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Annoto enables learners to contribute, share and learn together, promoting an interactive group experience. Annoto allows learners to lean forward, become actively involved and return to the video content, sharing ideas and learn with their peers and instructors. For example, learners can ask questions on specific moments in the video that they didn’t understand and get notified when answered, or engage in meaningful conversations on the content. All the interactions are time-tagged, and therefore are kept in the context of the video.
Each user can also see who in online and have a 1*1 chat with any of the other participants and in addition, users can manage a personal notebook where they can reflect on the video content, add bookmarks and can add additional information (e.g., videos and web links).
Powered by comprehensive analytics and insights, Annoto sheds light on users and their interactions within the video content, shedding light on how and when users interact with the video content and with each other.
Annoto adds an interactive layer to the video content that consists of :
In-Video Collaboration Widget
Interactive Timeline
Every comment is time-tagged, meaning everything you write is always in the context of the video. Clicking on the time-tag of each comment takes to the exact moment in the video it refers.
Annoto In-Video Collaboration Widget allows to collaborate with the learners, ask questions, take notes and much more - always in the context of the content.
Using the colored tabs, a user can move between “Comments” and “Personal notes” (You can also do it via the “Menu” button).
Here is a closer look on the In-Video Collaboration Widget
At the bottom of the video, there is the interactive timeline that provides a visual representation of the comments\ notes at the Annoto widget (in accordance with the tab that is currently presented). The comments are represented by the colorful bars on the timeline.
The height of the bars represents the number of comments (or notes) and the colors represent their sentiments (if no sentiment was used, bar will be grey).
Clicking on one of the bars (comment indicators) in the timeline:
Takes you to that exact moment in the video
Scrolls the discussion to the relevant comments for this moment
The Annoto Comments Space provides you with a one-click-away conversation with anyone on the video:
Ask your learners questions about a video
Share your ideas & thoughts
Answer learners' questions
Share examples, or ask the learners to share
Add links and videos as comments
See the level of understanding of your learners
Place translations or clarifications to words, phrases or ideas in the exact place in the video that they appear
The Annoto User space reflects entire learning Activity Feed (comments, replies, and more) in all the course videos:
For a quick tour of the User Space, please see this short video.
People Space gives you an overview of the video viewers, to see who is online at any given moment. You can invite any participant (whether online or offline) to a private conversation (a 1*1 chat).
Manage your very own personal notebook:
Highlight specific moments (important parts in the video, things you want to discuss with the learners, topics you wish to focus on, key questions for the exam, etc.).
Add your thoughts and insights (they will be visible only to you).
Learners can Summarize and Bookmark the video for exam preparation.
Export into document for offline review
Annoto Interactions enable you to keep the learners engaged in additional ways, such as: quizzes, polls, surveys, etc.
Each interaction includes a bundle of settings, created specifically to match the needs of it, and after choosing the settings, you will be able to review the final result of the interaction that was created.
The Annoto Dashboard was designed in order to shed light upon learners' video consumption and behavior within the Annoto in-video collaboration widget, providing you with analytics and insights regarding their activity in the course:
The Annoto Comments Space enable a discussion between all the viewers of a video - learners and instructors. Every comment that is added gets a time-tag, meaning: you can always see to what specific moment in the video each comment refers and understand its context.
If you want to add a comment, simply start typing in "Add a comment..." section. The video will be automatically paused (so you won't miss anything while writing).
Once your comment is ready, simply hit Enter, or click the submit button (green arrow, as you can see in the image below):
and your comment will be added to the discussion:
The Educator indicator
In addition to the name of who wrote the comment, every comment (or a reply) provided by the instructors is marked with the Educator indicator (the graduation hat beneath the user image).
Learners' comments do not have the Educator's indicator icon.
Learners can even have the ability to post questions or comments as anonymous. In this case, only instructors will see the user's name. Click here to see how Anonymous comments look in instructor's view, as you can also see in the following images:
When Anonymous comments are enabled, each learner can choose whether to post the comment as anonymous or not. This is how it looks in the learners' widget:
Each comment (in the Comment Space) and each note (in the Personal Notes Space) gets a timetag that reflects in what specific moment in the video it was added. Therefore every question, comment or a note is always in the context of the video.
Clicking on the timetag will take you to the exact moment in the video that it was written about.
The Annoto Timeline provides a quick overview of the discussion and indicates specific moments in the video that includes many comments or questions.
To learn all you need to know about the Timeline - Click here.
If you wish, you can add a sentiment to your comment, to indicate its type:
You may choose your sentiment by clicking on the icon near the comment that you are typing, as you can see here:
If you want to move to the next line in your comment, click Shift + Enter.
You can format your messages:
Ordered list (Type 1. (or any other number followed by a dot) at the beginning of a new line and it will magically transform to ordered list)
Bullet list (Type * , - or + at the beginning of a new line)
Shift + Enter to a new line
Emojis (Add smiley faces, hearts, winks etc. by typing their shortcuts and a space after them: :-)
, <3
, ;) or :p )
Bold - Type double asterisks for **Bold text**
Italic - Type underscores for _Italic Text_
Highlight - Type equal signs ==like this== to highlight
Blockquote - Type > at the beginning of a new line
Whenever People Space is enabled on the widget, you can mention a user in the comments space by using '@' .
To mention someone, type '@' in the editor then start typing their name. Then, choose the person you want to mention from the list of suggestions.
Enhance the discussion:
Drive a specific user's attention to a certain moment in the video
Empower a learner by mentioning them in the discussion
Learners can mention one another in the context of the video content
You are free to edit or delete any comment you write.
Editing or deleting a comment is done by clicking on the 3 dots menu, that is revealed when hovering the comment's date:
If you want to reply to a comment - all you have to do is click on Reply below the comment, write and hit send, as you can see here:
Whenever a comment has replies, the number of replies is mentioned below the comment. Clicking on that will open the reply so you can read it, as you can see here:
A comment can be “liked” simply by clicking on the red heart near the “reply” button.
The number of "likes" a comment received is shown as well.
Whenever an instructor “likes” a learner's comment or a reply, that comment\reply is marked with “Educator’s thumbs up” (yellow medal on the comment).
As you can see in the following images:
An instructor has the ability to delete learners’ comments from the discussion (in case of inappropriate comments, for example).
Deleting a learner's comment is done by clicking on the 3 dots menu, that is revealed when hovering a comment's date:
You will see that the comment was deleted:
Learners will not see this comment at all (as if it was never written).
Instructors can also delete learners' comments directly from the Annoto Dashboard. Click here to see how.
An instructor has the ability to manually approve any comments before it becomes public.
Setting the option for "Managed Comments" is done in the Annoto Dashboard.
Approving comments is done via the Annoto widget.
When moderating comments is enabled, once a comment is submitted, it will await instructor's approval.
This is how the instructor will see the comment (with "Pending approval" message below the comment):
The instructor can publish the comment, dismiss it, or choose any of the additional options (Reply and Publish, Private Reply or Delete) - based on the Managed Comments features enabled in the Preferences.
The learner who posted the comment will see it with "Pending approval" message, until approved by the instructor:
Other learners will not see the comment until it is approved.
Once approved, the comment will be shown in the discussion,
If deleted, the comment will appear as "Deleted by moderator", both for the instructor and for the author (the learner who wrote it). Other learners will not see the comment at all (not even "Deleted by moderator" comment).
If dismissed, the comment will disappear from the Instructor's discussion but will still appear as "Pending Approval" for the author (the learner who wrote it). Other learners will not see the comment at all.
If we take a closer look on an added comment, here is the info we have on each comment:
In order to add an external video (a YouTube video, for example) in your comment:
Go to the video
Copy the video's link (URL)
Go to "Add a comment" in Annoto:
You may either write a comment in addition to the video, or not - as you wish.
4. Paste the video's link (URL)
5. Hit "send".
The video will be embedded in the discussion, as you can see here:
You may comment with your own video: a camera recording (of you) or a screen recording.
Click here to learn all about recording video as a comment.
To learn about all the ways you can use the Annoto Comment Space (to engage the viewers, encourage a discussion, use it for assignments, etc. - visit the Annoto Use Cases.
You can stay on top of things by following the discussion.
Following a discussion means you will receive a notification email whenever someone replies to your comments in a discussion or whenever a new comment is added to the conversation.
Following\ Unfollowing the discussion is done via the Annoto menu.
By default, you will not be notified on new comments.
Following a discussion is by either of the following:
Adding a comment in the Comments space (once you add a comment in the shared comments area in a specific video, you will be notified on replies and new comments created in this video).
Following a video via the Annoto menu
You can follow the video discussion without adding a new comment by clicking the Bell icon in the Annoto menu:
Instructors can choose what they want to follow:
Follow this discussion - means receiving notifications for new comments & replies that are added in this specific video
Follow this group - means receiving notifications for new comments & replies that are added in any of the videos in the course\ channel.
In order to be a follower - the bell should be green. When the following-bells in the menu are clear - no notifications will be received, as can be seen here:
You can enable/disable which email notification you will get from Annoto in "my Space". Accessing it is from the Annoto menu:
Choose which email notifications you would like to receive:
Followed Groups - once enabled, you will be notified on new comments and replies in the videos within the group (course/ channel, etc.)
Followed Discussions - once enabled, you will be notified on new comments and replies in this discussion (video)
Replies - once enabled, you will be notified when a comment you wrote received a reply
Mentions - once enabled, you will be notified on comments that you are mentioned in
Toggle right (green) = Enabled
Toggle left (grey) = Disabled
Please note that if you disable notifications in the preferences, you will no longer receive any emails for any of the videos in the course.
Want to control which notification you receive? You can manage the Annoto discussions in all the videos from the Annoto menu. Click here to learn how.
You can also follow\unfollow the discussion from the Annoto Dashboard. Click here to learn how to do so.
When Video as a comment is enabled, Annoto users can reply not only with text, but also in any of the following recording options:
Self-recording (Camera)
Screen recording
And just like everything that happens in Annoto, this ability is also performed within your LMS (without having to go to a different platform) and without the need to download anything.
In order to record a video as your comment:
Click “Add a comment” in the Annoto widget
2. Click the video camera icon:
3. Choose what you want to record: Camera or Screen
4. Select the settings (Microphone\ camera)
If you chose Camera – you will see at the left bottom a screen of what will be recorded
5. Click “START RECORDING”.
6. You can pause the recording anytime by clicking the Pause button and you can continue recording by clicking on the red button:
7. Whenever you want to end the recording, click on the Stop button:
8. Now you can choose what you want to do with the recording:
a. Post – will add the video as a comment
b. Click the X button – will not save the video.
In case you clicked the X button, and you want to record again – click on the video camera icon in the comment and start recording.
The video will be added to the discussion, as you can see here:
Here are a few examples of how video as a comment can be used to expand and enrich the conversation:
The ability to record a video instead of writing an insight, comment or feedback can be a great time-saver for some people.
Instead of typing your thoughts, you can just say what you have in mind. This can save you some precious time.
If one picture is worth 1000 words, imagine the worth of a video recording!
A video feedback combines not only the content of the feedback, but a lot of additional added value: the tone of what is said, body language, hand gestures - all of these create a much more comprehensive way of expression.
Recording the screen opens a world of possibilities in the ability to show how to do something, instead of explaining it.
