Non Registered User Feature Guide
More than Just Video Streaming
Powered by Student Potential
More and more, video is becoming an integral part of the students life. At present, video streaming sites like youtube are getting posted with new video content for every minute that runs nearly for 6 hours! And the authors of the most of these creative and engaging videos are the same kids that are in the classrooms. So why not leverage the students’ ability to create video into an experience that will enhance their desire to learn and express themselves?
Enriched by Curriculum
Unlike other solutions on the market, EduVision is more than just video streaming. Behind the video platform, JDL Horizons has developed a innovative and proven project-based-learning curriculum that guides students through the creation of media projects that demonstrate their knowledge and skills. These projects are designed to help the students to understand that finding information and relating them is more important than simply memorizing the facts. This multi-disciplinary curriculum also enables the student to do their work and take control over their own learning as they work independently and in flexible groups.
Showcased to the Community
In too many districts, the hard work and effort invested on student projects is shelved in DVD and VHS format, rarely to be seen again. JDL Horizons believes that student achievement should be celebrated and published for the enjoyment of the community, the school serves. 
EduVision was created to do just that! EduVision provides a central location where the videos produced can be uploaded and showcased to family, friends and the community as a whole. Since the files are stored off-site in our datacenter, the school doesn’t need to worry about hardware, system maintenance, or bandwidth constraints!
Empowered by Sponsorship
The regions provided in the school customized page can be sold out as advertisements. EduVision’s built in advertising engine allows the school to offset the annual cost of the hosting service and, in many cases, make money! The school keeps 100% of the revenue from advertisements that is sold on the site. Additionally, EduVision sites can accept “global” advertisements that have been pre-screened by JDL Horizons as “Education-Friendly”. A percentage of the revenue from these global advertisements will be shared with the school. We always respect the decision of saying no to advertisement,these regions can be used to display images and links of own choosing ...
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Purpose
This document outlines the features of the Internet Broadcasting System of EduVision.TV.
This system allows authorized Channel Managers, Site Administrators, and Contributor to upload videos that can be used for educational purposes.
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Intended Audience
This guide is for the Non-Registered User who can view the free videos in EduVision.TV video delivery portal.
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Prerequisites
Users should have access to a computer with internet access and pre-assigned user ID and password to access the EduVision.TV site. Contact your Site Administrator for these credentials, or to request an EduVision.TV Subscription, register at www.eduvision.tv/schoolregister
Users should have access to properly formatted video content and associated metadata.
EduVision.TV currently accepts video files in the following formats:
flv, mp4, wmv, mov, avi* & mpg
* - Avi files tend to be quite large. It is recommended this file type be transcoded to the flv format prior to uploading.
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Home Page Features
Figure 1 – Home Page Main Features
- User ID. Displays “Guest” until an authorized user logs in. After login, Authorized User’s name is displayed.
- Login – Authorized Users click to login here.
- School Banner Display Area.
- Video Window. Displays the default or selected video.
- Video Control Bar. Allows the viewer control of the playback experience. See Figure 2 Video Control Bar for more information.
- Video Title.
- Video Description.
- Rating Stars. Displays user ratings on a “5 Star” scale. See Figure 3 Five-Star Rating Location for more information.
- Views. Number of times the video was viewed.
- Share a video (Recommend to a friend). See Figure 11 for more information
- Report a video. Report possible abuse to Site Administrator. See Figure 12 for more information
- Go To Home Page – Click on this button to visit www.eduvision.tv.
- Contact Site Administrator. Click this button to email the Sites’ Administrator.
- View Live Schedule – If the site supports live broadcasting, Click on View Live Schedule button to view the live event schedule for the site. See Figure 8 for more information.
- Site Search Tools - Search by keyword and/or by channel name. See Figure 6 and Figure 7 for more information.
- Sorted By – Sort by Most viewed or newest New Videos See Figure 9.a and Figure 9.b for more information.
- Available Video List – Videos meeting the search criteria.
- Video Information Popup – Appears after mouseover the video thumbnail. Displays: Video Title, Description
- Page Number. Displays the number of pages of video titles. Click the number to jump to that page of video titles.
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Video Control Bar
Figure 2 – Video Control Bar
- “Pause & Play” button. Clicking this toggles between pausing and playing the displayed video.
- "Stop" button. Click the button to stop the video.
- Elapsed Time Indicator. Displays how much of the video has played.
- Play Progression Indicator. Shows how much of the video has played in a linear scale. Can be moved forward and backward to jump to different points in the selected video.
- Remaining Time Indicator. Displays the amount of time remaining to play.
- “Closed Captioning” – Clicking this toggles on and off the closed caption display. If the video has closed captions, they will be displayed when enabled.
- Full Screen Button. Allows the viewer to expand the video window to full screen. Pressing the button when in Full screen mode, or pressing the “esc” key, returns to the normal player window.
- Mute Control. Click the <speaker> to toggle the sound on and off. This does not change the computers audio setting. If the viewers computer speaker is muted, this control will not change the systems control panel settings.
- Volume Control. Clicking the <Volume> adjusts the audio volume. This does not change the computers audio volume. If the computer is muted, this control will not change the systems control panel settings.
