Here’s the scenario. You have just developed an A+, Teacher-of-The-Year, lesson plan for your class. In fact it is so good that it is guaranteed to have your students say, "Mr/Ms/Mrs (insert your name here) Rocks! He/She is my favorite teacher….ever.
Part of your lesson involves projecting images and videos onto your screen. Things are going along swimmingly until you turn on your computer and try to project your video. For some reason, you can see the image on your computer but the darn screen/TV projects a black box. What is happening? How will you be Teacher-of-The Year now?
Have no fear – Implementation is here!
If you are experiencing this problem on a PC, you need to fix your Hardware Acceleration.
OK Matt, what the heck is Hardware Acceleration and how do I fix it?
"In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal CPU" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_acceleration
In other words – your computer is spending a lot of its resources trying to run one thing and needs to spread out its brain power, multi-task, if you will. Most importantly show your stuff on more than one screen!
To adjust your Hardware Acceleration please follow these steps:
- Right-click on your desktop
- Click on the word Properties
- Click on the Settings tab
- Click the Advanced button (lower right-hand corner)
- Click on the Troubleshoot Tab
- Move the carrot in the middle of the box from "Full" to a location that is somewhere between "Full" and "None"
- Sit back and wait for the Teacher-of-The-Year nominations to pour in
This week’s bonus tip – check out the attachment and learn how to download and project close-caption files full screen!
Keep tuning in for even more tips and tricks. And this Thursday check out the blog to meet Guest Blogger Extraordinaire and Implementation Super Star – Stephen Wakefield…
Talk to you soon,
Discovery Education, Implementation