This can be used to demonstrate how a program works, to show how to find something in your device, to demo how to change settings, to focus the viewers on a specific location in your screen, etc.
Video as a comment can be used to strengthen the introduction between all video viewers - Learners & Instructors. Anyone can add a self-recorded video, answering a specific question (such as: "why did you choose to take this class?"), or telling about themselves.
Can be used, for example, at the beginning of the semester, where the instructor and the learners introduce themselves in a video – can be a great ice-breaker! 😊
When teaching languages, pronouncing has a huge meaning. Video as a comment can be easily used to demonstrate how to pronounce a specific word, phrase or even a letter.
The instructor can record the correct way to pronounce and\or ask the learners to record themselves doing so.
When a video is created, feedback can be given in several ways.
Adding time-base written comments is one of these ways. By recording your screen as a comment, you can also show exactly what you are referring (in terms of a specific part of the video, as well as a specific location on the screen).
Sometimes the easiest way to help a learner understand is to give them a real, visual example of what you’re talking about.
In order to record video as a comment, no need to download anything or to go to a different platform. All is within your environment!
If you want to make sure everything is set up for recording, feel free to check out this list:
Internet connection – Internet connection must be stable.
Make sure you have a 0.5 Mbps (500K) internet speed.
If possible, a wired connection is preferred.
Equipment (Camera\ Microphone)
Make sure you are not currently using your camera in a different app (a camera can be used only in one application at a time).
Make sure your browser permissions allow using the Microphone and Camera.
If a prompt shows up, make sure to allow using the camera and microphone:
Browser
User Space can be accessed from the main menu:
The user space includes 2 sections:
My Space
Activity Feed
The User Space helps learners to reflect on their entire learning activity in the course and provides a quick access to all new comments & replies in the video they are following.
My Space presents your profile info, as well as your activity throughout all the videos in your courses, for example:
Number of comments you added in the Comments Space
Number of personal notes you added in the Comments Space
The activity feed helps users stay updated with everything that interests them :)
In the activity feed you can see all the latest activity that happened in the Comments space (the Annoto shared environment) in the videos that you are following.
You can see the activity in two aspects:
Me – shows only content submitted by you
Everyone – shows all the activity in the videos that you are following
Here is an example of what you can see in "Everyone" mode:
The new added Interactions Analytics in the Annoto Dashboard provides valuable insights into the engagement and learning progress within your courses and videos by tracking the number of interactions added to each.
Now, you can easily see how many quiz questions have been added to every course and video, providing you with a comprehensive overview of user engagement and the depth of learning experiences.
Where can I see it? In multiple places:
In the Hub:
On the right side you will see the Interactions icon along with the number of quiz questions that were created. You can even sort the Hub by the number of Interactions:
Under Insights - Overview:
In the Insights overview, you can see the number of total interactions in all of the course videos (If in the Admin dashboard – the Insights overview presents the number of total interactions in all courses)
Under Insights - Videos:
In the Insights Videos table, the interactions column presents the number of Interactions per video:
Key Benefits:
Performance Tracking: Monitor the effectiveness of your quizzes by tracking the number of interactions added over time.
Content Engagement: Understand which courses and videos are drawing the most attention and interaction from your users.
Adaptability: Use insights from Interactions Analytics to adapt your content and quizzes for better engagement and learning outcomes.
You may also see how to do so .
You can also learn more about video as a comment in the Annoto Use Cases .
You can check your internet speed .
If you need to enable your microphone and camera and no prompt has shown, you can see how to set it .
Make sure your browser is always up to date. If you are not sure, feel free to check it .
The is a personal space where users can see and edit their details, see personal stats for reflection and export personal notes for the whole course.
My Space also enables you to export your personal notes on course level. Click to learn more about this option.
The Activity feed can be accessed by clicking on the "Feed" Tab in :
To learn more about following, click
You can learn all about the new and improved Managed Comments feature .
Following our feature, we have introduced a new enhancement.
You can read more about the process .
You can find this option within the in the.
This is easily done within the dashboard of the course you want to import to, as you can see , or in the following instructions:
When creating Annoto Interactions, the interactions need to be in order to be seen by the users. In the new release, we added the option to publish a single interaction (as opposed to all of them at once): Simply click on the 3 dots menu of the interaction you want to publish:
- Choose which features and user experience you prefer for that video.
- Check learners' progress and results.
- Discover insights about users and about this video in particular.
The Annoto Insights Dashboard will also be accessible via clicking on the course name in the .
You can learn all about it .
Enable to manage and get insights on the (Grades, Quizzes results, etc.)
You can learn all about the new dashboard in the .
As mentioned, Kaltura fixed this bug on the new player
To resolve the issue and make sure you are not affected you need to go to (I understand it takes a bit of time to update ±15min)
Can be set through , under Course/Video
Can be set through Anonymous Comments’ options, under Course/Video
Annoto Interactions enables to engage the learners in additional ways, such as: quizzes, polls, surveys, etc.
Each interaction includes a bundle of settings, created specifically to match the needs of it, and after choosing the settings, you will be able to review the final result of the interaction that was created.
After the interaction is created and reviews, it's important to publish it, so the learners can see it. Learn here how to publish.
True or false questions allow you to set a question that has two answers, and only one of them is correct (Can also be a Yes/No question).
Multiple Choice Questions allows you to ask a question and provide as many answers as you like, with only one correct answer.
Multiple Answer Questions allows you to ask a question and provide as many answers as you like, with more than one correct answer. There is no limitation on the number of correct answers you can set.
Coming soon...
The Annoto Personal Notes Space allows you to add notes that are visible only to you.
Learners use their personal notes to summarize the video, bookmark and highlight specific moments.
Instructors use their personal notes to reflect on the content, add insights based on the discussion in the Comments Space and plan ahead based on these insights (an instructor's personal note can be for example: "remember to provide an additional explanation to this topic\ share examples".)
Same as in the Comments Space, every note is time-tagged, meaning everything you write is always in the context of the video. Clicking on the time-tag of each note takes to the exact moment in the video it refers.
Once you move to the “Personal notes” area, the interactive timeline will visualize only the notes you added.
If you want to add a personal note, all you have to do is start typing in "Write a personal note..." section. The video will be automatically paused (so you won't miss anything while writing).
Each note can get a sentiment, just like in the Sentiments in the Comments Space
Once your note is ready, simply hit Enter, or click the send button (green arrow, as you can see in the image below):
If you wish to move to the next line in your note, click Shift + Enter.
You can format your messages:
Ordered list (Type 1. (or any other number followed by a dot) at the beginning of a new line and it will magically transform to ordered list)
Bullet list (Type * , - or + at the beginning of a new line)
Shift + Enter to a new line
Emojis (Add smiley faces, hearts, winks etc. by typing their shortcuts and a space after them: :-)
, <3
, ;) or :p )
Bold - Type double asterisks for **Bold text**
Italic - Type underscores for _Italic Text_
Highlight - Type equal signs ==like this== to highlight
Blockquote - Type > at the beginning of a new line
You can also add videos as your personal notes.
Adding a video as a note is done the same way as adding an external video as a comment
The video will be embedded in your personal notebook, as you can see here:
All the personal notes can be exported, both of a specific video and of the entire course.
Your personal notes of a video can be exported to docs or xlsx, directly from the Annoto menu:
Once you click on the “Export” button, you get to choose the format for exporting your personal notes (spreadsheet or a document).
If you're having trouble to decide - you can export to one format and then to the other. There is no limitation for the number of times a user exports.
Each exported file contains:
Course name
Video name
A link to the video
Video duration
The notes are sorted chronologically, and for each comment you can see:
Its timetag (the time of the video it was written at)
The date it was written
The note’s sentiment (if there was any)
For a quick video of how to export your personal notes, click here.
All the personal notes that were written in all videos of a course can be exported from My Space.
This way each user can have his own personal journal of the course.
You can learn how to export your course notes from My Space here.
Learners can use their personal notes to summarize the video, reflect on the content, add questions\ thoughts\ ideas\ insights that only they can see and bookmark specific moments. The notes can be exported and then be edited, printed, submitted or sent. You can encourage your learners to use their personal notes for their needs.
Instructors can use their personal notes to reflect on the content, add insights from the discussion in the comments space, and plan next steps based on these insights (such as: referring to a specific topic that was raised in the discussion, adding examples or sharing another explanation with the video viewers (in case they are struggling, for example) and even make changes in the course content before next semester, based on insights from this semester).
The personal notes can be used for assignments. You can read all about it here.
People Space enables personal communication and networking between video viewers, as well as to see users' presence (whether they are online or offline).
Clicking on People opens a space that includes 2 tabs:
People
Chat
The people tab enables to see all the users in the course and their presence, thus helps to decrease the loneliness of the learner and to set expectations (when inviting a user to chat – if the user is not online, an instant reply cannot be expected).
Users in People tab are in the following order:
First – all the users who are online (will be indicated by a green dot) – organized in an alphabetical order
Then – all offline users (will be indicated by a grey dot) - organized in an alphabetical order
Clicking on a user’s name will show the user’s details and the option to chat with them:
Of course - there is also the option to search for a specific user:
Clicking on “Chat” button will open a conversation with that person.
Click “Type a message” to chat.
The one-on-one conversation provides the opportunity for learners to discuss with one another regarding the learned material, hence empowering the learning process with private discussions between learners. It also enables instructors a private discussions with any user in the group (TA’s, learners, etc.).
Clicking on the Chat tab shows all the users you have conversations with (and the last message that was written).
Clicking on any of the conversations shows all previous messages with that person.
Once a new chat message was sent to a user, the user will see an indication with the number of new messages:
Clicking on the chat enables to read the messages and dismisses the indication for new messages.
The chat enables a richer experience of writing, same as in the Comments Space :
Ordered list (Type 1. (or any other number followed by a dot) at the beginning of a new line and it will magically transform to ordered list)
Bullet list (Type * , - or + at the beginning of a new line)
Shift + Enter to a new line
Emojis (Add smiley faces, hearts, winks etc. by typing their shortcuts and a space after them: :-)
, <3
, ;) or :p )
Bold - Type double asterisks for **Bold text**
Italic - Type underscores for _Italic Text_
Highlight - Type equal signs ==like this== to highlight
Blockquote - Type > at the beginning of a new line
In addition to a private discussion, the Annoto 1*1 chat in the People Space can be used as another way for instructor to provide feedback to a learner, as part of the Skills Assessment use case.
In the Video View in the Annoto Dashboard you can see all interactions' activity and users' grades, under the Assessment tab.
Note: Not all LMS activities support grade pass-back to the LMS itself.
Therefore, in order to have the Interactions grades automatically sent to the grade center of the LMS, it is important to choose the type of activity that does support grade pass-back.
Activities that do not support grade pass-back may include an indication, with the message:
"Grade passback might not be supported for this activity. Learn more"
Note: some player types, such as Kaltura, may not include the grading pass-back warning, even though the activity is not graded.
Once enabled, the Annoto Widget will include the Interactions tab:
In the Interactions tab, click on the Plus button (bottom right) and choose "Create":
Select your preferred Interaction type:
True/ False
Multiple Choice
Multiple Answer
etc.
Once the Interaction type is chosen, click "Next":
Then define the settings of the interaction (Content, Settings, Preferences and Review)
Once the interaction type was selected, define its options:
Content
Settings
Preferences
Review
Then, once all is set, publish the interaction.
After publishing, there is still an option to edit the interactions.
Phrase the question you want to add.
Phrase the answers to the question. Make sure to check the correct answer (or answers, in case this is a Multiple Answer question).
Set the exact moment in the video that the question will appear.
If video was played when created the interaction, the timestamp will automatically be the moment in the video that you clicked "Create". The timestamp can be manually changed.
Assign the number of points the question is worth. There is no limitation on the number of points you can set.
You may add Feedback to the question, that learners will see after submitting their answer.
In order for the learners to see the feedback, make sure to enable "Answer Reflection" in the Settings window.
If enabled, reply must be submitted to continue.
Allow retry
If enabled, re-submitting of replies is allowed up to the configured attempts.
You can choose the total number of attempts that are allowed for the question:
Allow re-watch
If enabled, re-watching is allowed after mandatory CTA is presented.
You can manually set the timing of the rewinding in the video:
Time limit
If enabled, submitting of reply will be limited to the configured duration.
When "Allow retry" is enabled, Time limit cannot be set.
If enabled, the order of the answers will be shuffled each time the interaction is presented.
If enabled, reflection and feedback is shown after reply is submitted.
Set where the interaction will appear: as a Popup Modal or as a Side Panel
For Mandatory interactions, Popup Modal presentation is required.
If enabled, video is paused when the interaction is presented.
For Popup Modal, the video is always paused.
Once all is defined, Review window will present a summary of all interaction definitions:
When the interaction is created, you can get a preview of it, by going to the 3 dots menu (bottom right) and choosing "Preview":
This will allow you to watch the video and see the interactions that were created, in their exact timing.
Once you are done, click "Exit Preview":
When the interaction is ready - it's time to publish it!
Once all is set, you will see the interaction in the widget, with status "Not Published":
In the interactions tab, click on the 3 dots menu (bottom right) and choose "Publish":
A confirmation pop-up will make sure you want to publish the interaction. Choose "Publish":
Once published, you will see an indication that the interactions are all published.
There is also an option to publish a single interaction: Simply click on the 3 dots menu of the interaction you want to publish:
And click: "publish"
This allows moderators to create multiple interactions and easily publish them one by one. Can be used during the live meetings, webcasts as well as asynchronously.
The created interactions can always be changed; During the creation process and even after it was published:
When the interaction is created, the Review window also allows you the option to edit:
After an interaction was published, you can edit it and even determine the impact of the change.
Editing a published interaction is done from the 3 dots menu of the specific interaction you want to change:
Choose if you want to edit or delete the CTA:
Once Edit is chosen, you can change your interaction options.
Choose the impact of the change:
When a change is made in a published interaction, the Review window will allow you to determine what is the impact of published interaction update:
There are three levels of impact:
Minor - Minor change that has no effect on submitted replies.
Major - Major change, give opportunity to re-submit existing replies.
Critical - Critical change that invalidates all replies. A new interaction is created replacing the original.
After the change is saved, the interaction will present an indication that it has a draft and is pending publishing. The changed interaction has to be published in order to take place:
Once the changed is published, you will see an indication for that:
In order to be able to create an interaction, this option must be enabled in the Course/Video's .
Learn all about it in the next session -
Note: the interaction will not be visible to learners until it is .
You can add additional answers by clicking on "+Answer" button:
When all is set, click Next:
You always have the option to go back, by clicking on "Back" button:
Click "Save" to save the interaction:
During any step of the creation, you can always go back to the previous window to adjust the options you chose, by clicking on the "Back" button:
Nobody but you! The personal notes are 100% private. If you want others to see what you wrote, you can export your personal notes and send the exported file to whoever you want.
Once you add a comment in the Comments Space, everyone that watches this video can see what you wrote.
Yes! Anyone can edit or delete a comment that they wrote in the Comments Space within 24 hours after it was written, unless someone already replied to the comment.
Instructors can edit or delete their comments at any time as long as it did not get a reply.
Instructors have the ability to delete comments made by others (in case they are inappropriate, for example). Click here to learn how to delete a learner's comment.
Yes, personal notes can be edited and deleted at any time.
If you are unable to edit your comment or delete it, it is probably because one of the following happened:
More than 24 hours have passed since you wrote the comment
Someone already replied to your comment
It is useful to format the message by adding new line, for example to add bullets or ordered lists, or just to start a new line of text.
Shift + Enter will add a new line
For bullets, Shift + Enter opens the next bulleted line.
Clicking Shift + Enter twice will start another line in the comment with no bullet:
Annoto Discussions are private per course. If you use the same video in two different courses, you will have two different discussions.
However, if you wish to have the same discussion for different courses - this is also a possibility (you can define that within the Annoto settings). Feel free to contact us for that.
Definitely! When Annoto is an overlay (on top of the video), a user can drag the widget to anywhere he wants on top of the video
Annoto supports 28 languages
Yes, Annoto is web responsive and supports mobile/tablets.
Please note: as IOS devices (iPad/ iPhone) are using a native IOS Player, they tend to block other 3rd party services. In this case the Annoto widget will not be visible in full screen mode.
Annoto is tested and supports all the major web browsers (including Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox).
Try using a different browser, like Chrome for example.
Yes, Annoto is VPAT Compliant for Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 for Level A and AA and Section 508 (Including Screen readers).
Make sure everything is set up correctly to enable recording video as a comment. You can learn all about it here.
Once a video is recorded and uploaded, it takes a few seconds to process it. In case you try to play the video before processing is over, you will get an error saying: "No source video was found - Entry in process". Like this:
Not to worry! Wait a bit and then play the video again.
Due to recent browser permission changes in some environments you may get an error when trying to capture your screen. Please refer to troubleshooting for more info.
When using Moodle in Chrome and adding an LTI tool, such as Annoto Assignment or Annoto Dashboard, the “Shared Secret” field in Moodle is automatically completed, while it should be empty (a Moodle bug). As a result, the following error is received:
Fixing it is done in the following way:
When adding the Annoto Dashboard, or Annoto Assignment - make sure that the “Shared Secret” field under "Show more" is empty:
Here is a video that shows how to solve the issue: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/izG0DjmU00tPuw8fY1Mc
If you still experience issues, we are here for you! Contact us at: support@annoto.net
Welcome to the Annoto Dashboard!
The Annoto Dashboard provides full management and analytics capabilities in order to shed light on learners' video consumption and behavior within Annoto in-video collaboration widget, providing you with analytics and insights on their activity in the course.
The dashboard provides a number of views allowing to get a quick glance on the course activities and gradually dive into details up to insights on single user activity on a specific video.
The main views are:
Course View - contains course management hub, insights and preferences.
Video View - allows to manage the discussion, provides detailed insights, evaluate the assessment results and customize preferences for the specific video.
User View - provides detailed insights on specific user activities within the course.
Most of the main views contains the following tabs:
The Navigation Bar (at the top of the page) is bread-crumbs-style navigation system that indicates the view you are in and allows quick navigation.
To navigate into more specific view, simply click on one of the rows in the hub or on a row in any of the tables in the insights tab.
For example:
At the bottom of each table, you can find the controls bar:
On each Insights tab of the dashboard the date range controls allows to set the preferred period for the analytics.
The time period can be set by clicking on the date range. This will open a calendar in which you can choose your preferred dates (choose "from", "to" and click "apply") :
You can subscribe to be notified on new comments posted in your course directly from the dashboard.
Once you see "Following", you are subscribed and will receive email notifications for every new comment (or a reply) that was added in any of your course videos.
Annoto is an in-video collaboration solution that enables users to contribute, share and learn together, turning passive 1-way video viewing into an interactive group experience.
The following guidelines and best practices are here to serve as your toolkit to promote learners' engagement in the learning materials and encourage the learners to take an actionable part in learning, driving them to lean forward towards the video and actively learn from it.
Send an email or a message to the learners to inform them about Annoto with a short description, for example:
Add course announcement to the learners to inform them about Annoto with a short description. Feel free to use the phrasing above or a shorter introduction.
If you wish, you may use the following phrasing:
(same as in the image above, here for you to copy):
Meet Annoto!
Annoto allows discussing and collaborating while watching videos anytime and anyplace, using time-based video annotations as an overlay to any video.
Annoto includes several spaces, each enables a different way of engaging with the video: a focused discussion regarding any moment in the video, as well as the ability to manage a personal journal throughout the course, to have a private chat with any of the course participants and even in-video quizzing. Any video can include one or more of the Annoto Spaces (Comments/ People/ Personal Notes/ Interactions).
Annoto is presented aside the video, meaning you are not required to leave the video in order to ask a question, comment or add a note - everything is right in front of you. 😊
Enjoy!
Dear learners,
Meet Annoto. Annoto is where you can ask questions about the video, share your thoughts and contribute to the discussion. Every comment in Annoto is time-tagged, keeping the discussion always within the context of the video.
Enjoy!
It’s best to add a comment to encourage the discussion in videos before the course starts. This way you can make sure all of the learners will see the comment (once a learner finished watching the video, he probably won’t see the correspondence that occurred after that).
Asking your learners a question or inviting them to share examples can be a catalyst of the conversation and perhaps serve as an indicator to the level of understanding.
Adding a comment in the form of a question can do wonders in terms of engagement. Learners that are requested to add an example or share a thought will definitely be more involved than learners that are only watching.
Add comments on different moments of the video with additional facts or ideas and call users to action asking them what they think.
Teach the learners the art of replies: encourage them to reply to each other's comments. Let them know when a learner wrote a good reply or asked a good question.
You may add a comment in Annoto that invites learners to answer one another.
The timing of your comment throughout the video will provide additional motivation to the learners to watch the entire video.
When you answer another's comment or question, make sure you use the "Reply" button, and not writing your answer as a new comment. This way you can be sure the discussion keeps its context.
In many cases – one user's question on top of a video can save duplication of this question (by multiple users) in other platforms
A good question is both answerable and challenging.
Here are a few examples of comments phrasing that can stimulate the discussion:
Additional ideas:
Any comment or note that you add can be given a sentiment, to provide a visualization of its type:
Use Annoto to mark keynote moments in the lecture
You may place translations or clarifications to words, phrases or ideas in the exact place in the video that they appear
You may add, in specific moments, questions that are related to that moment and serve as an example for the questions that will be in the exam
When an instructor “likes” a learner's comment or a reply (by clicking on the red heart), that comment\reply is marked with “Educator’s thumbs up!” (yellow medal on the comment).
An example to "Educator's Thumbs Up" can be seen in the following image:
The “Educator’s Thumbs Up!” feature:
Empowers the learner
An indicator to other learners as to what comments are valuable
Drives the ‘labeled’ learner to add more comments
Drives other learners:
To engage in the discussion – read the labeled comment\reply
To be an active part of the discussion (“Maybe I’ll get a medal too?”)
This can rely on:
A combination of both options (number of good comments, for example)
In order to be notified on new comments and replies in your course or videos, follow the group in the Annoto menu.
Go to the Annoto menu and make sure you are Following this group:
Encourage your learners to follow discussions. This way learners will be informed on new comments and replies. These notifications will get them back to the video, to re-watch it, learn new things and have a deeper understanding of the studied materials.
If you wish to know the context of a specific comment in the video - simply click on the comment's time-tag! This will take you to the exact moment in the video the comment refers to.
Annoto's Time-Line in the video can be a helpful indicator to understand what parts of the video may require attention. Moments in the video that include many comments (will be presented by a high bar) indicate a vigorous discussion. This can be due to an extremely interesting topic, that got the users talking about it or it can point on places in which learners are struggling.
A high brown bar, for example, represents a place that includes many questions. It might be worthwhile to see what it's all about.
The personal notes space can be used by instructors to mark moments in the video for which:
Some of the learners might seem to struggle with the material
You are interested in expanding the discussion:
You wish to explain the material differently
It would be a good idea to ask for examples
You would like to give a related assignment
In order to make the most of each video, here are a few tips:
You can sort the comments in the Comments Space, by clicking on the sorting drop-down menu:
Comments can be sorted according to:
Newest - sorts the comments according to when they were added (newest - first)
Top Comments - sorts by the comments that were most voted (liked) and replied to
Timestamp - sorts the comments according to their timetag
Annoto's Time-Line in the video can be a helpful indicator to understand what parts of the video may require attention. Moments in the video that include many comments (will be presented by a high bar) indicate a vigorous discussion, for example:
This can be due to an extremely interesting topic, that got the users talking about it
It can point on places in which learners are struggling.
A high brown bar, for example, represents a place that includes many questions. This may indicate a certain topic in the video that the learners are struggling with. It might be worthwhile to see what it's all about.
To learn more about the Annoto Timeline, click here.
Interactions' settings - when creating an interaction, choose the features that support the interaction's purpose, such as: Feedback (what will the learners see if they answered correctly/ incorrectly), Allow Retry, Allow Re-watch, Answer Reflection (will allow the learner immediate reflection and feedback), Shuffling Answers order, Presentation type (Pop-up/ side panel), etc.
Align Questions with Learning Objectives: Ensure that each quiz question aligns with specific learning objectives or goals. Focus on assessing key concepts and skills covered in the video content.
Use a Mix of Question Types: Incorporate a variety of question types, such as multiple-choice, true/false, multiple-answer, etc. Different question types engage learners in various cognitive processes, promoting a comprehensive understanding of the material.
Consider Questions/ Answers length: Keep questions short and focused. Avoid having long, confusing answers. Make the length of distractors similar to that of the correct answer.
Encourage Critical Thinking: Craft questions that require critical thinking rather than rote memorization. Challenge learners to analyze, evaluate, and apply the information presented in the video.
Provide Immediate Feedback: Enable immediate feedback for quiz questions to enhance the learning experience. Use the Answer Reflection feature in each question's settings to reinforce correct answers and provide guidance for incorrect responses.
Test Regularly but Sparingly: Integrate quizzes regularly to reinforce learning, but avoid overwhelming users with too many questions. The optimal number of questions per video duration can vary based on factors such as the educational context, content complexity, and the attention span of the audience. Strive for a balance that enhances learning without causing learner fatigue.
Review and Update Questions: Regularly review quiz questions to ensure they remain relevant and aligned with the curriculum. Update questions based on user feedback and changes in course content.
Promote a Positive Learning Experience: Foster a positive learning environment by framing questions in a constructive and supportive manner. Acknowledge correct answers and provide encouragement to boost learner confidence.
The Personal Notes space can be used for planning a teaching session:
Adding time-tagged notes to discuss a specific part of the video
Adding time-tagged notes to discuss a things that were raised in the comments space (thoughts\ insights\ questions)
Annoto can be used for ice-breaking:
Asking the learners to introduce themselves
Asking the learners to vote on an instructor's comment as a way to say "yes" (for examples: "Like this comment if you want to learn more about positive thinking")
Adding a quick intro video as a comment
The beauty of the discussion is that it saves duplications of questions (once a question was asked, no one will ask it again, as everyone can learn from it). In addition, learners can answer other learners, which really eases off the load.
Instructors can choose to go to the dashboard on a timely basis and see all the new comments there, and in this case, they can disable the notification emails, if they are interested.
The number of learners is not the only thing that differs one course from another.
Each instructor and each course have their own DNA, therefore Annoto provides a world of options, from which each instructor can navigate the course to whatever they relate to.
Here are some best practices that have proven themselves extremely helpful in large courses:
The instructor can invite learners to ask questions to which only the instructor replies. This will keep the discussion only in the form of Q&A, instead of a massive discussion.
The instructor can invite learners to answer their peers’ questions. In this case the instructor can choose whether to review the replies or to leave the discussion only for learners.
Common questions that were raised by viewers can be saved by the instructor and be used in the next course - instructor can add the answers to these questions in advance, to save learners from asking them.
Annoto provides a management & Insights dashboard allowing you to curate and monitor learners' activities and generated content. Using the dashboard, you can see where new comments were created, reply quickly, see where you can stimulate the discussion and much more.
Your course Hub gathers all course content and allows you not only an overview of the course, but also the ability to see the activity in each video and manage it.
The controls at the top of the Hub card allows you to quickly search for videos by title, sort and perform common operations:
Videos can be sorted by:
Number of unread comments (number of comments not reviewed by you)
Last activity
Collaboration (number of comments)
Interactions (number of quiz questions)
A-Z (alphabetical order)
Each video item in the Hub includes:
Video title + Thumbnail
Number of Interactions (If there were any):
Number of comments (in grey) and unread comments (in red):
Date of Last activity in the video
An instructor has the ability to import data from one course to the other:
Course Preferences
All course comments that were written by the instructor
Course published Interactions
This was created in order to save instructors from doing the same work over and over.
That means that if you are teaching the same course in another semester – you can use the comments and Interactions you already used built-in time-tag, no need to write them again
Exporting & importing comments will be only of the instructor’s root comments.
Learners’ comments will not be imported – keeping a private discussion per course.
Replies will not be imported - as they are a part of the original course's discussion.
Comments from other instructors in the course will not be imported - to keep the privacy of each instructor.
Go to the course Hub:
Click on the 3-dots menu on the right side (Next to "Unrest Comments"):
Choose “Import data from another course”:
Choose the course you want to import from (you can search by title):
Choose what you want to import (by toggling) – Preferences/ Comments/ Interactions and click on the green Import button:
This is it! Everything you chose will be imported.
You can mark all the comments as READ, by choosing Review all Course comments:
Course Insights consist of 4 tabs, each sheds light on a different perspective of the activity:
Overview
Videos
Users Activity
Activity Trends
This tab provides you with highlights of participation and engagement in the course.
On the left we can see a radial bar representing how many of the users are participating in the course.
Hovering the mouse over the bars provides details on the participation category:
Active Users: Number of active participants in the course
Collaborated Users - Percentage of users that wrote at least one comment or a reply.
Noted Users - Percentage of users that wrote at least one personal note.
In the above example: 53% of the learners collaborated in the course. This indicates active learning!
The engagement in this example course is higher than collaboration. This means that the discussion created by 53% drove many more users to be engaged in the course and had meaningful interactions.
On the right side we can see general information about the course:
Active Videos – Number of active videos in this course.
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views (for all the course users that watched all course videos). How well the the course videos perform in terms of dropout.
In addition, we can find the aggregated activity metrics made by all course participants.
Views – Number of times videos were viewed in this course. For more details, please refer to How Views are counted.
Engagement – Rating for user generated content creation and consumption for the course. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies in the course (for all course videos).
Interactions - Number of interactions (quiz questions) in the course (for all course videos).
Notes - Number of personal notes in the course (by all the course users).
The Courses Videos table provides analytics for each video within the course:
The table can be sorted by each column to quickly find top performing videos in the course by the selected category. For example the most engaging videos, or videos with highest Average completion rate, etc.
Last Activity - Date when the users were last active on the video.
First Activity - Date the video was added to this course (that we know of).
Users - Number of users that viewed the video.
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views (for all the course users that watched the video). How well the video performs in terms of dropout (how much of the video the users watch each time they view it).
Avg. Total Completion – Average Total Completion of all users that watched the video. Total Completion of single user is aggregated video completion for all view sessions a user had (video coverage).
Avg. Watch Time(%) - Average Watch Time of all course users. Watch Time of single user is aggregated number of seconds watched in all view sessions. The metric is shown in percentage for convenience to be comparable to the completion metrics and to be comparable between the videos in the table (hovering the percentage shows the formatted time in seconds).
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies.
Interactions - Number of interactions.
Notes - Number of personal notes.
Duration - Video duration
The Course Users Activity table presents the activity of each user in the course.
The table can be filtered by each column to quickly find The most active users in the course by the selected activity type. For example the engaged users, or users that are sharing their knowledge by adding the most replies.
Last Activity - Date of the user's last activity in the course.
Avg. Total Completion – Average Total Completion of all the watched videos. Total Completion is aggregated video completion for all view sessions (video coverage).
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent the user watched in each view session divided by number of views (for all the videos in the course). How well the user performs in terms of dropout (how much of the video the user watch each time he viewed it).
Avg. Watch Time(%) - Average Watch Time of all the videos. Watch Time is aggregated number of seconds watched in all view sessions.
Watched Videos - Number of videos out of the total course videos the user has viewed.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies the user wrote in the course.
Replies - Number of replies the user submitted.
Notes - Number of personal notes added by the user.
ThumbsUp Badges - Number of likes on comments received from Educators.
If a user is not on the list, it means the user did not have the sorted type of activity.
The Activity Trends graph shows trends of key metrics over a period of time. It allows to investigate how the users learn over time and identify important events throughout the course life cycle.
The key metrics of the trends are: Engagement (blue), Collaboration (green), Notes(orange) and Views(red).
Course analytics data can be exported, and downloaded in CSV format
The export button is available at the top bar of the Course Insights.
Clicking on "Click to Export the Analytics Data in csv format" downloads a zip folder that contains the following CSV’s:
Overview – the highlights of the course.
Users – Course Users activity (with additional fields such as: user email, votes, last login date).
Videos – Course Videos.
The data in CSV files is formatted and optimized for custom analysis using software such as Microsoft Excel.
Use the Features cards and User Experience tab to choose the default preferences for all the course videos. You can manually set your preferred features or simply use one of the presets.
Look for and for icons in the dashboard to get quick information and links to the relevant details docs.
For exmple, the above navigation bar shows of a video called "Climate Change 101" in a course called "Annoto". Clicking on the course name will take you back to the .
In the , clicking on any of the video rows takes you to the discussion within the video.
In , clicking on a video row takes you to the of that specific video.
In the clicking on user row takes you to the of that specific user.
In order to subscribe to email notifications, all you have to do is click on Follow this Course button at the top right partof the dashboard:
New, not reviewed comments can always be spotted in the .
Additional comments and questions phrasings can be found .
Additional activities and ways to encourage discussion can be found .
All you need to know about sentiments you can find .
Annoto can be also used as an enriching layer to the video: you can add Links and videos as your comment. You can use another video as an addition to the original one, or as a completion). Click to learn how to add videos as a comment.
As all the activity in Annoto is measured and presented within the Annoto Analytics and Insights dashboard (more info about it can be found ), Annoto can be used as extra credit, bonus points or as part of the class grading.
Quantitative measures (number of comments, replies, etc.) - You can learn all about the Engagement Metrics .
Qualitative measures (the content of the comments – can use the “educator’s thumbs up” for acknowledgement and marking) - You can learn all about Comments Review .
You can follow a course either from the Annoto menu (as seen above) or from the "Following" option from the dashboard (Just make sure you are not already following). how to follow a course from the Annoto dashboard.
From the Annoto dashboard you can also manage the discussion. how to do that.
If you wish to learn about all of Annoto's following options (for example: how to follow only replies to your comments), click to read all about it.
You may add a comment to remind the learners they can use personal notes - to highlight or bookmark important parts of the video, to summarize content or to add videos\links to learn from. These personal notes can be exported directly from the Annoto menu, as Docx or Xlsx. Click to learn how.
If you wish to learn more about Annoto's Personal Notes, click .
Editing an Interaction - even after an interaction was published, you can and even determine the impact of the change. This will set whether the learners must re-take the quiz, choose if they want to re-take it or not need to re-take it at all.
Limiting Fast Forwarding - if, as part of the Interactions experience, you do not wish to allow the learners to skip ahead in the video, you can (throughout the entire video, or until the learners finish answering the mandatory questions (or all questions)).
Duplicating Interactions - a work that was already made - does not need to be made again! You can easily (as well as your comments) from one course to another.
Plan the Learning Experience: Which Annoto spaces would you like to have along with the quiz questions? You may choose to keep the Personal Notes (for student's reflection) or allow a discussion in the Comments Space. You also have the option to keep only the Interactions Space - all in the.
Analytics and Reporting: Take advantage of Annoto analytics and reporting features to track user engagement and performance. Use data to identify quizzes that may be too difficult or too easy. The Assessment's graph can give a good indication for the level of the questions:
Use the table to get a deeper understanding on specific users - track their progress and identify areas of strength and weakness.
Annoto can be used as part of a synchronous session. Click to learn more about it.
Annoto can be used for different assignments. To learn more about assignments at Annoto, click .
An instructor has the ability to delete learners’ comments from the discussion (in case of inappropriate comments, for example). Click to learn how to delete comments.
As for notification emails: You can choose which notifications you would like to receive (you can choose to be notified only on replies to your comments, for example). Click to learn about notifications preferences.
Instructors have also the privilege of managing the discussion from the dashboard, so they don't even have to go to the video in order to be a part of the conversation - replying to all videos is just one-click-away from one another. Click to learn how to manage the discussion from the dashboard.
When using Annoto for , the instructor can ask learners to mark questions with the . This can help both the instructors and the learners stay focused on where the questions are, and quickly find them within the discussion.
And, as mention in the , in many cases – one learner's question on top of a video can save duplications of this question (by multiple learners) in other platforms
The provides one place to easily manage all the comments in all videos.
The column indicates in what videos new comments were added, and in each video, the instructor can quickly only the new comments that were added (instead of reading the entire discussion in the video).
Learners can answer instructor's questions in their own Personal Notes and the and submit them. In this case - most of the activity is done individually, which will reduce the number of comments in the discussion.
If you wish to learn about Annoto's Dashboard, .
If you need any additional information or have any questions, please contact us at .
You are more than welcome to schedule a training session. Click to contact us.
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To learn more about Annoto’s dashboard and the insights provided by it, visit our page and the .
Clicking on a specific video will take you to to manage the discussion.
This is easily done within the dashboard of the course you want to import to, as you can see , or in the following instructions:
All duplicated comments will have the same as the original comments
Duplicating comments can be extremely useful in , , or - anywhere you added questions, comments or insights for your learners, and you want to use them again.
Once imported, all instructor's root comments will be added to all videos in the new course. If there is a comment you do not want in a specific video - simply this comment.
Engaged Users - Percentage of the engaged users. To learn more about which users are considered engaged, please refer to .
Views - Number of times the video was viewed. For more details please refer to .
Engagement - Rating for user generated content creation and consumption. For more details please refer to .
To learn more about Total Completion, Avg. Completion Rate and Watch time, we highly recommend to read:
Recommended further reading:
Clicking on any of the rows will dive into the of that specific video.
Views - Number of times user viewed videos in the course. For more details please refer to .
Engagement - Score for creation and consumption by the user. For more details please refer to .
Recommended further reading:
Clicking on any of the rows will dive in to the of that specific user.
Recommended further reading: .
Might also interest you:
Recommended further reading: .
May also interest you:
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Hub
Enables management of the content
Insights
Provides analytics and insights about the content and the users
Preferences
The place to set features and UX for the course or specific video
These analytics can provide insights that can be used for grading, for identifying at-risk learners and for getting a general idea of what is the progress of each of the learners in the course.
Accessing the User View is done when clicking on a user's row in the Users Activity table in the Course view. The user view dives into the user and presents their activity throughout the course.
The overview section presents aggregated analytics regarding the activity of this user in all course videos.
The Overview includes a completion funnel as well as the user's videos consumption in the course.
The completion funnel sheds light on the user's total activity in the course
Views - Number of times the user viewed videos in this course. For more details please refer to How Views are counted.
Watched Time - total number of seconds the user has watched in the course (for all course videos).
Total Videos - Number of videos in the course.
Watched Videos - Number of videos viewed by the user.
Total Completion - sum of Total Completion of Watched Videos divided by number of videos in the course (how much of the course videos the user has finished watching).
The video metrics (on the right of the Course Video Completion Funnel), provide insights on the user's video consumption habits.
Average Completion Rate -Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views. This metrics helps answer the question of how well the user performs in terms of dropout.
Average Total Completion - Average Total Completion of all the watched videos. Total Completion is aggregated video completion for all view sessions (video coverage).
Average Watch Time - Average Watch Time of all the videos. Watch Time is aggregated number of seconds watched in all view sessions.
A "perfect" watching experience would be indicated by an equilateral triangle (all edges should be the same, and as close to 100% as possible).
If one of the edges is significantly longer - you may want to pay attention to the user.
For example - In the Video Consumption image above:
The Avg. Watch Time is 248%, meaning: on average, the learner watched the videos in the course more than x2 of their duration.
The Avg. Completion Rate is 2%, meaning: on average, every time the user played a video, this user watched only 2% of it (the user watched only a bit of the video every time they played it).
The Avg. Total Completion is 79%, meaning: on average, the user covered 79% of each video in the course.
Recommended further reading: How to better Understand the Users by using Participation and Engagement Metrics?
In addition, we can find the aggregated activity metrics made by the user in the course:
Views – Number of times videos were viewed in this course by the user. For more details, please refer to How Views are counted.
Engagement – Rating for user generated content creation and consumption for the course. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies the user has submitted in all course videos.
Notes - Number of personal notes the user has submitted in all course videos.
The Activity in Course Videos table provides analytics about the user's activity in each video within the course.
The table can be sorted by each column to quickly find videos the user is most active on in the course by the selected category. For example: video the user is most engaged in, or video for which the user has the highest or the lowest Average completion rate, etc.
Last Activity - Date when the user was last active in the video.
Views - Number of times the user viewed the video.
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views. This metric provides user's dropout rate for each video.
Total Completion – Aggregated video completion for all view sessions the user had (video coverage).
Watch Time(%) - Aggregated number of seconds the user has watched in all view sessions. The metric is shown in percentage for convenience.
Engagement - User's score for UGC creation and consumption in this video. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies the user added in the video.
Replies - Number of times the user replied to a comment in the video.
Notes - Number of personal notes.
Thumbs Up Badges - Number of likes on comments the user received from Educators.
Duration - Video duration.
To learn more about completion metrics we highly recommend reading: What is Total Completion, Average Completion Rate, Watch Time and why should I care?
Recommended further reading: How to use tables sorting for better insights?
Recommended further reading: Using the Activity Trends to Learn about Users Progress.
Might also interest you: How to use Activity Trends graph To
Recommended prior reading material: Course Activity Trends.
Taking a closer look in the Activity Trends graph, can shed light on how users learn overtime.
In the above graph we can focus on the active actions users made in a course, such as comments and replies (collaboration) and see how these actions increased the engagement - not only in the days that the discussion took place, but also in the following days (as users got back to the video, read the comments and replies, clicked on the time tags, added notes etc.).
At the User View we can use the Activity Trends to learn about a specific user - his activity throughout the course and his learning habits. We can even see how his learning advanced in the course over time.
The Activity Trends graph helps us identify learning patterns by acknowledging dates that had extremely high activity (before\ during\ right after a lecture? before an exam?) and when there was low activity (semester break?). In case we spot low activity when it was not expected, perhaps a comment on some videos, an assignment or a task can re inspire learners to become active.
Let's take this user's activity for example:
From this user's activity trends graph, we can see that about two weeks after the course began (at around Aug 15th ), he increased his level of participation - adding comments (green) and taking notes (orange) on a regular basis. At some point, during course break (Oct 1st - Oct 15th), Hen's activity decreased a little - but not completely. Towards the end of the semester (starting the 2nd half of November), his level of collaboration decreased, however - he did remain engaged until the end of semester (end of November).
Recommended prior reading material: How Engagement is measured.
A user's engagement indicates active learning, meaning - the user did not only watch the video, but actually had a meaningful interaction with it - either by creating content and\or by consuming it.
In the above example of User View (Gili Cohen's activity in "Demo" course):
The course includes 22 videos
Gili watched 4 of them – 123 times (for all 4 videos combined)
She finished 12% of the total course content of the 22 videos.
In fact, every time she played a video, she only watched small portions (Average Completion Rate), 10% on average.
Gili got 3 "Educator's Thumbs up" in the course for the 10 Comments and replies she wrote (30% is not bad).
She has 102 engagement score indicating a high meaningful activity in the course.
3 of Comments were replies to others indicates level of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
She liked 9 comments written by others.
Finally, she wrote 12 personal notes which can be characteristic of learning (summarising, bookmarking, etc).
Recommended prior reading material: Course Videos.
One of the greatest features of the tables in the dashboard is the fact that the columns can be sorted.
This way we can get a better understanding of “the top...” well.. everything!
Sorting the Course Videos table by the Collaboration column will place videos with most collaboration at the top. High level of collaboration might be an indicator that the video requires additional attention:
It might be extremely interesting and caused a vigorous discussion by the learners. In this case you might be interested in taking a part of the discussion as well.
There might be a part in which the users (all of them, or specific learners) are struggling and it may be helpful to offer your help, provide a different explanation, or share examples.
Sort by Engagement to see what videos were the ones that got the most “attention” from learners. Note that the most engaged video is not necessarily the one with the most collaboration, meaning: the content of the discussion is what increased the engagement (and not the number of comments) - might be interesting to take a deeper look in this video.
Sorting the table by the “Users” column will order the videos by the number of users who watched it. It may be interesting to see which videos were not viewed by many users - is it because this video was added at the end of the semester? It's worth investigating further, maybe this video has high drop rate (See Sort By Average Completion Rate below).
Videos with low Avg. Completion rate - means users watched only a little of the video every time they viewed it. It might be worthwhile to understand why - was the video hard to understand? was it not engaging enough? was it too long?
Recommended prior reading material: Course Users.
Sorting within the users table also means filtering. Use this feature get a better idea of how many users participated in specific type of activity.
