Non Registered User Feature Guide


More than Just Video Streaming...

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Opening a Window that Connects Your Schools and Communities

The growing integration of all forms of multimedia content is transforming every facet of modern life. Schools and their communities are watching more rich media than ever before, and are doing so on an ever-expanding variety of devices with high-resolution screens and broadband wireless connections. Already, your students are pioneering this brave new world. And their families expect you to not only prepare their children to live in this world, but to be leaders in it.

Eduvision Takes You There – Today

More than a powerful Video streaming platform, JDL Horizons has developed Eduvision as a full-featured communications package that provides any school, association or enterprise with its own IP television broadcast service.

Your Students Are Ready for Eduvision

Every minute of every day, hours of new Asset content are being posted to popular online services. And most of that content is being produced by middle and high school students who go to school every morning, but do their most creative work after school hours. That’s when they create, edit and upload their Assets to social networking sites that are typically blocked by school policy. Eduvision gives students a new outlet for their creativity while they’re at school – a high-quality media environment in which their work can be showcased to their peers, their families, and their community, but in a controlled setting that demonstrates a commitment to responsible use of cutting-edge technologies.

Your Teachers Are Ready for Eduvision

With Eduvision, teachers can help their students literally see their world in all its dimensions – and, in doing so, learn to effectively communicate their ideas using the techniques and standards of the digitally driven worlds they will someday take their place in: business, entertainment, communication and government. What’s more, there’s virtually no learning curve, even for the most techno-phobic. Eduvision, and the programming created through it, resides on a central offsite data hosting facility with a Asset content distribution network managed by JDL Horizons. There’s no complex hardware or software to master or purchase, no bandwidth constraints, and technical system administration and maintenance are transparent. Plus, by streaming video either live or on-demand, EduVision integrates seamlessly with professional development seminars and workshops for teachers.

Your School’s Communities Are Ready for Eduvision

student interviewEduvision’s promise doesn’t stop at a school’s walls. It’s a powerful tool for engaging all of the important constituencies involved in a school district. Schools become online broadcast centers, streaming live and pre-recorded programs to parents, relatives, alumni, public officials and the community at large – even to classroom partners anywhere around the world. Eduvision allows three levels of simple and easy-to-use administration: site administrator, channel manager and contributor. This allows for scheduling live events and empowers channel managers to preview and approve all Asset before it’s published. Because the design was made for educators, nothing goes up through an association or school’s Eduvision portal without the approval of the school’s channel managers, a vital form of operating control not available in so many of the popular media outlets on the Internet today.

Are You Ready for Eduvision?

Eduvision is available for a nominal annual subscription fee, and most schools quickly offset the subscription price through sponsorships. That makes this unique service an asset to a school’s tight budgets, not an expense item. From the most widely popular to the most narrowly scoped, Eduvision gives every facet of a school’s activities a chance to be seen heard and appreciated. At the click of a mouse, your programming is instantly available to future users 24/7, whether on school grounds, at work, or in their homes.

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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 Assets 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 Assets in Eduvision.tv Asset delivery portal.

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Prerequisites

Users should have access to a computer with internet access and pre-assigned user name 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 Asset content and associated metadata.

Eduvision.tv currently accepts Asset files in the following formats:.

Supported Video/Audio/Image formats: flv, f4v, mp4, wmv, mov, avi, m4a, vob, mpg, m4v, mts, jpeg, jpg, gif & png.

Recommended Image size: 1280 x 720.

Max uploadable file size - 4 GB.

*avi files tend to be quite large. It is recommended this file type be transcoded to the mp4 format prior to uploading.

See Recommended Encode Settings for more information.

