How to speed up or bypass mandatory compliance training videos
Mandatory training videos force teachers to sit and watch them in real time while trying to manage other tasks. Opening the video in a completely separate window allows it to play in the background while working on something else on the same device.
What people tried
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- 1Opening the video in a separate new window so it plays while doing other tasks on the device.Did this help you?
In their words
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“I don’t have a shortcut but if you open it in a different window (not tab, has to be a whole new window) you can have it play while doing literally anything else on that device.”source ↗
“Does anyone have a shortcut to complete the Vector safe schools video ? TIA!”source ↗
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