Let’s take a demo course as an example:
In the above example we see there are 19 users in the course, 47% of them collaborated. If we scroll down to the users table and sort by “Collaboration”, we will see exactly how many users collaborated and who they are:
Presence: Sort by Views to see only users that played at least one video. If someone is not on the list - he has not watched any of the course videos yet.
Attention: Sort by Views, if a user has a radical number of views (much more or much less than others), it might indicate on struggling with the content. Diving into User View, can shed more light by looking at Completion metrics, especially The Average Completion Rate.
Learning: not only the users that collaborate are the ones that are learning - they are simply the ones that are “heard”. Note all the users that have high Engagement but low Collaboration and the ones that have written many personal Notes - they also had meaningful interactions, they just might be shy. Diving into User View, can shed more light by looking at Completion metrics, especially at the ratio of Average Completion rate vs Total Completion.
Sharing Knowledge:
The Thumbs up column indicates how many Thumbs Up (= Instructor’s “likes”) each learner received. This can be used as extra credit, or bonus points for the learners.
The Replies column can also serve as an indicator to learners who not only take an active part of the discussion, but are actually helping others (replying to other questions). This can also be used as extra credit, or bonus points for the learners.
Once exported, you will receive a zip that contains the following CSV’s:
Overview – the highlights of the course.
Users – Course Users activity (with additional fields such as: user email, votes, last login date).
Videos – Course Videos.
If you need any additional information or have any questions, please contact us at Annoto Support
Recommended prior reading material: What can we learn from Users table.
The exported Users table provides comprehensive analytics that can be used for grading, for example:
Participation - learners can be graded for the comments\ questions\ ideas\ answers & thoughts they are sharing:
Collaboration - for example: writing over 5 comments throughout the course grants extra credit
Replies - for example: writing over 3 meaningful replies throughout the course grants bonus points
Quality
Thumbs Up badges - for example: a learner that got more than 5 Educator's Thumbs Up gets extra credit
Course Completion - learners can be graded based Views, Watched video and Completion ratings (available in User View).
For tutorial on how to navigate back to Course View, please take a look at Navigating the Dashboard.
The video view provide management insights, assessment and preferences for a specific video.
Below the video title, there are further details about the video duration, description and a link to the page:
In the Video Hub, the discussion of the video can be fully managed via the dashboard, all the common actions are supported:
Reply
Edit/Delete own comments
“Like” a comment - each learner's comment that you’ll like, will get “Educator’s Thumbs Up” badge (which can be used for grading).
Moderate - delete users' comments (in case needed)
At the top of the Discussion a quick summary of the remaining comments to review can be found:
Once the review is done:
Not-reviewed comments (the ones you haven’t read yet) will be highlighted in color:
You can decide how you want to review the comments.
Comments can be:
Manually reviewed - You can mark comments as read\ not-read, by clicking on the eye icon:
You can also mark all comments as read with a single click:
Automatically reviewed – Comments will be automatically marked as read after a few seconds:
Video comments can be exported, by clicking on the export icon in the discussion.
The export contains course and video information. All the comments are sorted by video time-tag and include common details such as author, date and sentiment.
This section provides you with highlights of participation content consumption and engagement for a specific video.
On the left we can see a radial bar representing how many of the users are participating in the video
Hovering the cursor over the bars provides details on the participation category - the percentage of the users who acted (Engaged\ Collaborated\ Noted, depends on the bar that is hovered).
For more details on the participation categories please refer to Course Insights.
In the above example: 93% of the learners collaborated and engaged in the video. 71% of the users added personal notes.
This means that most of the users took an active role in learning - by commenting in the shared environment, writing in their personal notes and engaging with others UGC.
The graph on the right provide insights about video consumption.
The triangle represents the top metrics of video consumption:
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views. This metric provides user's dropout rate for each video.
Avg. Total Completion – The average of the aggregated video completion for all view sessions that the video participants had (video coverage).
Avg. Watch Time(%) - The average of the aggregated number of seconds each user has watched in all view sessions. The metric is shown in percentage for convenience.
A "perfect" watching experience would be indicated by an equilateral triangle (all edges should be the same, and as close to 100% as possible).
If one of the edges is significantly longer - you may want to pay attention to the video.
For example - In the Video Consumption image above:
The Avg. Watch Time is 167%, meaning: on average, viewers spent watching the video more than x1.5 than its duration.
The Avg. Completion Rate is 27%, meaning: on average, every time the video viewers played the video, they watched 27% of it (less than third of the video), which may indicate quick dropout.
The Avg. Total Completion is 43%, meaning: on average, all video viewers covered only 43% of the video not watching all of its content.
In addition, we can find the aggregated activity metrics made by all video participants:
Views – Number of times videos were viewed in this course. For more details, please refer to How Views are counted.
Engagement – Rating for user generated content creation and consumption for the course. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies in the course (by all course users).
Interactions - Number of Interactions in the course (for all course videos).
Interactions - Number of interactions such as quizzes (for all course users).
Notes - Number of personal notes in the course (by all course users).
The Users Activity table provides analytics of each user's activity in the video:
The table can be filtered by each column to quickly find the most active users in the video by the selected activity type. For example the most engaged users, or users that are sharing their knowledge by adding the most replies, or users with the highest\lowest Average Completion Rate, etc.
Extremely low activity of a user may indication for "at risk learner".
Last Activity - Date when the user was last active in the video.
Total Completion – Aggregated video completion for all view sessions the user had (video coverage).
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views. This metric provides user's dropout rate for each video.
Watch Time(%) - Aggregated number of seconds the user has watched in all view sessions. The metric is shown in percentage for convenience.
Views - Number of times the user viewed the video.
Engagement - User's score for UGC creation and consumption in this video. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies the user added in the video.
Replies - Number of replies the user submitted.
Notes - Number of personal notes.
In the above example table we can see that Gili viewed the entire video (Total Completion 100%). However, each time she played it, she watched only a little - on average, she watched 31% of the video every time she played it (Average Completion Rate).
Note that the total amount of time she spent watching the video (Watch Time%) is 573%, meaning she watched it more than once, repeating on some pars.
Recommended further reading: How to use tables sorting for better insights?
To learn more about Total Completion, Avg. Completion Rate and Watch time, we highly recommend reading our Frequently Asked Questions.
The Activity Trends graph shows trends of key metrics over a period of time in the video. It allows to investigate how the users learn over time and identify important events throughout the video life cycle.
The key metrics of the trends are: Engagement (blue), Collaboration (green), Notes(orange) and Views(red).
Recommended further reading: Using the Activity Trends to Learn about Users Progress.
Might also interest you: How to use Activity Trends graph To
The Assessment tab provides details on the graded interactions activities such as quizzes.
Grades Overview of the activity:
The highest grade that was achieved in the video
The mean grade of all participants
The lowest grade that was achieved in the video
User Completion graph shows how many of the participants completed the activity:
Below the overview, you will find the quizzes results of all the users that participated in the activity:
Clicking on a user dives into the activity of that specific user, including the user's final grade, the number of completed interactions and the number of correct attempts.
At the bottom part you can also see the user's answers to each interaction.
Video preferences allows you to override the course defaults and set preferences specific to the video.
To learn more about preferences please refer to the Preferences section.
In addition to the Instructors' Insights Dashboard, Annoto also provides organizations with an Admin Insights Dashboard, that provides analytics and insights on the entire organization.
The admin dashboard enables a higher-level view of the entire learning and activity that took place in all courses.
Your site Hub gathers all content in all courses and allows you not only an overview of the activity in all courses, but also the ability to see the activity in each course and manage it.
The controls at the top of the Hub allows you to quickly search for courses by title, sort and perform common operations:
Courses can be sorted by:
Number of unread comments (number of comments not reviewed by you)
Last activity
Collaboration (number of comments)
Interactions (number of quiz questions)
A-Z (alphabetical order)
Each course item in the Hub includes:
Course title
Number of Interactions (If there were any):
Number of comments (in grey) and unread comments (in red):
Date of Last activity in the course
Clicking on a specific video will take you to video hub to manage the discussion.
The upper part of the dashboard provides you with an overview of the activity in all the courses combined.
Monthly visitors - Total number of users in the organization in the current month
Visitors/ Yearly visitors - Total\ Yearly number of users
Yearly visitors - all-time overview mode.
Visitors - specific time range mode.
Total/ Active courses - Total/Active number of courses
Total Courses - all-time overview mode.
Active Courses- specific time range mode.
Total/Active Videos – Total/Active number of videos in all courses
Total Videos - all-time overview mode.
Active Videos - specific time range mode.
Views – Number of times videos were viewed in all courses. For more details please refer to How Views are counted.
Engagement – Rating for user generated content creation and consumption for all courses. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies in all courses (for all videos).
Notes - Number of personal notes in the courses (by all the users).
The Courses table provides analytics for each course within the organization:
The table can be sorted by each column to quickly find top performing courses by the selected category. For example the most engaging courses, or courses with highest Average completion rate, etc.
Last Activity - Date when the users were last active on the course.
Users - Number of users that viewed any of the videos in the course.
Views - Number of times the course videos were viewed. For more details please refer to How Views are counted.
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views (for all the course users that watched the videos).
Engagement - Rating for user generated content creation and consumption. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies in all videos in the course.
Interactions - Number of interactions in all videos in the course.
Notes - Number of personal notes in all videos in the course.
Videos/Active Videos - Total/Active number of videos in the course
Videos - all-time overview mode.
Active Videos - specific time range mode.
First Activity - Date when first activity in the course occurred.
Clicking on any of the rows will dive into the Course View of that specific course.
To learn more about Total Completion, Avg. Completion Rate and Watch time, we highly recommend to read: What is Total Completion, Average Completion Rate, Watch Time and why should I care?
Recommended further reading: How to use tables sorting for better insights?
The Users Activity table presents the activity of each user in the organization (for all courses combined).
The table can be sorted by each column to quickly find the most active users in the selected activity type. For example the most engaged users, or users that received the highest number of badges (Educator's Thumbs Up).
Last Activity - Date of the user's last activity in the course.
Views - Number of times user viewed videos (in all courses). For more details please refer to How Views are counted.
Watched Videos - Number of videos out of the total videos (in all courses combined) the user has viewed.
Avg. Completion Rate – Sum of percent the user watched in each view session divided by number of views (for all the videos in the course). How well the user performs in terms of dropout (how much of the video the user watch each time he viewed it).
Avg. Total Completion – Average Total Completion of all the watched videos. Total Completion is aggregated video completion for all view sessions (video coverage).
Avg. Watch Time(%) - Average Watch Time of all the videos. Watch Time is aggregated number of seconds watched in all view sessions.
Engagement - Score for UGC creation and consumption by the user. For more details please refer to How engagement is measured.
Collaboration - Number of comments and replies the user wrote in all the courses they participated.
Replies - Number of replies the user submitted.
Notes - Number of personal notes added by the user (in all courses combined).
ThumbsUp Badges - Number of likes on comments received from Educators.
If a user is not on the list, it means they did not have the sorted type of activity.
Recommended further reading: How to better Understand the Users by using Participation and Engagement Metrics?
The Activity Trends graph shows trends of key metrics over a period of time. It allows to investigate how the users learn over time and identify important events throughout the course life cycle.
The key metrics of the trends are: Engagement (blue), Collaboration (green), Notes (orange) and Views (red).
Recommended further reading: Using the Activity Trends to Learn about Users Progress.
