Last week during HATTS (HATTS recap coming soon) we began talking about the great teacher resources that can be found on YouTube. We talked about how to embed YouTube videos right onto the course page and how to create YouTube play lists around a specific unit of study. Often when I talk to teachers about YouTube videos, they express concerns with the suggested videos running along the side and the comments. The fact that this extra material can serve as a distraction is an issue, but a bigger concern is that this material is uncontrollable by the teacher. Embedding a video directly on your course page takes care of this problem (unless of course the student selects to open the video in YouTube rather than watching it in its embedded form), but what if you want to show a quick video in class? I have found two quick and easy ways to strip a YouTube video and show it on a clean, white background.
Method #1: Quietube: Video with the distractions
Quietube provides a bookmark button that quickly and easily allows you to watch YouTube videos without all of the extra distractions. Simply navigate to http://quietube.com/ and drag the quietube button to your browsers bookmarks bar.
1. Navigate to the desired YouTube link
2. Click the quietube bookmark button - it will automatically redirect your browser to a quietube link that can be shown in class or shared via a link.
(Note: I tested this using Firefox and Chrome and both browsers worked well)
Method #1 turns this:
into this:
Method #2 Quiet YouTube
Quiet YouTube creates a blank white page displaying only your selected video.
1. Navigate to the desired YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QcyW-qTUg
2. Type the word 'quiet' in front of youtube.com: http://www.quietyoutube.com/watch?v=A4QcyW-qTUg
(Note: The website warns this may not work for all videos. In order for it to work for this example also had to remove the https)
Method #2 turns this:
into this:
