Play LENA Grow instructional videos
The instructional videos for LENA Grow Coaching Sessions 1 and 2 are in the Resources section of LENA Online.
Follow the steps below to prepare to play the videos during your sessions.
You will need:
- LENA Online access
- A device that meets the requirements for your preferred playback method
Stream from LENA Online
- Go to LENA Grow Resources.
- Open the Orientation and Coaching Sessions tab.
- Scroll down to the section for your session, and click on the video you want to play. Go full screen!
Test your playback method ahead of time, on the device you'll have during the session, and on the internet connection you'll have in the session. Remember that internet speeds can vary by location!
Download for offline playback
Offline playback is ideal if the internet speed is slow or unknown.
Notes on offline playback:
- The videos are packaged for download as a PowerPoint show. Videos are not available for individual download.
- The file is large and so may take a while to download. Give yourself plenty of time, and be sure you have a decent internet connection while downloading.
- You will need to have the PowerPoint app on the device you're using for offline playback.
1. Download the zipped folder that contains the file.
(You'll only need to do this once.)
- Go to LENA Grow Resources.
- Open the Orientation and Coaching Sessions tab.
- Scroll down to the All Grow 2.0 Videos - Slide Deck section, and click on the set of videos you need (English or Spanish).
- Wait for the file to download. You can see the download progress in your browser window.
2. Extract and save the file to a convenient location.
(You'll only need to do this once.)
- Click to open the zipped folder you just downloaded. This will show the file in a File Explorer window.
- Click Extract all to unzip the file.
- Choose the location where you would like to store the file to play the videos.
- Click Extract.
For easy access during coaching sessions, create a desktop shortcut now.
- Open the folder where you just saved the file.
- Right-click on the file, and select Create shortcut.
- Drag the new shortcut to your desktop.
3. Select and play videos in sessions.
- Double-click the shortcut you created, or go to the folder where you saved the file in the previous step, and double-click on the file to open it.
- The file opens as a full screen video menu. (Sometimes it takes a few seconds to open.)
- Click the title of the video you want to watch.
- Click play button to watch the video in full screen.
- Click Return to menu to return to the full list of videos, or use the Esc to close the PowerPoint show.
Test playback before your session.
The video menu looks like an app or web page, but it acts like a slide show. If you have not presented a PowerPoint recently, play around with the controls a bit to work out the kinks before your first coaching session.
A few tips:
- The arrows keys on your keyboard and the almost invisible slide show controls in the bottom left of the screen are your friends!
- If you get lost arrow back to the menu using your keyboard.
- On menu and thumbnail slides, clicking on anything that isn't a menu button or a video thumbnail advances to the next slide or video.
- If you advance by mistake, just use your keyboard to arrow back.
- Clicking while a video is playing makes it start over. Every. Time.
- To get out of a video, hit Esc once, or arrow back on your keyboard or on the slide show controls.
- If all else fails, arrow back to the menu.
- To leave the show, hit Esc from any still slide.
Test your playback method ahead of time to be sure both video and audio are working well.