Might also interest you: How to use Activity Trends graph Toolbar?
The export button is available at the Controls Bar at the upper part of the dashboard.
Once exported, you will receive a zip that contains the following CSV’s:
Overview – the highlights of the activity.
Users – Users' activity (with additional fields such as: user email, votes, last login date).
Courses – All courses' activity.
Site preferences, as well as Course preferences and Video preferences can be managed within the Annoto dashboard.
The Site Configuration preferences are managed from the preferences icon in the admin dashboard:
Site preferences apply on all courses within the site.
Course settings, as well as video settings, can be changed within the specific course\ video preferences, thus enabling wide flexibility of Annoto use, based on the specific need\ use-case.
Presets are ready-made sets of preferences, based on the top-leading uses of Annoto.
Selecting a preset is done from "Choose Preset" dropdown menu:
Once a preset is selected, click "Apply" to save the chosen preset preferences.
After selecting a preset, you can still change your preferences manually.
Once preferences are changed, you can always go back to the default preferences by clicking "Revert to course defaults":
Collaborative Learning - Creating a discussion between video viewers. Great for: Guided Watching, Collaborative Learning, Learners' Interaction & Flipped Classroom.
Personal Notebook - Enables only Personal Notes and analytics on the videos. Great for Self-Learning
Analytics - Enables to see analytics and insights on the videos, without enabling the widget
Skills Assessment - Providing time-based feedback on a video. Great for Skills Assessment use-case.
Peer Review - Providing time-based feedback on a video. Great for Peer Review use-case.
Live Video Stream - Best for Live streaming
Disabled - All Annoto features are disabled
"Disabled" preset means you will not see the Annoto Widget, nor any info regarding course activity (no insights on content, users, engagement, etc.)
Comments – When enabled, videos include the Comments Space – the tab that enables a discussion between all video viewers.
Comments Options:
Voting type - Select the type of voting that will be enabled in the course (Likes, emotions, etc.):
Like - Enable to click on the red heart to "like" a comment
Sentiment - Enable to vote with sentiments
Disabled - will not allow any voting
Sentiment – Enable using sentiments while commenting.
Export - Enable exporting video comments by all video viewers
Closed Discussion - Once enabled, users will not be able to add new comments to the discussion
The comments space significantly increases viewers’ engagement and is used for many different use cases, such as: Guided Watching, Collaborative Learning, Skills Assessment, Peer Review, Flipped Classroom, and more
Personal Notes – When enabled, videos include the Notes Space – the tab that enables users to manage their own private notebook.
Notes Options:
Export - Enable exporting one’s personal note to a spreadsheet or a document.
Sentiment – Enable using sentiments while commenting.
Closed Notebook – Once enabled, users will not be able to add new notes
Personal notes can be used for:
Private noting on the video (summarizing\ highlighting\ reflecting on the content)
Video Comments – Enable participants to add recorded comments. Recording can be self-recording (Camera) or screen recording.
Video comments options:
Max Duration – Set the maximum length of the recorded video comment (set in seconds). Duration can be set up to 360 seconds.
People - When enabled, videos include the People Space - the tab that enables users to see all course participants and their presence, search and also mention (@) uses
Chat - Enable participants to have 1*1 chat
User Space – Enable participants to manage their info and see their activity in all videos in the course. Learn more
Notifications – Enable notification emails on new comments and replies in the discussion. When enabled, users can manage their notification preferences in the Annoto Widget
Anonymous Comments - Enable users to write anonymously. When writing anonymously, only moderators will see user's details
Moderated Comments – When enabled, every comment that is added to the discussion will be pending a moderator’s manual approval before becoming public in the discussion
Analytics – Enable the Annoto Insights Dashboard that provides you with extensive analytics of the activity - course\ videos\ participants
The analytics are visible for moderators only (not for learners)
Disabling analytics means you will not see any info regarding course activity (no insights on content, users, engagement, etc.)
Analytics Export – Enable exporting the analytics from the dashboard to csv files. Exporting the analytics is for moderators only
Video Analytics – Provides enhanced analytics on the videos, such as videos consumption and watch time
Badges – Enable adding badges in the discussion (such as: Educator's Thumbs Up)
Moderator Like – when enabled, moderator's vote will be presented as Educator's Thumbs Up (instead of a regular vote)
Activity Feed - Enable participants to stay updated with all the latest activity in the videos they are following. Learn more
Widget
Position - position of the discussion widget inside the player when closed.
Load state - state of the widget once the videos uploads:
Kuku - A medium-sized window, presents only the comments that are relevant to the moment in the video that is being watched at any given time. distractions!
Open - Widget is open. Enables to view the discussion in the video and, of course, to take an active part in it.
Closed - The discussion is not visible, only the widget icon shows
Tabs - When enabled, users will see the Annoto tabs on the widget. When disabled, navigation between spaces is done via the Annoto menu
Once settings are changed - it is important to click "Save Changes":
Play triggers:
Comments - when enabled, video will automatically play for the user once the user submits a comment
Notes - when enabled, video will automatically play for the user once the user submits a personal note
Comments
Sort:
Most recent - sorts the comments according to when they were added (newest - first)
Top Rated - sorts by the comments that were most voted (liked) and replied to
By timetag - sorts the comments by the order of the video
Locale - the main language of the Annoto widget
Theme - the background of the widget: Light \ Dark
Emotions - select the set of sentiments that can be added to the comments & notes
Default
EDU
Simple EDU
Positive EDU
Portals
Positive Portals
Positive mix
Widget
Z-Index
Full Screen Z-Index
Max width
Layout:
Edge
Overlay
Fixed
Side panel
Side panel overlay
Side panel
Full screen enable - when enabled, Annoto will show in full screen mode as a side panel.
When disabled - Annoto will not show on full screen
Full screen width - set the width of the widget when when in full screen
Width -
Help
Docs URL - add the URL of the docs users will go to
Moderators docs URL - add the URL of the docs moderators will go to
Contact URL - add the URL that users can contact
When duplicating courses, it is often necessary to also duplicate course preferences and interactions. To save valuable time and effort, we provide an option to import course data from one course to many.
Step 1: Preparing the CSV File
Create a CSV file that includes the following fields: Course name, Course ID, URL.
Save the file and keep it ready for the next steps.
Step 2: Submitting the CSV File
Send the prepared CSV file to our support team at: contact@annoto.net
Ensure that the CSV file contains accurate and up-to-date information for the courses you wish to duplicate.
Step 3: Course Data Duplication
Our team will handle the duplication process based on the provided CSV file.
Here's how the process works:
a. Finding the Source Course
We locate the source course you want to duplicate and open its hub page.
b. Accessing Bulk Duplicate Data Option
On the hub page, we click on the "Bulk duplicate data to other courses" button:
c. Adding Duplicated Courses in JSON Format
To convert the CSV file into JSON format, we use the website https://csvjson.com/csv2json.
d. Copying the JSON Data
Once the JSON data is in the correct format, we copy it from the website.
Step 4: Importing Course Data
Communicate your preferences to our team or indicate them in the provided instructions.
Our team will perform the necessary actions to import the selected data into the duplicated courses: preferences, interactions, or both.
Step 5: Completion
That's it! All the specified course data, such as preferences and interactions, will be imported into the duplicated courses.
Our team will inform you when the process is complete, and you can verify the imported data in the respective courses.
Annoto is very flexible and can be fit to the needs of any use-case.
The Features and User Experience can be set for the required context (Site, Course or per specific video) via the Preferences Tab:
Setting preferences can be done on the following organizational levels:
Site preferences - any preferences that are set by the organization in the Admin dashboard are the default preferences for all courses and videos.
Course preferences - by default, the course preferences will be same as Site preferences. Modifying the course Features will create a copy of all the site preferences and override all the site preferences (so any future change to site preferences will not affect your course custom preferences). Same override is available for the User Experience.
If Course is using the Site defaults you will have the following indication at the top right corner of the preferences tab:
Clicking on this button will revert the custom course preferences to site preferences.
Video preferences - by default Video will have same preferences as the Course preferences it belongs to. Similar to Course preferences, video Features can be modified to fit the specific use case.
If Video is using the Course defaults you will have the following indication at the top right corner of the preferences tab:
Once preferences are changed the indicator will change to a button:
Clicking on this button will revert the custom video preferences to course preferences
Features tab includes all Annoto features that can be Enabled \ Disabled.
Some of the features include options:
Clicking on the Options button opens additional preferences that are related to the feature.
Once clicked, Course\ Video preferences can be set, either manually or by choosing a designated Preset:
Presets are ready-made sets of preferences, based on the most common use-cases of Annoto.
Selecting a preset is done from "Choose Preset" dropdown menu:
Collaborative Learning - Creating a discussion between video viewers. Great for: Guided Watching, Collaborative Learning, Learners' Interaction & Flipped Classroom.
Personal Notebook - Enables only Personal Notes and analytics on the videos. Great for Self-Learning
Analytics - Enables to see analytics and insights on the videos, without enabling the widget
Skills Assessment - Providing time-based feedback on a video. Great for Skills Assessment use-case.
Peer Review - Providing time-based feedback on a video. Great for Peer Review use-case.
Live Video Stream - Best for Live streaming
Disabled - All Annoto features are disabled
Once a preset is selected, click "Apply" to save the chosen preset preferences.
After selecting a preset, you can still change your preferences manually.
"Disabled" preset means you will not see the Annoto Widget, nor any info regarding course activity (no insights on content, users, engagement, etc.)
When enabled, videos include the Comments Space – the tab that enables a discussion between all video viewers.
Options
Voting type - Select the type of voting that will be enabled in the course (Likes, emotions, etc.):
Like - Enable to click on the red heart to "like" a comment:
Sentiment - Enable to vote with sentiments
Disabled - will not allow any voting
Sentiment – Enable using sentiments while commenting.
Closed Discussion - Once enabled, users will not be able to add new comments to the discussion
Mandatory participation - When enabled, users will see other users' comments only after they submit a comment
The comments space significantly increases viewers’ engagement and is used for many different use cases, such as: Guided Watching, Collaborative Learning, Skills Assessment, Peer Review, Flipped Classroom, and more
When enabled, videos include the Notes Space – the tab that enables users to manage their own private notebook.
Options
Export - Enable exporting one’s personal note to a spreadsheet or a document.
Sentiment – Enable using sentiments while writing a note.
Personal notes can be used for:
Private noting on the video (summarizing\ highlighting\ reflecting on the content)
Enable participants to add recorded comments. Recording can be self-recording (Camera) or screen recording.
Options
Max Duration – Set the maximum length of the recorded video comment (set in seconds). Duration can be set up to 360 seconds.
When enabled, videos include the People Space - the tab that enables users to see all course participants and their presence, search and also mention (@) uses
Enable participants to have 1*1 chat
Add various quiz questions in the Interactions Space, to get your learners engaged
Prevent fast forwarding the video to make sure all the video content is watched without skipping.
Stop and ask your viewers at specific time of the video
Allow users to react on the video to increase engagement and get feedback
Enable notification emails on new comments and replies in the discussion. When enabled, users can manage their notification preferences in the Annoto Widget
Enable users to write anonymously. When writing anonymously, only moderators will see user's details
Options
Apply to moderators- When enabled, moderators will not see who posted an anonymous comment, same as regular users
User Experience
Enables presets for managing the discussion in various modes:
Simple - Publish and Delete user's comment. Comment will become public in the discussion only after Published by the moderator.
