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Safari Montage

Safari Montage

All educators (and students) in Davis School District have access to Safari Montage. If you are not familiar with Safari Montage please review the material on this page, which contains login information, tutorials and troubleshooting helps. Your school media specialist/librarian can also help you begin using Safari Montage.
What is Safari Montage?
Safari Montage is a Video On-Demand and Digital Media Management/Distribution system. It contains up-to-date, Standards-based, content-aligned video as well as other types of digital media, such as digital images, audio, etc.
 
How to access Safari Montage

On a computer:

On an iPad:
  • download the Safari Montage app from the App Store.
  • open the Safari Montage app and enter the following for the host name: media.davis.k12.ut.us
  • select your school or location then login with your Encore username and password.
  • choose Safari Montage from the options.
 
Setting up the Safari Montage Media Player on the computer
 
 
Safari Media Player Alert
The first time Safari Montage is used on a computer, the Safari Montage Media Player will need to be downloaded and installed.
 
Click on the Download SAFARI Montage Media Player link to download the Media Player to your computer.
 
NOTE:  DO NOT CLICK ON THE CONTINUE BUTTON. Clicking on Continue will not install the Safari Media Player.
 
Once the Media Player has finished installing, either close all open Internet windows OR restart the computer if you are prompted to do so.
 
How to login
Teachers - Login with the same username/password that is used for Email, Encore, etc.
Students - Login with your student username and pin number for the password. 
Parents  - Login with your student's username and pin number for the password.
Getting Help
 
Training Documents
 
     Safari Montage - Getting Started - updated 05/14/2013
     Safari Montage - Playlists - updated 05/15/2013
 
 
Other Help Resources
Once logged into the program, click on Help in the navigation menu to access step-by-step instructions in the User Guide.

On many of the screens within Safari Montage there are Tutorial buttons, i.e. the Dashboard, Media Player, Playlists, etc. Whenever a tutorial button is available, it will contain video tutorials that are specific for that part of the program.

Troubleshooting

1. Install or reinstall the Safari Montage Media Player.
  • Login to Safari Montage.
  • Click on the Help tab from the Safari Montage menu bar.
  • On the left side of the screen, click on Browser and Plug-in Downloads.
  • On the right side of the screen, scroll down until you see the Safari Montage Media Player options
    • For Windows XP, look for Safari Montage Media Player (XP, Auto-Installer) and then click on Version 5.7.2.
    • For Windows 7, look for Safari Montage Media Player (Windows, Auto-Installer) and then click on Version 5.7.2.
  • Follow the prompts for installing the software...i.e. run, run, etc.
  • At the end of the install process you will need to reboot your computer.

2. Check to make sure the latest version of Quicktime has been installed on the computer. Quicktime can be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.

3. Make sure Safari Montage is being accessed through Internet Explorer or Firefox. Google Chrome will cause the audio to be garbled.
 
To see more troubleshooting tips, check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 
 
For other Safari Montage issues, please contact either Roger Martin @801-402-5181 or rmartin@dsdmail.net or Cathy Larsen @801-402-5225 or clarsen@dsdmail.net.