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Home Page Features

Home Page Main Features

Figure 1 - Home Page Main Features

  1. Menu - The list of various options available for a non-registered user.
  2. Log In - Click here to login using your already existing credentials. If you do not have an account, you will also be able to register yourself, if the site is enabled with viewer registration option.See New User Registration for more information.
  3. Live Schedule - Click here to view all events' scheduled in this site. See Live Event Selection for more information. (Exists if Live Event is created and listed).
  4. Home - Click here to go to your portals’ home page. www.Eduvision.tv.
  5. Eduvision.tv - Click here to go to JDL Horizons, LLC portal to know more about Eduvision and its features.
  6. Request a Site - Click here to create a new "30 day free trial version of Eduvision portal" for your School/Organization.
  7. Site Search - Looking for some other School or Organization? Click here.
  8. School/Organization banner.
  9. Search Options - Enter your search term to get the asset(s) you are looking for.
  10. Search - Click here to get the asset(s) matching your search term. See Asset Search Option for more information.
  11. Tag Search - Click here to perform an advanced search using "Tags" to get the asset(s) matching your requirements. See Tag Search for more information.
  12. Channel - Displays the list of channels available along with the asset count in each of them. Click on the particular channel to load all the assets present in it. See Search by Channel for more information.
  13. Upload Asset - Click here to upload a new asset to the portal. You will have to login (if not already logged in) to be able to upload. See User Login for more information.
  14. You can share the portal via Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus here.
  15. Asset Player - Your video/audio/image/photo-show will be displayed here.
  16. Video Control bar - All the player control options will be available here. See Video Control Bar for more information.
  17. Share - Click here to share this asset via social sites. See Recommend to a Friend for more information.
  18. Download - Click here to download the asset you are now watching.
  19. Bookmark - Click here to view all the bookmarks available for this asset.
  20. Related Asset - Interested in more assets like this one you just watched? You are just a click away !
  21. Your assets’ title and description information will be displayed here.
  22. Views - The number of times this asset was viewed. (Will be shown only if it is more than 75).
  23. Rating - Shows how many stars this asset has got. You can also provide your rating here! See Five-Star Rating Display for more information.
  24. Download Attachment - Click here to view and download all documents associated with this asset.
  25. Comment - Click here to submit your comments about this asset. See Comment for more information.
  26. Assets related to the one you are currently watching !
  27. New Assets - Click here to get recently uploaded assets in the top of the list.
  28. Most Viewed - Click here to sort assets based on views.
  29. Related Items - Click here to view assets grouped together with the one you are currently watching.
  30. Click here to view assets in "Grid" view format.
  31. Click here to view assets in "List" view format.
  32. Other assets uploaded to this portal will be loaded here.
  33. Mouse over on an asset to read its title, complete description and price/password information.
  34. Click on the numbers to load more contents from the respective pages.

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Video Control Bar

video Control Bar

Figure 2 – Video Control Bar

  1. All the player control options are explained in this section.
  2. Clicking this toggles between play and pause of the video.
  3. Play Progression Indicator - Shows how much of the video has been played in a linear scale. Can be moved forward and backward to jump to different points in the selected video.
  4. Click here to view all bookmarks available for this asset.
  5. Remaining Time Indicator - Displays the amount of time remaining to play.
  6. Closed Captioning - Clicking this toggles between turning on and off the video subtitles.
  7. Volume Control - Click the "Volume" button to adjust the Speaker volume. This does not change the computers audio volume. If the user's computer is muted, this control will not change the system control panel settings.
  8. "Full Screen" Button - Allows the viewer to expand the video window to full screen. Pressing this button when in Full screen mode, or pressing the "esc" key, returns to the normal player window.

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Five-Star Rating Display

Five-Star Rating Display

Figure 3 – Five-Star Rating Display

Users can click on the stars to register their own rating for this asset.

You can rate only once per user session.

Five-Star Rating Location

Figure 4 – Five-Star Rating Location

Click your mouse over the stars to set your rating.

The stars turn Yellow when they are “Hovering the mouse on stars".

When the mouse is released, the rating will be recorded. Only once rating is allowed per browser session.

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Asset Search Option

Site Search Tools

Figure 5 – Asset Search Option

You can use these tools to filter the asset(s) you are looking for.

  1. Enter your search criteria and select a channel to look for matching asset(s) within that particular channel.
  2. Click here to get the asset(s) matching your search term.
  3. Click here to perform an advanced search using "Tags" to get the asset(s) matching your requirements.
  4. Displays the list of all channels available along with the asset count in each of them.Click on the particular channel to load all the assets present in it.

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Search by Channel

Search by Channel

Figure 6 – Search by Channel

  1. A Parent/Main channel.
  2. The number of assets present in the parent channel.
  3. The number of assets present in all Sub-Channel(s) under this parent channel.
  4. Sub-Channels.
  5. The number of assets present in the particular channel.
  6. Channel without a Sub-Channel.

