Researchers recommend that parents look for five benchmarks as the indicators of quality educational apps (i.e., scaffolding, curriculum, development team, feedback, learning theory), yet research suggests that parents undervalue some of these benchmarks. The purpose of the current study was to examine if a short video-based intervention would enhance parents’ value judgements of apps featuring the five aforementioned educational benchmarks. In near and far transfer studies (n=100; n=101), parents of children 4-11 years old were randomly divided into intervention and control groups and were assigned to either watch a 9-minute video that detailed how the five benchmarks augment learning, or a 2-minute control video. Parents evaluated 10 simulated apps containing either benchmarks or buzzwords. The near-transfer study shows that a brief intervention can help parents identify quality educational apps via the benchmarks, whereas the far-transfer study suggests it only works if developers are using specific keywords in app descriptions.