down menu under
  the Convert to heading and choose the file
  format you wish to convert to. (Because MPEG
  Streamclip and many other modern video editors
  can readily open files in the mp4 format, we will
  select the MPEG-4 option in this example. The
  procedure is basically the same, however, for any
  of the file formats listed under the Convert to
  heading.)

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Step 3

• In the same way you selected the desired output
  file format in Step 2, choose one of the premade
  templates from the pull-down menu under the
  Presets heading further down the WinFF program
  window. (For this example, we will select the
  MPEG-4 H.264 video (super high quality) option.)

If you are unsure which preset to choose, try
experimenting until you find the best balance
between quality and file size. If a preset is
not specifically labeled as Fullscreen or
Widescreen, it should work equally well with
videos of either type.
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Step 4

• Click the button with the three periods (i.e., )
  located below the Output Folder heading, and near
  the bottom-right of the WinFF program window.
  Browse to the location where you wish to save the
  file(s) created by the conversion process, and
  select it with your mouse. Then, close the
  Browse For Folder window, by clicking the OK
  button at the bottom.

Important Warning If you are converting a file
in a particular format to one of the same format
with different Preset parameters (e.g.,
converting mov to mov), do not save the resulting
file in the same location as the original file.
Doing so will overwrite/corrupt the original file
and make it unsuitable for future use.
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Step 5

• Begin the conversion process by clicking the
  Convert button near the top-center of the WinFF
  program window. You can follow the progress of
  the conversion process by viewing the detailed
  summary in the black Converting window that now
  appears on your screen.

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Step 6

• When the conversion process is complete, you
  should see no new activity in the black
  Converting window, and the instructions to Press
  any key to continue should appear near the
  bottom. Comply by pressing the Enter key on your
  keyboard. The black Converting window should now
  close, thereby signaling the end of the procedure.

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Exercise 8 (part 1 of 2)

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

1. Download the (627.2KB) Ogg Video version of the
   video to your desktop).
2. Open the file you just downloaded in WinFF.
3. Use the pull-dowm menu under the Convert to
   heading to select the DV (i.e., Digital Video)
   format.

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Exercise 8 (part 2 of 2)

1. In a like manner, open the pull-down menu under
   the Preset heading and select the Raw DV for NTSC
   Fullscreen preset.
2. Select Desktop as the Output Folder location.
3. Click the Convert button at the top of WinFF to
   convert the (ogv) file you downloaded to the dv
   format.

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How to Embed Video Files inPowerPoint 2010
Presentations

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following six steps.

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Step 1

• Launch PowerPoint 2010 and navigate to the slide
  where you would like to insert the video file.
  Then, click on an empty spot within the general
  area on the slide where you want the video to be
  displayed.

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Step 2

• Click on the Insert tab in the PowerPoint ribbon
  at the top of your screen, followed by the
  downward-pointing arrow at the bottom of the
  Video button in the Media group off to the right.
  In the drop-down menu that opens below the Video
  button, select (by clicking) the Video from File
  option.

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Step 3

• In the Insert Video window that now opens,
  navigate to the video file you wish to insert,
  and click on it to select it. Then, click the
  Insert button (below, and to the right) to insert
  the video and close the window.

For PowerPoint 2011 for Mac OSX (with Quicktime
installed), the supported video file formats
include .avi, .dv, .flc, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg,
.mpg, .qt, and .wmv.
For PowerPoint 2010 for windows (with Quicktime
installed), the supported video file formats
include .asf, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg,
.qt, .swf, and .wmv.
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Step 4

• After a few seconds, you should see a window
  (with a still frame from the video) appear in the
  PowerPoint slide. If desired, you can move the
  window around the slide by clicking-and-dragging
  anywhere within the window (where you have a
  diamond shaped mouse pointer), or resize the
  window by clicking-and-dragging on one of its
  four corner handles (where your mouse pointer
  changes to a double arrow).

