Download+Youtube+video

YouTube is a vast library of videos for all content areas. As a teacher, you can search YouTube to find multimedia clips that would be fabulous resources for your classroom. However, YouTube is at times filtered or blocked in our school.  This week’s tool offers an easy way to download (save) YouTube videos to your computer so that you can show them in your classroom - even if you aren’t connected to the Internet!  KickYouTube Getting Ready:  > > > > > >  > > > Loading KickYouTube:  > > > >  > > > > > > > Saving (Downloading) the Video: 
 * 1) Go to: [|www.youtube.com]
 * 1) Locate the desired video.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Play a part of the video to make sure it is working.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Move your mouse into your browsers address (URL) window.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Insert the word “kick” in front of “youtube” in the URL.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">When the page reloads you will see KickYouTube’s menu bar at the top of the window.

> > Note - Experiment with a short video to see which format works best on your computer. I recommend starting with MP4 for Macintosh and FLV for Windows. > > <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;"> > > > <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">KickYouTube will take a little time to process. When it is finished, the green “Go” button will change to a blue download button.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Click to select the desired format and then click the “Go” button at the right side of the bar.

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<span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;"> <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;"> Right-click (Win) or Control-click (Mac) the blue download button and choose “Save link as” or “Save Target as” or something similar.

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 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">This will open a window that will allow you to save the video to the desired location on your computer.
 * 1) <span class="style_1" style="line-height: 16px;">Once the video is saved, double-click to open it. It should open and play in QuickTime, FlashPlayer, Windows Media Player, or another media player application.