How to learn from a video lesson

Steps

1. Open the link. It opens the video on the other site. Check with a grown-up if you are a child.
2. Turn on captions: press C, or click the CC button. For another language open Settings, then Subtitles, then Auto-translate.
3. Slow it down or speed it up: Settings, then Playback speed. Use 0.75 if the speaker is fast.
4. Pause often. Use K or the space bar to pause, the left arrow to go back 5 seconds, and J to go back 10 seconds.
5. Do the step on your own computer right after you watch it. Then play the next part.
6. Skip the comments section. It can have rude or unsafe messages, and it is not part of the lesson.

Make it work for you

• No sound? Use captions and read along. Many videos also have a transcript under the three-dot menu, labelled Show transcript.
• Low vision? Use full screen (press F) and zoom the page with Ctrl and +.
• Autoplay: turn it off in the player so the next video does not start by itself.
• Language: in Chrome or Edge, right-click the page and pick Translate. In Safari, use the page menu button, then Translate. The translation is by a machine, so check anything that looks odd.
• Read it aloud: Edge has Read aloud (Ctrl+Shift+U). Windows has Narrator (Win+Ctrl+Enter). Mac has VoiceOver (Cmd+F5). NVDA is a free screen reader for Windows.
• Make it bigger: press Ctrl and + (Cmd and + on a Mac). Reset with Ctrl+0.
• Keyboard only: Tab moves to the next link or button, Shift+Tab goes back, Enter opens it.
• Tire easily or lose focus? Work in short blocks, for example 15 minutes, then rest.