a Video Permalink for Remote Access

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1 Example ONE: Search for a streaming video using the search term influenza and select one from the Films on Demand resource available from the Erwin Library homepage, then add the video s static URL, or video Permalink as a viable URL, to an message for student viewing: 1. Access the Erwin Library homepage at First, click to choose the Single Search tab from the Erwin Library homepage Finally, enter the search term influenza in the WCC Single Next, click to select the Videos checkbox to search that database Search box and click the Search button 2. Click the Single Search tab on the homepage 3. Click to select the Videos checkbox to search that database group which currently includes Films on Demand 4. Enter the search term influenza in the WCC Single Search box

2 5. Click the Search button Enter all the numbers on and Erwin Library patron barcode sticker with no spaces 6. A remote user of the Erwin Library online resources (that is, a person using any computer outside of the Erwin Library s workstations), will, at the Remote Location Database Access prompt page: a. Enter his or her complete Erwin Library patron barcode number (Using all digits on the barcode sticker with no spaces between any of the numbers) into the Login box b. Click the Login button 7. A Results list will be displayed for the search of the WCC Single Search aggregate database: 11/18/2013 Page 2

3 Note the search term influenza in the Search box with options for refining the initial search Note the film comes from the Films on Demand database Choose a video from the summary list and click on Retrieve item to access 1.) the film s viewing window, 2.) its static URL for the message, and 3.) a description of its contents a. Note the search term (this example is influenza ) appears in the SEARCH box b. Choose a video from the resulting summary list and click on Retrieve Item in blue to access: 1. A small viewing window which may at any time be expanded to a Full-Screen view on the left side of the screen for viewing: 2. A group of tabs on the right side of the viewing window to click for links to related videos, summary of video content, and static URLs, including: i. Related Videos tab giving links to other Films on Demand video titles related to the video just selected ii. Full Title tab providing: 1. A detailed summary of the full run-time version of the video selected 11/18/2013 Page 3

4 2. A Title URL, or permanent link, for the full run-time version of the video selected which may be copied and pasted into an text area: Left click inside the Title (or Segment ) URL box, hold down the mouse s left click button and move the cursor over the static URL, or permanent link, for the full run-time version of the video selected, to highlight it. Then right click to access a menu box, and left click inside that menu box to select Copy. Inside the text area, right click for a menu box, select Paste from it, and the video will be available for recipients to view when they click on the link in an text area. (Optionally, right click, choose Select All to highlight the static URL in the box, then right click again and choose Copy) a. Left click inside the Title (or Segment ) URL box below the video viewing window of the full run-time version of the video selected with the mouse and holding the left click down, highlight over the static URL with the cursor b. Right click on the highlighted static URL with the mouse to open a menu window c. Left click on Copy in the format menu box to copy the static URL d. Optionally, right click, choose Select All to highlight the static URL in the box, then right click again and choose Copy e. Open a COMPOSE or Reply message 11/18/2013 Page 4

5 Right click inside the text area and choose Paste to enter the video static URL, or Permalink, into the Move the cursor over the + (plus sign) in the gray menu bar to open more formatting choices f. Inside the text area right click to open a menu window and choose Paste to enter the video static URL, or Permalink, into the g. Highlight the video Permalink just pasted into the text area h. Move the cursor over the + (plus sign) in the gray menu bar at the bottom of the text area to open more formatting choices for an text 11/18/2013 Page 5

6 Move the cursor over the just pasted video Permalink to highlight it Click on the (infinity sign) that appears in the gray menu bar, which will automatically create a viable URL out of the video Permalink that is highlighted i. Click on the (infinity sign) in the new text formatting choices that appear in the gray menu bar to create a viable URL out of the video Permalink pasted into the text area 11/18/2013 Page 6

7 Click the Send button to send the message containing the video Permalink, now a viable URL, to the recipient j. Click the Send button to send the message containing the video Permalink, now a viable URL, to the recipient k. When the is opened by the recipient, the video Permalink can be clicked on as a viable URL to access the video 11/18/2013 Page 7

8 When the recipient click on this URL it will not break at the = (equal sign), but will open the video viewing window (though any user outside the Erwil Library will need to use his or her library barcide number to login) l. If the video Permalink is not converted to a URL using the (infinity sign) function in Googl , the original video Permalink will break at the = (equal sign) in the center of the Permalink, so that it will no longer serve as a complete URL Optionally: Search for a streaming video using the search term influenza and select one from the Films on Demand resource available from the Erwin Library homepage, then add the video s static URL, or video Permalink as a viable URL, to an message for student viewing: 1. Access the Erwin Library homepage at 2. Within the Single Search tab, under the heading of Other Research Resouces Links, click the Other Databases page link 11/18/2013 Page 8

9 Click the Videos group in the Other Databases menu, or scroll down the page to the Videos group section 3. From the Other Databases page click the Videos group link 11/18/2013 Page 9

10 Click the Films on Demand link to open that database 4. Click the Films on Demand link and continue to search for a video and copy the static URL, or video Permalink for it just as if the video was accessed with the WCC Single Search method 5. Also follow the same procedure already detailed for copying and pasting the video Permalink into an text area and converting it to a viable URL before sending it to a recipient. Optionally: Search for a streaming video using the search term influenza and select one from the Films on Demand resource available from the Erwin Library homepage, then add the video s static URL, or video Permalink as a viable URL, to a Moodle Discussion forum or message for student viewing: 11/18/2013 Page 10

11 WCC Distance Education Creating a Link in a Moodle discussion Creating a hyperlink in a Moodle discussion forum, or in any Moodle text box is a simple process. Login to Moodle Navigate to the course Click on the desired forum/discussion Click Reply or Add a New Discussion (whichever applies) A block similar to this one will appear: Notice the buttons circled in red, those will remain grayed out until text is selected to create a hyperlink. Type in or copy and paste in some text. This can either be the actual link, which has been copied from a browser or some other text the user typed in.

12 WCC Distance Education Once the text for the hyperlink is input, highlight it. Notice that now that the text is highlighted the grayed out hyperlink buttons are now active: Click on the first of the three hyperlink buttons (insert/edit link), the following window will appear: Insert the link in the Link URL block circled above. Then click Insert The highlighted text will now be formatted as a hyperlink, finish entering any other text to complete the entry and click Post to Forum The post will appear in the forum with an active hyperlink.

13 For assistance with searching any of the Erwin Library s WCC Single Search resources, contact the Erwin Library Reference Desk at (ext on-campus), or the Erwin Library Circulation Desk staff at (ext on-campus), or send an wcc-library@waynecc.edu 11/18/2013 Page 11