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Video player

A video player for the classroom: play a YouTube or Vimeo video in its privacy-enhanced player, or an MP4 or WebM link, from the start of your clip. It needs a free teacher account.

This is the Video from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.

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The Video after sign-in: YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 or WebM links, a clip with its start and end, and a loop.

Key facts

Sources
YouTube, Vimeo, or an MP4 or WebM link or file up to 25 MB
Storage
Files stay in your account: 250 MB on Free
Players
Privacy-enhanced for YouTube and Vimeo, with no related videos from other channels
Where it runs
This page and OpenEduCat Board
Languages
English
Price
Free
Account
A free teacher account; students never sign in

Ways teachers use it

  • A short science clip, from the minute that matters to its end.Science
  • A song for a brain break, played again when it ends.
  • A video on the history topic, paused to talk about it.History
  • A how-to video for a craft, one step at a time.

How to use it

  1. Add the Video from More widgets.
  2. Tap Add video and paste a YouTube or Vimeo link, or a link to an mp4 or WebM file.
  3. Press play.
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Templates with this widget

OpenEduCat Board puts this video on one page with a timer, a name picker and a sound meter, for the projector.

Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The video and the clip you set here travel with you.

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Related tools

  • No student accounts.
  • No ads.
  • Data-processing agreement on request.
For schools

Questions

Can I use it as a video player in class?

Yes. Paste a YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 or WebM link and press play. Full screen shows the video large on the projector.

Which videos can it play?

YouTube and Vimeo videos, and MP4 or WebM files from a link that starts with https://. On the board you can also upload an MP4 or WebM file up to 25 MB, which your account keeps: 250 MB of files on Free. Live streams are not supported.

Can I play only part of a video?

Yes. In the settings, type where the clip starts and ends, such as 1:30, and tick Play again when it ends to loop it. Vimeo plays to the end of the video, so End at works for YouTube and video files.

Does YouTube show other channels' videos at the end?

No. YouTube plays in its privacy-enhanced player with no related videos from other channels, and Vimeo plays with Do Not Track on.

Running a whole school? OpenEduCat for schools keeps it on one platform.

See OpenEduCat for schools
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