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Step 5

• If you wish to make changes to the appearance or
  playback behavior of the video, click once on the
  video itself, and then on either the Format or
  Playback tabs at the top of the ribbon.
  (Clicking on the Corrections button in the Adjust
  group under the Format tab, for example, enables
  you to adjust the Brightness and Contrast of the
  video, while clicking on the Volume and Trim
  Video buttons in the Editing and Video Options
  groups (respectively) under the Playback tab
  gives you control over playback volume and in/out
  playback times.)

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Step 6

• If you wish to insert additional videos into
  other slides of your presentation, navigate to
  the appropriate slide(s) and repeat steps 1-5.
  When you have finished, dont forget to save the
  PowerPoint presentation.

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Exercise 9 (part 1 of 2)

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

• Download the (11.6MB) MPEG4 version of the video
  to your desktop.
• Use PowerPoints Insert Video from File option to
  embed the video file from steps 1 and 2 into the
  next slide of this PowerPoint presentation.
  Video playback should have the following
  characteristics
• Playback is fullscreen.
• Playback begins at 1 minute and 8 seconds into
  the clip, and runs to the end.

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Exercise 9 (part 2 of 2)

1. Be sure to save the presentation when you have
   finished.

Embed the video for Exercise 9 anywhere inside
the (highlighted) rectangular area at the bottom
of this slide. (Remember to configure fullscreen
playback.)
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How to Embed Links to YouTube Videos in
PowerPoint 2010 Presentations

• Please perform the procedure outlined in the
  following ten steps.

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Step 1

• Launch your web browser and go to
  http//www.youtube.com. Then, find the video of
  interest, and click on either the thumbnail image
  or the clips title to start playing the clip.

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Step 2

• Click the Share button below the video playback
  window, and then click the Embed button (that is
  off to the right and down a bit).

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Step 3

• Immediately below the highlighted embed code that
  now appears on your screen, make sure to check
  the box to the left of the Use old embed code
  option.

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Step 4

• With the embed code still highlighted, copy it to
  the Windows/Mac clipboard by pressing ctrlc on
  your keyboard.

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Step 5

• Launch PowerPoint 2010 and navigate to the slide
  where you would like to insert the YouTube video.
  Then, click on an empty spot within the general
  area on the slide where you want the video to be
  displayed.

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Step 6

• Click on the Insert tab in the PowerPoint ribbon
  at the top of your screen, followed by the
  downward-pointing arrow at the bottom of the
  Video button in the Media group off to the right.
  In the drop-down menu that opens below the Video
  button, select (by clicking) the Video from Web
  Site option.

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Step 7

• In the Insert Video from Web Site window that now
  opens, you should see the mouse cursor flashing
  in the upper-left corner of the large empty
  rectangular box. Press ctrlv on your keyboard
  to paste the embed code from YouTube (which you
  had copied to the clipboard in step 4) into this
  box. Then, click the Insert button (below, and
  to the right) to insert the link to the video and
  close the window.

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Step 8

• You should now see a window (with a still frame
  from the YouTube video) appear in the PowerPoint
  slide. If desired, you can move the window
  around the slide by clicking-and-dragging
  anywhere within the window (where you have a
  diamond shaped mouse pointer), or resize the
  window by clicking-and-dragging on one of its
  four corner handles (where your mouse pointer
  changes to a double arrow).

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Step 9 (optional)

• If desired, you can modify the embed code you
  pasted into the Insert Video from Web Site window
  in Step 7 to control various aspects of video
  playback. In the examples that follow, please be
  very careful to insert the new code snippets
  into the correct location within the original
  embed code, and take care to type the snippets in
  correctly (exactly as they appear in the
  following examples).

