Video Clips

[BlakePatterson]

Create a reusable JS function that can be used to put a YouTube video on the page.

Here is an idea on how to do it:

• Create a function that takes in a YouTube url & an html element
• Write some code to generate the required html to embed the video into the passed html element
  • Try using <video> or <iframe>, or maybe even find a library to do this for us if necessary

If this works out, maybe we can write another function to build an exercise off of this:

• Have the video embedded in the top of the exercise (using the above function)
• Have a multiple choice menu to select the phrase or word that was said
• Have a timer to time how long it took the user to answer
• Maybe expand this to be a multi-question quiz
• Maybe also limit the number of times the user can listen to the clip

Another thing to note is that there are audio clips meant to be used with the Genki textbook, official and unofficial on YouTube. Here is a link to some I found with minimal research. We should really be careful about what resources we use here and that we are not breaking any copyright rules or other legal things.

[BlakePatterson]

Here is the original proposal:

Learning a new language can be hard specially for people who are starting from scratch. Practicing and doing as much exercises/quizzes is a great way to start off, but not the best one. My idea is to include various video clips for people to watch so they can learn through hearing it. These videos will be based on the lessons/category that learners are on. I'm pretty sure there are many videos on Youtube (or else where), but sometimes people don't know where to start off. So, having videos for people to watch is another step of learning Japanese and it is easier for them to watch rather than searching for videos that may result in watching a bad ones (aka clickbait). Also, if looking up on YouTube, it can be a distraction due to recommended videos next to it. Putting a video on the webpage is pretty straightforward by using <video> or <iframe>. I would also like to include questions for people to answers after watching the videos to see how much they get out of by hearing Japanese.