Schools video component

Use this guide to add and edit the Schools video component.

Features

The Schools video component will display the videos your school has inside the Brightcove platform.

The component:

is an easy way to display your school's videos on your website
can be used on the homepage, content page, news articles, events, the contact page and inside the column control on these pages.

Video guidelines

It is important that all videos have closed captions, a text component to introduce the video with the title of the video and its duration, and a text component with the transcript linked under it.
See how to add a Rich text editor component.
Some videos will require an audio description.

Before you start

Read the Schools video information page.
Remember, you need to upload the video to the Brightcove platform first.
Navigate to the page where you want to add a video and you are ready to begin.

Step 1: Add the Schools video component

Select Drag components here.
Select the plus icon.

The insert component area with the plus icon highlighted

Select Schools video from the Insert New Component list.

The insert new components list with Schools video highlighted

Step 2: Edit the Schools video component

Select the Schools video component.
Select the spanner icon to add your video to the page. This is the Configure button.

The schools video component with the configure button highlighted

Step 3: Select the account

Select your school from the Account drop-down.

The school video component with the account drop-down highlighted

Step 4: Choose your video

The Schools video component will display all of the videos linked to your school's Brightcove account in the Video drop-down.
Select the video you wish to display from the Video drop-down.

The schools video component with the video drop-down highlighted

Step 5: Choose the Player type

Schools have the ability to customise the way their video player looks.
Select the Player drop-down.
Choose your player.

The schools video component with the player option highlighted

Select the tick when you are ready to save your Schools video component.

The schools video component with the tick highlighted

Brightcove videos - optional

Select the icon to the left of Home. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
Select Properties in the menu bar that appears across the top of the screen.
Select Social Links tab to update social media platforms your school uses.
Select tick in the box 'Do not display Schools Video (Brightcove) videos in the Social Media component'. This will hide Brightcove videos from social media component.
Select Save & Close.

Removing old videos from Brightcove - optional

To remove old videos from Brightcove which are showing up on your school website select the video and select Quick Edit.
A new tab will open on the right of the screen. In Tags To Add column write not-sws and select the blue Save button on the bottom of the tab.
Select Quick View to view the tag you recently created under Tags heading.
Please note: Your video will stop displaying on the school website after about an hour.

Video tips and recommendations

Poster images in Brightcove

A common requirement with videos is to be able to set the poster image. The poster image is the frame or image that shows as the first thing people see when the video appears. This could be a title image or a frame from the video that is representative of the entire video.

This can be configured in Brightcove by whoever has access to your Brightcove account. The video team supports staff across the department to communicate using video.

Adding the poster image

To add your poster image, you must login to Brightcove'
Now navigate to your video in Brightcove
Find the video in the media list in brightcove (click on the video camera icon)
Once you've open the video, see the Images section:

In the Poster section, click the upload button and choose the image you wish to use. It should match the aspect ratio of the video, usually 16:9 or 4:3.

If you don't have this image already, an easy solution is to go to the desired point of the vide, hit pause and take a screenshot. Save the screenshot on your computer, crop and edit it if needed and then upload it.
You can also use the same image for the Thumbnail if you wish. This will be shown on small thumbnail versions of the video.

Autoplay - why it's not recommended

Autoplaying media (such as sound and video) is not recommended.

You have probably experienced browsing a website and suddenly an annoying and unexpected voice or unfamiliar music blasts through your speakers. You don't have control of the sound through your speakers or movement on the screen and you may be in a setting where this is intrusive or offensive.

The phenomenon of autoplaying videos became popular among advertising firms on the internet - but it has since become unwanted. Social media (such as Reddit) has numerous posts from annoyed users writing with colourful terms about autoplaying videos they have encountered and how they go about stopping them.

Concerns

Autoplaying videos can burn through your mobile data-plan
In areas with limited data-connectivity, the autoplaying video can prevent the user from accessing the rest of your webpage
Google's Chrome browser also prevents some videos from autoplaying
Some users also install addons for their web browser to prevent videos from automatically playing
Screen readers: Users who rely on screen reader technology navigate by listening, so any sound that plays when the page loads will interfere with their navigation and comprehension of the web page. Automatically playing audio may also prevent these users from being able to find the controls to stop the intrusive audio
Moving content: Some users may have difficulties with moving content on a website when it starts without warning. Autoplaying videos can make it harder for them to concentrate or focus on tasks when distractions are present

Additional reading

Publish your changes

For changes to be updated on your live school website you will need to publish the page.

For feedback and support

Schools Video support, email schools-video@detcorpcomms.zendesk.com
Schools Video component support
Lodge a video request

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Brightcove account access

Each public school in NSW has a dedicated Brightcove account. School principals are the main administrators of their school’s Brightcove account. Principals can add up to 8 additional users to this account.

If you are a school user and require access to your school’s Brightcove account, please request access through your principal. Fore more information see Brightcove account access.

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