Today's Tip: Use keyboard shortcuts to use YouTube like a pro!
These tips are great for the YouTube videos embedded in the Be Good People curriculum for advisory. If you tell your students you're trying some shortcuts, they probably have a few more to teach us!
Turn captions on/off with the "c" key.
All students can benefit from seeing captions while watching a YouTube video. To turn on captions with the cursor, click the CC button on the bottom right menu of the video.
All students can benefit from seeing captions while watching a YouTube video. To turn on captions with the cursor, click the CC button on the bottom right menu of the video.
Change caption size with the "+" or "-" keys.
Make the text larger by pressing the "+" button on your keyboard. Make the text smaller by pressing the "-" button on your keyboard. Perhaps captions would be better positioned at the top of a YouTube video? Reposition captions by dragging them with your mouse.
Use the spacebar to pause/play a video.
Years ago, a student saved me with this one! After fumbling with the trackpad on my Chromebook to pause a YouTube video during class to discuss, one of my students told me it's so much easier to hit the spacebar. She was right!
Skip ahead on a video with the number keys.
Use the number keys to skip through a percentage of the video. The "1" key skips to 10% through a video, the "5" key skips to 50% through a video, and so on.
Go back or forward 5 seconds with the arrow keys.
Go back 5 seconds by hitting the left arrow.
Go forward 5 seconds by hitting the right arrow.
Restart a video with the "0" key.
Hit the "0" key.
Years ago, a student saved me with this one! After fumbling with the trackpad on my Chromebook to pause a YouTube video during class to discuss, one of my students told me it's so much easier to hit the spacebar. She was right!
Skip ahead on a video with the number keys.
Use the number keys to skip through a percentage of the video. The "1" key skips to 10% through a video, the "5" key skips to 50% through a video, and so on.
Go back or forward 5 seconds with the arrow keys.
Go back 5 seconds by hitting the left arrow.
Go forward 5 seconds by hitting the right arrow.
Restart a video with the "0" key.
Hit the "0" key.
What is your favorite YouTube channel?
At school, I like Cat Trumpet for relaxing music and video while the students have work time. At home, my most-watched channel is definitely Yoga with Adrienne as she helps me bring out my best self.
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