SCOLA Insta-Class is a collection of Insta-Lessons based on actual foreign video segments with new lessons posted once a week. Each Insta-Lesson includes a video clip, a transcript of the clip, a translation of the transcript into English, quiz questions, and a vocabulary list.

Login. Select the Insta-Class icon from the SCOLA homepage.

You can pull back the fifty most recently added lessons, or search for a particular language, level, or category. Clicking the "All" box under language, level, category, or year will select or deselect all check boxes. Individual languages, levels, categories, or years can be selected by clicking the appropriate check boxes and pressing "search."

Clicking "search" will take you to a result set. Note that the search criteria are listed on the left side of the screen. To return to the search screen, press "search" located on the left.

Result sets show the date, country, and language, icons for going to the online lesson and for downloading lesson material, the level, topics, and categories.

Clicking the icon for the online lesson will open a player page displaying the transcription and translation, the video player, and the tabs to display the quiz, vocabulary words, and forum.

The download icons allow you to download all of the lesson's components (audio mp3 file, video mp4 file, and PDF file of the transcript, translation, quiz, and vocabulary words).

The advanced search feature of the Find Lessons page allows you to search the texts of the lesson for particular words in the native language or English. Topics are also available via advanced search.

Enter a search term into the box, and select either Native or Target (language) by clicking on the circle by the respective words.

Click one or all of the search options, which are Transcript, Translation, Vocabulary, Quiz, and Topic, then click "search."

Here it is possible to use the browser search functionality to find the occurrences of the exact word, or occurrences of words containing that root. Control+F brings up the search function in most browsers. As in most search engines, putting quotes around the search term will find only that term.

The additional lesson information is in the lower right corner of the screen. You can play back the video or the audio and flip between the transcript, translation, quiz, vocabulary, and forum by clicking on the tabs.

The forum allows an end user to send posts to the administrator/translators with comments and remarks about the lessons or ranking, category, and topic information. Additionally, it allows a place to post supplemental, pertinent information which enhances the understanding of the lesson content from a cultural or linguistic perspective.

To post, click the "Add Post" button. A window will open asking for a subject line and your comments.

Postings are moderated and screened by the translators and administrators.