Regarding the videos, here are the two lesser, yet problematic, issues:
1. Video volume -- When you insert a video into a PowerPoint slide, the
playback volume of the slide defaults to 1/2 volume. This might make it
difficult for some instructors to get enough volume when showing
videos, especially for those videos that already have a low volume to
begin with. The fix is to insert the video into the slide as normal, then
right-click on the image of the video on the slide, and choose the "edit
movie" option. There will be a sound icon in the resulting dialog box.
Click on the sound icon, and raise the volume slider to the top, then
click on OK. Save the Powerpoint file. This will have to be done for
each individual video in the presentation, however if the instructor has
saved the data folder to his or her hard drive, it will only have to be done
once. If not, they'll have to do it every time they use the presentation,
since they can't save the changes to the DVD.
2. The embedded videos are set to start autoimatically when the
instructor advances the slides. This will probably be a problem for most
instructors, as they will probably want to click on the video in order to
start it. That way they will have more control. In order to change this,
they will open the Task Pane in PowerPoint (found on the View Menu),
and select the Custom Animations option. They will then right click on
the entry in the animations list that shows a little clock face (indicating
an auto start), and change the setting to "On Click", which will change
the clock face to an image of a computer mouse. After saving the file,
they will then be able to control the start and pausing of the video by
clicking on the video image. Again, they'll have to make the change for
each individual video.
The main problem, and the one that caused me trouble in class, was the
following:
3. This last issue is the most serious problem, but fortunately doesn't
affect every slide, and may not affect every instructor. You may
remember that with several of the videos, when I clicked on them to
start them, only a white box appeared, and the video didn't run. It gives
the impression that the "link" to the video is broken, but that's not the
case. Here's the issue:

A little known fact about PowerPoint is that there is a 128 character limit
for any hyperlinked file. If a video or any other linked item has a file
location that is longer than 128 characters, this problem occurs. When
the files are on the DVD, the file path is shorter than 128 characters, so
all the videos play. However, when an instructor copies the data folder
to his or her computer, the path will change, and may grow longer than
the limit, depending on where they save the folder on their hard drive.
This will not be a problem for everyone, and not for every file. However,
I saved the data directory to my Windows "Desktop", and that caused
the path to grow too long for several files. There's no way to be sure
which instructors and which files this will affect, so the instructions for
correcting it need to be generic in nature.
Each instructor should, after copying the data folder to their computer,
run through the presentation in Slideshow mode, and check each
video. If, when they click it to play it, a white box appears (or if they
have the videos still set to start automatically when the slide advances,
the slide may come up white and not show the video at all), they will
need to do the following:
Go into PowerPoint edit mode, and navigate to the problem slide. By
right clicking on the video image, and selecting the Edit Movie option,
they can see the video's file name, and thus identify which video file is
the culprit;
Go into My Computer and navigate to the data folder on their hard drive,
and find the video file;
Change (Rename) the file to something shorter. I just left the name the
same, and deleted a few characters so that I could still identify it. For
example, one file that I had to change was the "#4 Lexington SWAT
Daves Time.wmv" file. I changed it to "Lexington SWAT.wmv".
Go back to the errant slide in PowerPoint edit mode and delete
the embedded video from the slide. Then go to the Insert Manu, and
choose Movies and Sound, then Movie from File. Navigate to the
revised file name, and double click it to make the new insertion.
During the insertion, PowerPoint will ask them if they want to start the
video automatically, or when it is clicked.

They may have to resize the video image for optimal viewing.
Instructors should remember to reset the volume to its loudest setting,
as described above.