VIEWING GT COURSES GUIDE
About GT Courses
• The GT Courses website hosts lecture recordings that are only available to students enrolled in GT Online courses and degree programs (distance learning students).
• GT Courses supports lecture presentations for the current semester and the most recent past semester. It is the responsibility of the user to download any lecture presentations that you may need to reference in the future.
• Access to materials on T-‐‑Square does not guarantee access to the lecture recordings hosted on the GT Courses website.
• It is at the discretion of the professor to allow additional sections access to lecture recordings. Access to GT Courses is a privilege and not a right for sections that are not officially distance learning. This privilege may be revoked at any time by request of the professor.
• If you need access to these lecture recordings contact the faculty member who owns
the course content and request that they send an email to [email protected]
granting you permission to view the recordings. All access requests must come directly from the professor on record for the course.
• Downloaded materials are strictly for the use of GT students registered for course sections that allow access to downloaded materials. GT requires that you do not share these materials with others.
• GT students are required to authenticate by logging in to GT Courses. These materials are not in the public domain. GT and the creator retain the legal rights to these
materials.
• The Georgia Tech Student Code of Conduct prohibits the unauthorized use of an instructor'ʹs intellectual property, including marketing and selling of such properties as PowerPoint presentations, lecture notes (any media), examination questions, study guides, etc. -‐‑ Part B. Prohibited Academic Conduct of XIX Student Code of Conduct.
Logging into GT Courses
Log in using the same credentials used when checking your GT email account.
CAUTION:
Make sure you are entering your username and not your full email
address.
Click Help in the top right corner if you have trouble logging into GT Courses.
Accessing your Courses
Click on the Categories tab at the top left of the tool bar to use the dropdown menu
to select the course you would like to view.
Select a thumbnail from the content display panel to stream or download your
lecture.
This is the rich media interface for lecture presentations. If the lecture does not
contain content, the video will appear in a single window.
Resource Tools and Features
These are the options on the
toolbar
for video playback
Full Screen Video
Play Button Timecode Volume Variable Playback Speed (N/A)
Select the
chapters tab
to view the chapter markers for a presentation. Select a chapter
marker to begin playback at that point in the presentation.
Select the
slides tab
to view the slides for a presentation. Select a slide to begin playback
at that point in the presentation.
Select the
resources tab
to view the resources for a presentation. Select a resource you
would like to view.
Use the
zoom slide feature
to move the content window to another part of your
screen or to make it larger:
1. Play a presentation containing a video and content window.
2. Hover over the content window during the presentation and click on the window
to enlarge the content. The content will open in a separate window.
3. Drag a corner of this new window to resize it.
4. Click on this new window to drag it to another part of your screen.
Viewing Zipped Lectures
PC
1. Click on the lecture thumbnail to download the zip file. (make sure pop up blocker is disabled)
2. When prompted choose Save File. This option may vary depending on which operating system and web browser you are using. The screen shot shown is from Mozilla Firefox.
3. Save this file in a location you can find later. It is a good idea to organize them all in one location.
NOTE: Some browsers will automatically download to a set location.
4. Navigate to the zip file on your computer and extract (unzip) it into a folder with the same name.
5. Open the extracted folder and open the
index.html
to launch your presentation. NOTE: Microsoft Silverlight is required to view all GT Online courses.
NOTE: It is the responsibility of the user to download any lecture presentations that
you may need to reference in the future.
Viewing Zipped Lectures
Mac
1. Click on the lecture thumbnail to download the zip file. (make sure pop up blocker is disabled)
2. When prompted choose Save File. This option may vary depending on which operating system and web browser you are using. The screen shot shown is from Mozilla Firefox.
3. Open Finder to locate the file you just downloaded. Save this file in a location you can
find later. It is a good idea to organize them all in one location.
NOTE: Some browsers will automatically download to a set location.
4. Navigate to the zip file on your computer. Right click on the zip file to bring up menu options. Select Open with and choose the tool you would like to use to extract (unzip) the contents.
NOTE: If you experience any trouble with the native Mac Archive Utility, Try downloading The Unarchiver from the Apple Store.
5. Open the extracted folder
6. Inside the extracted folder, open the
index.html
to launch your presentation.
NOTE: Microsoft Silverlight is required to view all GT Online courses
7. After clicking on the index.html page this is the index page you should see load.
8. Click on Launch Presentation to start the presentation.
9. The lecture presentation will load and play from your local computer.
