Research for Better Schools

Using TIMSS Videos to Improve Learning of Mathematics: A Resource Guide

Technical Notes

Expanding videos to full screen

Videos can be easily expanded to the full screen on computers that run Windows Internet Explorer and have RealPlayer and Flash software installed. However, to expand to full screen on a Macintosh, the following steps are required:

  1. Open the CD and find the folder with the code that corresponds to the lesson from the list below. Open that folder.

CD #1

  

CD #2

A1
A2
A3
A4

US1
US2
US3
US4

NB11121436
NB11121438
NB11121444
R11261739

NB10311107
NB10311120
NB10311123
NB10311126

  

HK1
HK2
HK3
HK4

J1
J2
J3
J4

NB10301719
NB10311035
NB11121456
NB10311008

NB11121737
NB11121744
NB11131323
NB10311155
         

CD #3

  

CD #4

C1
C2
C3
C4

N1
N2
N3
N4

NB10301607
NB10311026
NB10311037
NB10311012

NB11121452
NB10311032
NB11121749
NB10311044

 

S1
S2
S3
S4

NB10311049
NB10311023
NB11121751
NB10311052
  1. Open the folder named "Videos."
  1. Find the file that begins with the lesson code (see the above list), followed by letters "TR.smil" (e.g., NB10311023TR.smil). Double-click on that file or drag and drop it onto the RealOne player icon.

Note for Mac OS X users

The START HERE file contained on disc 4 was created before Mac OS X could be used with the LessonLab platform. Therefore, double-clicking on that icon will take you to Classic mode and an older Web browser. To launch LessonLab from the CD you need to open the CD and drag the file default.htm onto the Netscape 7 icon.

LessonLab for Mac OS X requires that you have Netscape 7 and RealOne installed. If you need to install this software, you may use the LessonLab installer for OS X, which installs both Netscape 7 and RealOne. The installer is included on disc 4, or you can download the latest version from:

http://st2c2mll01.connectria.com/help/systest/macstart.htm#installerOS-X

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