Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Firefox's Download Helper

How to Download Videos from YouTube
Today's tech tip focusses on a solution for those teachers who try to show videos and get the SWOD*. When streaming video from an online site, and there is not enough bandwidth in the school to load the video faster than it plays, you will get the SWOD. Enter download helper, the Firefox extension that allows you to download youtube videos onto your computer. Playing videos off your computer will prevent SWOD from rearing its ugly head.

The below screencast shows how to add the extension in Firefox and how to use it to download videos.





*Spinning Wheel of Doom/Death

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