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Tag Search

Tag Search

Figure 7 – Tag Search

  1. Main Topic name.
  2. The number of assets present in this topic.
  3. Criteria.
  4. The number of assets present in this criteria.
  5. Check one or more criteria you are interested in.
  6. Click "Search" to filter assets based on selected criteria.
  7. Click "Cancel" to abandon tag search and go back to home page.

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Share – Recommend to a Friend

  • Click here to share the asset to others using the list of available social networking sites.
Recommend to a Friend
  • Do not see the social site you are looking for to share this asset? Perform a search with the name of that social site to see if it is available
Recommend to a Friend

Figure 8 – Recommend to a Friend

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Associated Documents

  • Clicking "Download attachments" will open the screen shown below.
Associated Documents

Figure 9 – Associated Documents

  1. The title of the asset associated with these documents.
  2. The title given for the particular associated document.
  3. Document description details.
  4. Click "Download" to the save the document to your physical computer.

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Submit your Comment

Comment

Figure 10 – Comment

To enter your comments about this asset, please click on the “Comment” icon.

Comment

Figure 11 – Comment

  1. The title of the asset you want to comment on.
  2. Comments other users' submitted about this asset.
  3. Please enter your first name.
  4. Give your last name.
  5. Give your E-mail address.
  6. Enter your personalized message/comments about this asset.
  7. Type the Verification code as you see in CAPTCHA image [letters in a distorted picture].Click here to get a new verification code.
  8. Click "Submit" to post your comment(s) on this asset.
  9. Click "Close" to return back to home page.
  10. Click "Refresh" to reload comments screen.

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Password Protected Asset

  • You will be prompted to enter a password, if the asset you are trying to watch is “Password Protected”.
Password Screen

Figure 12 – Password Protected Asset

  1. Enter the assets’ password here.
  2. Click "Submit" to validate your password. On success, the asset playback will be started.
  3. Click "Close" to exit.

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Priced [PPV] Asset

If the asset you are trying to watch is associated with a price, you need to make payment. You will be allowed to view a brief preview of the asset before being prompted for payment.

Payment Preview Screen

Figure 13 – Priced [PPV] Asset

  1. Click "Buy Now" to Sign in or to Register and make payment.
  2. Click "Close" to exit.

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Payment Login

Payment Registration Screen

Figure 14 – Payment Login

  1. Shows the assets’ basic information you are interested in making payment.
  2. Click here if you already have your login credentials for this site.
  3. Enter your login name.
  4. Enter the password associated with your login.
  5. Click "Login" to login and then make payment.
  6. Click "Cancel" to go back to home page.
  7. Forgot your login details? Click "Can't Sign In" to recover it!

    8. NOTE: If your asset is mapped to one or more passes, the pass purchase option(s) will also be available here.

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Register and Make Payment

Payment Screen

Figure 15 – Register and Make Payment

  1. Shows the assets’ basic information you are interested in making payment.
  2. Click "New User Registration" to register as a new user and make payment.
  3. Please enter your first name.
  4. Give your last name.
  5. Enter your desired login name.
  6. Enter the password you would like to have.
  7. Re-enter the same password.
  8. Enter your E-mail address.
  9. Provide your phone number.
  10. If you have an alternate phone number, please enter here.
  11. Type the verification code as you see in the CAPTCHA image [letters in a distorted picture].Click here to get a new verification code.
  12. Enter your name as given in the credit card.
  13. Select your credit card type.
  14. Please enter your credit card number.
  15. Select your card expiration date.
  16. Provide the credit card security code.
  17. Enter your street address.
  18. Enter your city name.
  19. Select your state.
  20. Enter your zip code.
  21. Please check this box if you want the system to remember your credit card information. (We do not save your credit card number or security code)
  22. Please read and agree with our “Terms and Condition”.
  23. Click "Submit" to register your account and to process your payment.
  24. Click "Cancel" to exit.

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User Login

Sign In Login Screen

Figure 16 – User Login

  1. Enter your login name.
  2. Enter the password associated with your login.
  3. Click "Login" to Sign In.
  4. Click "Cancel" to go back to home page.
  5. Forgot your login details? Click "Can't Sign In" to recover it!

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Recover User Name or Password

Recover User Name or Password Screen

Figure 17 – Recover User Name or Password Screen

To recover user name - For the registered user:

  1. Enter your Login name (or) Email address associated with your account.
  2. Type the Verification code as you see in CAPTCHA image [letters in a distorted picture].
  3. Click here to get a new verification code.
  4. Click "Mail Me" to receive an email with your login credentials.
  5. Click "Return to Login" to go back to the Sign-In Screen.

