Web page

Add a Web page element to display a live web page on selected devices. Manager also supports broadcasting video content from YouTube and other video platforms. 

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Select a web page

To access the broadcast page to create a web page broadcast, perform the following:

1. Go to the Devices page.
2. Select one or more devices in the list.
3. Click the Send broadcast  button. 
   The Send broadcast page opens.  
    
4. Click the Web page tile. 
5. The Web page screen should appear. 
    

Set Web page options

On the Web page page, provide the following details:

• Web page 
  Specify the URL of the web page to broadcast. Make sure that this URL is live and publicly acessible. For specific web pages that require additional adjustments to the URL to make them work properly, see section below.

• Basic Settings 
  Select the broadcast Duration:
  
  
  • Continuous. 
    Loops the web page until device users dismiss the broadcast, or a Manager admin stops the broadcast. 
     
  • Custom. 
    Sets a custom duration for the broadcast. Web page automatically stops once the duration has been reached. 

• Advanced settings 
  The following options are available:  
  
  
  • Forbid device user from stopping broadcast 
    Enable to prevent users from stopping the broadcast manually. If not checked, users can stop / hide / dismiss a broadcast from displaying on their device even if the Continuous or Custom duration was set. 
     
  • Continue broadcast when device is online 
    Resend message to devices that went offline, but have reconnected again, as long as the End time condition has not been met. 

Start the broadcast

Once you are satisfied with the content, click one of the following buttons:

  Send Broadcast 

Starts the broadcast.

 Save as template 

Create a template using the current settings that could be re-used later.

  Back or Cancel 

Return to the Broadcast page and select another broadcast type.

Web page behavior 

Manager displays the live content of any web page you specify. Note the some sites may need some setup to run properly.

Standard Web pages

Keep in mind that users cannot interact with a web page during broadcast. 

For example: 

You want to broadcast your school's home page that features a carousel banner displaying important events. 

Ensure that: 

This banner rotates automatically and does not require manual intervention to navigate through all the items. All key information must already be visible when the page first loads. 

Google Slides

Educational establishments may want to broadcast Google Slides presentations that loop indefinitely. To setup a Google Slides presentation for broadcast and get its public URL, perform the following:

1. Launch the Google Slides website on your browser.
2. On the File menu, click Share.
3. Select Publish to web from the options.  
   
    
4. In the pop-up window: 
   1. Set the Auto advance timing for the slides.
   2. Check the Start slideshow as soon as the player loads box.
   3. Select Restart the slideshow after the last slide to make the presentation loop
   4. Click Publish.   
      
       
5. Click OK  to confirm that you want to publish this presentation. 
6. Copy the generated URL. 

Use this URL to setup the Web Page element in Manager. Always verify that the URL is publicly accessible to ensure that it is broadcasted properly. For more information on making Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms public, see the following page:

• Make Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Forms public

Additional behavior when broadcasting Google Slides presentations:

• Publishing your Google Slides makes your presentation public. Always review the contents of the presentation to ensure that no personal information is shared.
• YouTube videos embedded in a Google Slides presentation cannot automatically play during broadcast. This requires the presentation to be manually interacted with, which is not possible in a broadcast.

YouTube

Broadcasting a YouTube video only requires providing the YouTube URL, with the following recommendations:

• We highly recommend using URLs taken from the browser's URL bar, not from YouTube's Share or Embed feature.
• Set the Broadcast YouTube video in full screen toggle to ON so videos will display in full screen.
• Note the following loop behaviors:
  • Videos and playlists will auto-loop
  • Playlists will auto-play to the next video

If a YouTube video does not play during broadcast: 

• The owner may have disabled the Allow embedding setting for the video. 
• Set the Broadcast YouTube video in full screen toggle to OFF. This may allow the video to play, though not in full screen. Some UI elements of the video's YouTube page may be visible.

YouTube (with Closed Captions)

To broadcast a YouTube video with closed captions, update your YouTube link so it uses the following format:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/[video ID]?autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=[2-letter code]

Where:

• video ID = the ID found in the video's URL after v=
• 2-letter code = ISO 639-1 two-letter language code. See full list here.

For example: To show closed-captions in Spanish for this YouTube link:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fy8Sk2gDaM

Where:

• -Fy8Sk2gDaM = Video ID
• es = Two-letter language code for Spanish

Using the parameters above, our final URL will be:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Fy8Sk2gDaM?autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=es

Afterwards, launch Manager and specify this URL for broadcasting a web page.

Live Streams

You can also broadcast live streams as long as they meet the following requirements:

• Provide a URL for a platform that hosts live video streams, like YouTube Live, Facebook, and Twitch.
• Page should contain a video that is currently or will be live streaming at the time of broadcast.

To display YouTube live streams in full screen, use the URL found in the browser address bar. Do not use the URL from YouTube's Share feature.