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United Streaming Information Teacher Passcode: XXXX-XXXX Please use this to set up your own account if you have not previously. You will no longer be able to use the generic password from last year. Having your own account allows you to save your lists confidentially, as opposed to an all school list. www.unitedstreaming.com Next, you will enter your information, check the box that agrees to terms and use, and indicate if you want a newsletter. You will receive an email confirmation after registering. Passcode here for new users

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United Streaming Information

Teacher Passcode:

XXXX-XXXX

Please use this to set up your own account if you have not

previously. You will no longer be able to use the generic password

from last year.

Having your own account allows you to save your lists

confidentially, as opposed to an all school list.

www.unitedstreaming.com

Next, you will enter your information, check the box that agrees

to terms and use, and indicate if you want a newsletter. You will

receive an email confirmation after registering.

Passcode here for

new users

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After you enroll, you will be taken to the main menu where you

can search and look for videos for use in your curriculum.

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A Crash Course in United Streaming: Downloading and Saving (Thanks for Linda Culver’s help)

1. Open www.unitedstreaming.com . If you have not already set up an account,

please see the previous instructions for setting up an account. If you

previously set up an account, it should still be active.

2. Log in with the username and password you created.

3. Now you should see a screen similar to this:

You can search by

subject, by grade

level, by general

search in all content,

or you can specify

videos, segments,

pictures, etc. on the

pull down menu.

You can also do a

general search and

refine it later using

grade levels or

subjects.

4. Search for a topic. Let’s choose “tornadoes” and full videos, but not set

any other limits.

We received 28 video

hits. We can further

refine our search. The

side panel lets you

choose a subject area or

to refine by grade level.

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For example; if you refine by literature, you have one video that fits that

category, but if you refine by science grade 6-8, you have nine.

Below each video description, you are told what supporting materials are

available to go with it and the grade level. You are also linked to Kansas

Standards.

5. If you see a video that sounds promising you can click on it to get more

information. You will see tabs with the description, a list of segments,

citation information and any supporting materials.

You will also see

three important

features: a play

button to preview,

a download button,

and an “add to”

feature so you can

save it to look at

later. You can

create your own

folders to store

content.

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6. DO NOT PLAN ON ARRIVING AT SCHOOL TO PLAY A MOVIE

DIRECTLY FROM THIS SCREEN FOR STUDENTS OR TO DOWNLOAD

QUICKLY. The server tends to be slow, and some 20 minute movies can take

two hours to download. If you try to stream from school to watch, you’ll

notice it’s choppy due to stress on the server. You can download during

school and still use your computer to do other things while the download is

occurring, but it may be pretty slow. From home, you’ll see that previewing is

much easier and downloading a breeze. Search at school, create a folder

(explained below) and then preview and download at home.

7. To save a movie to look at later, add it to your content. That way you don’t

have to

search again.

When you

click add, you

get a new

browser

window that

lets you add it

to a folder

you have or

you can

create a new

folder. If you

really like the

video you can

download it to play for your class. You can also add only certain segments to

your content folders by opening the tab that says “segments” and checking

the ones you want to add.

They will be downloaded separately in

segments if you download later. You can

download only segments if you want by

clicking the download icon next to the

green play button.

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8. Downloading an entire video or segments:

Click download,

and you will get

a new browser

window asking

you where you

want to save.

It is recommended that you save to the desktop, even from home. It’s easy

to find and to delete later when you know you have made a copy on a CD or

transferred it to a flash drive. Movies take up a lot of space on the server

and computer.

Click save and give a

location.

You can give it a new

name if you want, as

long as you don’t

change the file

extension.

Once you save, the downloading will

begin. You can minimize the window

and work to continue work on your

computer.

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9. When downloading is complete:

You will see the little movie icon on your desktop with the file name. Now you

can view or show it directly from your desktop, or burn it to a CD, or

transfer it to another memory device.

Be sure to save the movies you like. You can download the support files and

burn everything into one disc to save.

Copyright laws allow you to show the movie as much as you like until the

subscription is canceled.

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Setting Up Your Computer for Dual DSetting Up Your Computer for Dual DSetting Up Your Computer for Dual DSetting Up Your Computer for Dual Displayisplayisplayisplay

Displaying United Streaming Videos on Your TV Monitor

and

Using Your Computer for Other Tasks

Directions:

1. Close all open programs. Right Click on your Computer Desktop and choose Properties

2. The Display Properties dialog box opens. Click the Settings Tab.

3. Click the Advanced command button at the bottom of the dialog box.

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4. Click the GeForce FX 5200 Tab.

5. Click the drop-down arrow to change the nView Modes setting from Clone TO Dualview, as shown. Verify that the Display pair setting is: Analog Display + TV, as shown.

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6. IF your monitor changes resolution and the icons and objects on your screen enlarge, you will need to click the Change Resolution command in the side menu, as shown…..and also complete step #7. Otherwise, simply click Apply and then click OK.

7. Drag the slider from 800 x 600 screen resolution to 1024 x 768. Click Apply. You should see your screen resolution switch back to normal size/font. Then Click OK. Click OK to return to the Desktop.

8. You are now ready to use the DualView mode. Open a Video from either the Desktop or Network Drive. Click on the Title Bar, and Drag the Entire Window to the right, as if you are dragging it off the screen. You will see the Window start to appear on the television screen.

Computer Monitor

TV Monitor

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9. Once the Windows Media Player Window has been moved entirely to the TV Monitor, you will need to change the view to Full Screen. To do this, Right Click in the Black Area of the Windows Media Player Window and choose Full Screen, or press Alt+Enter on your keyboard.

10. The video should now continue to play on the television monitor. Once the video is finished, you will need to drag the Windows Media Player window back to your computer and close the window. If the window is too large to be able to easily click on the Title Bar, press ESCAPE on your keyboard to restore the window’s size.

11. You should be able to continue working on any separate program on your computer while students are viewing the video on the television monitor.

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teacher center

The Teacher Center provides you with powerful tools that allow you to create dynamic, interactive

multimedia projects for your students. You can save and organize your projects in folders you

create within My Content for easy editing, sharing and retrieval.

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Lesson Plan Library

The Lesson Plan Library has a new search interface and contains more than 200 lessons designed for use with Discovery Education unitedstreaming videos.

Access the Lesson Plan Library from anywhere on the site by clicking on the Teacher Center link in the navigation bar at the top of the screen. Click on a subject area to view lesson plans that contain descriptions and indications regarding the recommended grade ranges.

Lesson plans can be viewed or saved in PDF or Microsoft Word format. To save a lesson plan, click on the appropriate format and select “Save.” Navigate to the desired location. You can change the name of the lesson, but keep the “.pdf” or “.doc” file extension.

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