Penn State University Libraries - Quick Start Guide

Click a link to any video thumbnail to play the video in a custom NBC Learn Cue Card video player. The player includes features for full screen view, closed caption and viewing transcript. It also features tools for saving videos into playlists, sharing URLs, viewing metadata and downloading video to play without an Internet connection.  See image below for location of tools in the Cue Card player and read the description below for details.

To enter full screen mode, move your mouse over the the bottom of the video to view the play controls. Click the rectangle icon to the far right to enter full screen mode. Press the Escape button to exit full-screen display.

1. To disable audio, move your mouse over the the bottom of the video to view the play controls, then click the speaker icon. To un-mute, click the speaker icon again.
2. Click the bars in the play controls to change the volume of the video.

1. To activate closed captions, move your mouse over the the bottom of the video to view the play controls. Click the CC icon to the far right to display captions (this action turns on captions for all videos).
2. To hide captions, click the CC icon again.
3. To view a transcript, click Transcript in the right side of the player. A transcript tab opens. To close the transcript, click Transcript again. The transcript can be used to verify spelling and specific facts.

Note: Not all video files may have captions or transcripts.

1. To access metadata about the video (including air date, keywords and bibliographic citation), click the curved arrow button on the upper right of the Cue Card. Click the arrow icon again to retutn to the video.
2. To access and copy a bibliographic citation for a video.
   1. Click curved arrow button to view the metadata.
   2. Click the + button next to Citation.
   3. Select citation style from MLA, APA or Chicago Manual of Style.
   4. Click the Copy button on the lower left. Text can then be pasted in another document.

To save a video to a Playlist folder, click the Save button at the bottom. See the Create and Use Playlists section below for additional details.

The Share tool on the Cue Card player allows users to both discover the direct URL and to send it to different online sources.

1. Click the Share link to open the palette. The URL is available at the bottom. You can click the Copy URL to copy the URL which can be pasted into another document.
2. To e-mail link, click the Email icon. The tool also includes options for posting the URL to Delicious, Digg, Twitter, Facebook, AIM and other outlets.
3. Click Copy URL to close the palette.

1. Save the video to a playlist.
2. To save notes about a video, click the Notes button.
3. Enter and format text, then click Save.
   

NBC Learn allows you to download videos to a local computer so it can be played without an Internet connection.

1. To download a video, click the Download button beneath an open video. First time downloaders will be prompted to install a custom applications. Once the application is installed, click the Download button to continue the process.
2. To play video, open the NBC Learn Offline Player application. Click the Library tab on the left to view list of all downloaded videos. The player also includes options for playlists and import/export.

Note: Detailed information about the NBC Learn Offline Player is available on the Help tab of the NBC Learn site.