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User Registration

User Registration

Figure 18 – User Login

Clicking “Login” redirects to the Sign In/User Registration screen.

  • If you have already registered with this site, you can sign in with the already existing login name and password.
  • If you are a new user, fill the form below to register yourself with this site.
New User Registration

Figure 19 – New User Registration

  1. Please enter your first name.
  2. Give your last name.
  3. Enter your desired login name.
  4. Enter the password you would like to have.
  5. Re-enter the same password.
  6. Enter your E-mail address.
  7. Provide your phone number.
  8. If you have an alternate phone number, please enter here.
  9. Type the verification code as you see in the CAPTCHA image [letters in a distorted picture].Click here to get a new verification code.
  10. Please read and accept our “Subscriber Agreement” terms.
  11. Click "Submit" to register a new user.
  12. Click "Cancel" to exit.

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Viewing the Live Broad Cast

Watch Live Event Menu Selection

Figure 20 - Watch Live Event Menu Selection

Clicking "Live Schedule" from the menu redirects to the screen shown below.

Live Event Selection

Figure 21 - Live Event Selection

  1. Enter your search criteria to get the event(s) you are looking for.
  2. Selecting a date here will get all events starting from or after this date.
  3. Selecting a date here will get all events starting on or before this date.
  4. Click "Go" to filter events based on search criteria.
  5. The title of the live event.
  6. Description about the live event.
  7. Event start date and time.
  8. Time zone in which the event will be broadcasted at.
  9. Click "Watch Now " to watch this free event.
  10. Clicking the "Watch Now" to pay immediately.
  11. PPV Event- Click "Preview" to have a brief preview of this events before making payment.
  12. This indicates it is a free and a future event.
  13. Click "PrePay" to make payment for a future event.

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Count Down Timer

Count Down Timer

Figure 22 - Count Down Timer

  1. Displays the time remaining for the event start.
  2. You can also go to the Schedule page by clicking "Change Channel".
  3. Clicking "Refresh" will reload this same page.

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Live View Screen

Live View Screen

Figure 23 - Live View Screen

  1. Live event metadata information.
  2. Live player your event will be live streaming here.
  3. Controlbar - You can play/pause/adjust volume(or) go to full screen using this option.
  4. Share - You can share this event with all friends on any social sites using this option.
  5. Click "Change channel" to go back to live schedule.
  6. Click "Comments" to submit your comment about this event.
  7. Click "Refresh" to reload your live stream.
  8. Click "Download attachments" to view/download the document associated with this live event.

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Live Comments

Live Comments

Figure 24 - Live Comments

  1. Enter your First Name.
  2. Enter your Last Name.
  3. Enter your Email address.
  4. Enter your Personalized message / comments.
  5. Type the Verification code as you see in CAPTCHA image [letters in a distorted picture].
  6. Click Submit Button to Save your Comments.
  7. Click Close Button to Exit.
  8. Click Refresh to reload the page.

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Password Protected Live Event

Password Protected Live Event

Figure 25 - Password Protected Live Event

1. When a user "hovers" the mouse over the thumbnail, the pointer will displays additional information about that Event.

  • Live Title.
  • Live Description.
  • Password Required, if the event is enabled with password.
Password Protected Live Event

Figure 26 - Password Prompt for Live Event

  • Enter the event password here.
  • Click "Submit" to validate your password on success, the event playback will start.
  • Click "Close" to exit.

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Live Event Prepay Tooltip

Live Event Prepay Tooltip

Figure 27 -Live Event Prepay Tooltip

1. When a user "hovers" the mouse over the thumbnail, the pointer will displays additional information about that Event.

  • Live Title.
  • Live Description.
  • Price Live.

Click Prepay button - It will redirect to Payment Screen, See Make Payment for more information.

Payment Screen

Figure 28 - Payment Screen

  1. Enter your login name.
  2. Enter the password associated with your login.
  3. Click Login button - It will redirect to Payment Screen, See Make Payment for more information.
  4. Click "Cancel" to go back to home page.
  5. Forget your login details? Click "Can't Sign In" to recover it !

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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 site, site district or Institution of higher education, contact info@jdlhorizons.com.

Contact JDL Horizons

Figure 29 - Contact JDL Horizons.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and adding your institution to this exciting site!!!

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