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(Raw) embed code for a YouTube videobefore we
attempt to modify it

• ltobject width"960" height"720"gtltparam
  name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmV
  HAO0os?version3amphlen_US"gtlt/paramgtltparam
  name"allowFullScreen" value"true"gtlt/paramgtltparam
  name"allowscriptaccess" value"always"gtlt/paramgtlt
  embed src"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmVHAO0os?ve
  rsion3amphlen_US" type"application/x-shockwav
  e-flash" width"960" height"720"
  allowscriptaccess"always" allowfullscreen"true"gt
  lt/embedgtlt/objectgt

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Click to play video
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Embed code to enable closed captioning (when
abailable)cc_load_policy1

• ltobject width"960" height"720"gtltparam
  name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmV
  HAO0os?version3cc_load_policy1amphlen_US"gtlt/
  paramgtltparam name"allowFullScreen"
  value"true"gtlt/paramgtltparam name"allowscriptacces
  s" value"always"gtlt/paramgtltembed
  src"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmVHAO0os?version
  3amphlen_US" type"application/x-shockwave-flas
  h" width"960" height"720" allowscriptaccess"alw
  ays" allowfullscreen"true"gtlt/embedgtlt/objectgt

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Click to play video
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Embed code to begin playback after xx seconds(in
this case, 25 seconds)startxx

• ltobject width"960" height"720"gtltparam
  name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmV
  HAO0os?version3start25amphlen_US"gtlt/paramgtltp
  aram name"allowFullScreen" value"true"gtlt/paramgtlt
  param name"allowscriptaccess" value"always"gtlt/pa
  ramgtltembed src"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmVHAO0
  os?version3amphlen_US" type"application/x-sho
  ckwave-flash" width"960" height"720"
  allowscriptaccess"always" allowfullscreen"true"gt
  lt/embedgtlt/objectgt

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Click to play video
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Embed code to disablerelated videosrel0

• ltobject width"960" height"720"gtltparam
  name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmV
  HAO0os?version3rel0amphlen_US"gtlt/paramgtltpara
  m name"allowFullScreen" value"true"gtlt/paramgtltpar
  am name"allowscriptaccess" value"always"gtlt/param
  gtltembed src"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmVHAO0os?
  version3amphlen_US" type"application/x-shockw
  ave-flash" width"960" height"720"
  allowscriptaccess"always" allowfullscreen"true"gt
  lt/embedgtlt/objectgt

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Embed code to enable autoplaybackautoplay1

• ltobject width"960" height"720"gtltparam
  name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/QazmV
  HAO0os?version3autoplay1amphlen_US"gtlt/paramgt
  ltparam name"allowFullScreen" value"true"gtlt/param
  gtltparam name"allowscriptaccess"
  value"always"gtlt/paramgtltembed src"http//www.yout
  ube.com/v/QazmVHAO0os?version3amphlen_US"
  type"application/x-shockwave-flash" width"960"
  height"720" allowscriptaccess"always"
  allowfullscreen"true"gtlt/embedgtlt/objectgt

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There is no need to click to play the video if
the correct code snippet was entered into the
proper place within the embed code for this slide.
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Step 10

• If you wish to insert links to additional YouTube
  videos into other slides of your presentation,
  navigate to the appropriate slide(s) and repeat
  steps 1-9. When you have finished, dont forget
  to save the PowerPoint presentation.

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Exercise 10

1. Click the image on the right to view the web page
   containing the video that will be used in this
   exercise.

• Copy the embed code for the above-mentioned
  YouTube video to the Windows/Mac clipboard.
• Use PowerPoints Insert Video from Web Site
  option to embed a link to the video from steps 1
  and 2 into the next slide of this PowerPoint
  presentation. Video playback should have the
  following characteristics
• Closed captioning is turned on.
• Video begins playback at 9 minutes and 34 seconds
  into the clip.
• Be sure to save the presentation when you have
  finished.

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insert the embed code for the video in Exercise
10 so that the video is displayed anywhere inside
the (highlighted) rectangular area at the bottom
of this slide.
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• The End
• B. F. (2/3/15)

Thanks to Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons and
Microsoft Clip Art, Photos, and Animations for
providing many of the images used in this
presentation. Also, thanks to the Moving Image
Archive at Archive.org for providing the videos
that served as raw material for editing in
Exercises 1 through 8 and for video file linking
in Exercise 9. Finally, thanks to YouTube for
providing the video that was used for online
video linking in Exercise 10.