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Five-Star Rating Display
Figure 3 – Five-Star Rating Location
When a video is selected, then average of all ratings corresponding to that title is displayed in stars based on the scale from one to five
User can click on star to rate that particular video content. The next figure shows the rating options..
Figure 4 – Five-Star Rating Location
Click and Drag the mouse over the stars to rate the video. The star turns Yellow when "moused over". When mouse button is released, the rating is recorded. One rating per browser session is allowed.
When rating is recorded, the user will receive “Thanks for rating” message below their rating!!
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Site Search Tools
Figure 5 – Site Search Tools
Below the video player, the Site Search Tools are shown.
These tools allow the viewer to search and sort the videos in the site by keyword, channel or both keyword and channel.
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Search by Channel
Figure 6 – Search by Channel Drop-down Box
To search by Channel, click the Channel Drop Down Box, drag your mouse to the desired Channel.
When you release the mouse, the search for that Channel will be initiated and the results displayed below the search tools.
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Search by Keyword within a Channel
Figure 7 – Search by keyword within a channel
To search by keyword, enter one or more words and click the <Search> button or select a channel from the drop down list.
This will execute the search within the channel you have selected.
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Search For Live
Figure 8 – Search for Live
If your EduVision.TV site has been enabled for live event broadcasting, you can access the Live Event Schedule via the Channel Drop Down Box, or the <View Live Schedule> button.
- Select Live in the Channel dropdown to view the live event schedule.
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- Click on <View Live Schedule> button to view the live event schedule.
The Live event option exists only if the site has this feature enabled.
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Video Sorting
Sort by Most Viewed
Figure 9.a – Sort by Most Viewed
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Sorted by – Most Viewed
- Most Viewed Sort Results
- The most commonly watched videos are listed first
- Total number of time this title was watched
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Sort by New Videos
Figure 9.b – Sort by New Videos
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Sorted by – New Videos
- Most Recently added video will listed first
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Video List Details
Figure 10 – Video List Details
When a viewer “hovers” the cursor over a video title, additional information about that video is displayed.
- Video Title
- Video Description
- Video price (only for ppv video’s)
Click the bottom panel of the selected video to view the following:
- Video Title
- Video Description
- Number of times the video has been viewed (above 75 view’s it will display)/li>
- Current Average Rating
- Share
- Report
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Share – Recommend To a Friend
Figure 11 – Recommend to a friend
Share Video – Select a video from the video list. Click the share link to recommend the video to a friend.
- Enter From email address
- Enter To email address (add more than 1 email by separated with ‘,’)
- Enter Personalized message
- Enter your email address or name
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Report
Figure 12 – Report
Report –To file a report about someone violating the Video,please fill out the below form with all information and submit. A mail will be sent to Site Administrator and Channel owner.
- Enter Personalized message
- Enter your Email address
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Login
Figure 13 – Sign In Login Screen
Click on the < Login > link will allow the administrator to perform various back-end functions. Each of the functions will be explained in the page that follows.
When the < Login > link is clicked, login screen is displayed to the user.
Enter the Login ID, Password and press < Enter >or click the < Login > button to access the Control Panel.
Or click < Change Password > to change the password associated with the Login ID. The current Password is required to change to new one.
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User Register
For New User to register,Click < User Register >Fill the form click < Submit > button and On successful submission, the user can view the Videos uploaded by the Schools.
Figure 14 – User Register Screen
- Enter the First name and Middle name of the User.
- Enter the Last name of the User.
- Enter the Login Id. Click “Availability” link to check whether the entered login id is available or not.
- Enter the password.
- Enter the password again for confirmation of the Password.
- Email Id of the User.
- Phone number of the User.
- Alternate phone number of the User.
- Type the verification code displayed above the text box. If the code is not clear, Click “Get New verification code” to get new verification code.
- Select the check box to accept terms and conditions as explained in the “Terms and Conditions” link.
- Click < Submit > to save the details or < Cancel > to clear the details.
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Change Password
Figure 15 - Change Password Screen
To change the password associated with the Login ID.
The current Password should be known to change to a new one.
Enter the User ID, old password, new password and confirm the new password by reentering it.
Click < Save > to save the new password.
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Recover User Name or Password
Figure 16 – Recover User Name or Password Screen
To recover user name - For the registered user:
- Enter the Email & verification code (case sensitive) - Click< Mail me> button to receive mail.(Enter the Email Id ,which was given at the time of registration).
To recover password - For the registered user:
- Enter the user name & verification code (case sensitive) - Click< Mail me> button to receive mail.(Enter the Email Id ,which was given at the time of registration).
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Contact JDL Horizons for More Information
If you like what you see in these examples of EduVision.TV, and you’d like to have your own EduVision.TV site for your school, school district or Institution of higher education, contact info@jdlhorizons.com or fill out our web response form at: http://www.jdlhorizons.com/contact.html
Figure 17 - Sample Contact Form at www.jdlhorizons.com/contact.html
We look forward to hear from you soon and adding your school or institution to this exciting site!!!
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Table of Figures
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