Managed Q&A - Enables rich options for managing the discussion, with the option to publish answers to everyone or reply privately to a user.
Options
Publish action - when enabled, every comment will require approval. Once approved, it will be visible to all users.
Delete action - when enabled, once a comment is deleted, it will be deleted to all users, including the comment's author.
Dismiss action - when enabled, a comment can be dismissed, meaning: it will not be visible to anyone, including the moderators. The author will keep seeing the comment as pending approval.
Reply action - when enabled, replying to a comment will also approve it, meaning: it will be visible to all users.
Reply privately action - when enabled, a comment will have the option to be replied in a private chat. The comment will be marked as private for author and the moderators, and will not be visible to other users.
Enable the Annoto Insights Dashboard that provides you with extensive analytics of the activity - course\ videos\ participants
The analytics are visible for moderators only (not for learners)
Disabling analytics means you will not see any info regarding course activity (no insights on content, users, engagement, etc.)
Enable exporting the analytics from the dashboard to csv files. Exporting the analytics is for moderators only
Provides enhanced analytics on the videos, such as videos consumption and watch time
Enable adding badges in the discussion (such as: Educator's Thumbs Up)
Moderator Like – when enabled, moderator's vote will be presented as Educator's Thumbs Up (instead of a regular vote)
Enable participants to manage their info and to stay updated with all the latest activity in the videos they are following. Learn more
User Experience tab enables you to set the UX preferences that suit your use-case.
It includes 3 sections:
Widget
Player
Comments
The UX preferences will affect the level you are setting them: Course level or Video level.
Position - Enables you to set the positioning of the widget when it loads in closed mode:
Load state - Set the widget behavior once it loads: Open, closed or Peekaboo mode (Peekaboo means a minimized widget that hides after a few seconds if the user does not take action.)
Tabs - When enabled, the colorful tabs (that are enabled) will be shown in the widget. If disabled - switching between tabs will be done via the Annoto menu.
Video autoplay triggers - when enabled, video will automatically play after a comment or a note is submitted (depending on the setting)
Default Sorting - Choose the default way in which the comments will be sorted in the widget
Make sure to click SAVE CHANGES after the User Experience preferences are chosen
In some use-cases, only moderators would want to see the Annoto widget - to set the interactions, or to choose the exact time to hide the widget for the users.
Under Access Control, moderators can control who will see the Annoto widget (and when). This is set in the Annoto dashboard Preferences, within the User Experience tab, under Access Control:
Moderators can choose whether only moderators will view the widget:
Or if users will also see the widget:
By default, users can see the Annoto widget.
Having the ability of enabling/disabling preferences, allows to choose the set of features that best suit each course and/or video.
In case of enabling some of the Annoto spaces (Comments/ People/ Personal Notes) - the widget will include only the tabs that were enabled.
Here are a few examples of preferences settings, both from the dashboard side and how it looks in the widget:
Enabling Comments, People and Personal Notes tabs allows the users to enjoy all the different types of interactions: Having a group discussion, learning from one another, having 1*1 chats with fellow learners and the instructor and reflecting on the content in a private notebook.
Preferences in the dashboard:
How it looks in the widget:
In case viewers public discussion does not suit the needs of the video, only Personal Notes and People spaces can be enabled. This will allow the users to watch the video, have 1*1 chats and reflect on the content in their own Personal Notes.
Preferences in the dashboard:
How it looks in the widget:
Enabling only Personal Notes can be in case no viewers interaction is required. The Personal Notes will provide each learner the option to engage with the video and better learn from it.
Preferences in the dashboard:
How it looks in the widget:
Only Analytics enabled:
In case only analytics are enabled (a video with quizzes, for example, where learners interaction does not suit the needs of the video), the Annoto widget will not be shown, however the dashboard will present the analytics of the activity: users, views, completion analytics, etc.
Annoto enables different kinds of interactions:
o In the Comments Space: Asking questions about the materials, sharing ideas, reading others’ questions, comments, and thoughts, answering questions (posed by the instructor or fellow learners), providing feedback on content, etc.
o In the Interactions Space: Adding all kinds of quiz questions (such as: True/False, multiple choice, multiple answer, etc.), to make sure the learners understand the learned material and to enable grading their activity.
The comments space enables bi-directional interactions:
o Learners ask questions, instructor answers: Gives the learners the ability to ask questions on specific moments in the video, share thoughts and insights.
Learners can learn from their peers’ questions, insights, and thoughts, reply their fellow users, ask them questions, and share ideas.
All of the above provides a wide range of activity and involvement and allows instructors to choose their level of participation in the discussion (whether to provide guiding questions throughout a video, whether to invite learners to ask questions for the instructors to answer or whether to be a lurker, by inviting learners to answer one another).
All the above interactions can come in many different shapes, enabling a wide range of use cases, for every program.
In Guided Watching the instructor guides learners throughout the video watching experience.
This can be done in multiple ways:
Asking the learners questions related to specific moments in the video
Bringing their attention to specific moments in the video
Translating or simplifying terms, phrases, or ideas
Connecting moments in the video to previous class discussions
Highlighting moments that are important for the final exam
Using Annoto as an enriching layer – providing additional knowledge or resources
Providing any type of message to the viewers
In Guided Watching, video as a comment opens additional ways for the instructor to deliver messages to the viewers. Showing the correct annunciation of a term or a phrase, recording the screen for “How to” purposes, and even adding additional insights or comments as a video are only a few examples of what can be done.
UGC stands for User Generated Content and includes:
Comments
Replies
Personal Notes
Actions such as video play/pause are not counted as engagement.
View is counted as first play of the video in a session. If user plays/pauses the video number of times while watching, it is still counted as single view.
Total Completion is aggregated video completion for all view sessions a user had, it provides a metric for video coverage. This metric answers the question of how much of the the video a user has finished watching over time.
Average Completion Rate is sum of percent watched in each view session divided by number of views. A metric for determining how well the video performs in terms of dropout. This metric answers the question of how much of the video the users watch each time they view it.
Watch Time is aggregated number of seconds a user watched the video in all view sessions over time. Usually this metric is shown in percentage for convenience to be comparable to the completion metrics and to be comparable between the different videos.
Average Completion Rate side by side with Total Completion and Watch Time, provide comprehensive view on how users consume the video content, do they finish watching most of the videos at each play, do they watch it in many short sessions, do they watch same video segments multiple times, etc.
By Clicking on a column's title in any of the tables will sort it top to bottom.
Click on key metric (legend at the bottom of the graph) will toggle it (show/hide), adjusting the scales of the other metrics:
The toolbar at the top right of the graph allows:
The metric is shown in percentage for convenience to be comparable to the completion metrics and to be comparable between the videos in the table.
The list of courses to import data from is individual per user, and it contains courses that the user has previously visited.
Only courses that were visited by the user since this release (April 20th, 2023) are shown. If a user only visited the course prior to the release, they will not be in the list.
The solution is simple: all you need to do us visit the Annoto dashboard of the course that the data need to be imported from and then get back to the target course.
If you use Microsoft Excel to open the CSV files, everything works fine when the file contains just English characters. However, you may run into an issue when your CSV file also contains non-English characters (such as é, ç, ü, etc):
Microsoft Excel is unable to properly display UTF-8 compliant CSV files when they contain non-English characters.
To resolve this issue, one of the following approaches can be used:
On a Windows machine:
Method 1:
Open the CSV file using Notepad.
Click "File > Save As".
In the dialog window that appears - select "ANSI" from the "Encoding" field. Then click "Save".
That's all! Open this new CSV file using Excel.
Method 2:
Open Excel and click "File > New".
Click "Data" tab.
Then click "From Text" option and select the CSV file.
Excel will display "Text Import Wizard".
In step-1 of this wizard:
Select "Delimited".
In "File origin" field - select "UTF-8".
In step-2 of this wizard:
Select "Comma" checkbox (important).
Click the "Finish" button.
Excel will display your CSV file - including non-English characters - properly.
Method 3:
Open Excel and click "File > New".
Click "Data" tab.
Then click "From Text/CSV" option and select the CSV file.
In "File origin" field - select "UTF-8".
In "Delimiter", select "Comma".
Click "Load".
You will see the file with the correct characters.
On a Mac:
Method 2 can be used, or alternatively Use the "Numbers" application instead of Excel.
Course analytics data can be exported, and dowloaded in CSV format. For more details please refer to Exporting Course Data:
Not-reviewed comments might be at the last page, therefore if you are not using the sorting ability, it’s important to browse all the comments pages using the navigation bar at the bottom of the discussion:
Comments can be exported to a spreadsheet or a document!
The Activity Trends graph is available only in Specific Time Range mode. (time range is "on" )
All analytics data can be exported, and downloaded in CSV format
Once preferences are changed the indicator will change to a button:
Features are enabled / disabled using the toggle at the bottom left corner of each feature card.
Closed Notebook – Once enabled, users will not be able to add new notes
o In the Personal Notes Space: Summarizing the video, highlighting specific moments, adding thoughts and insights, saving interesting comments that were raised in the comments space, placing clarifications, etc. – everything that is written in this space is completely private and .
o Instructors asks questions, learners answer: Provides the instructors the option to ask any type of questions in order to connect with the learners and gain a picture of their level of understanding (do they have any questions? is there something unclear? what are their thoughts on the video, etc.). Different types of can provide a wide view of the learners’ learning.
, .
The Annoto presents analytics and insights on the class activity, in terms of , , and enables a quick and easy (replying easily to learners, give their comments “Educator’s Thumbs Up” and even delete comments, if needed). All from the dashboard itself.
Engagement is measured as a score for creation and interactions users have with . Example of actions that contribute to the score: comment, reply, write a personal note, read reply, click on time-tag, like, etc.
Recommended further reading: .
- Zoom in on a specific part of the graph.
- move the graph while zoomed in.
- Zoom out to the original view.
- Drop down menu that allows to download the graph in different formats (csv, svg, png).
In the dashboard look for icons near tables, graphs or highlight cards. Hovering them will show a quick informative tooltip.
Hovering the mouse over the percentage shows the formatted time in seconds:
On the , click the Video page link: in the .
The toolbar at the top right of the graph has a drop down menu that allows to download the graph in different formats:
For tutorial on how to export all the course data, please refer to .
The exported CSV files are compliant with the standard. We do this to ensure that it works well when using different operating systems and different software packages to process these CSV files.
Annoto enables a 2-way interaction between an instructor and his learner, to provide accurate, professional time-coded feedback.
Learner-Instructor interaction
In addition to instructor’s assessment and feedback, learners can also reflect on their own videos, sharing what they learned in the process and the insights they gained on themselves, allowing the instructor to see the entire learning process of each user.
Skills assessment can be used for any type of skill (physical skills, as well as performing, cognitive and mental skills) and are used in different academic disciplines, such as:
As every comment is time-based, learners know exactly what they did well and what skills may need further work, or improvement. They have a direct communication channel to their instructor to reflect, to reply, to ask, to share thoughts and most importantly: to learn from.
Instructors have the privilege of reviewing their learners' videos at their own time, whenever is convenient, knowing that they will always stay updated, as once their learners reply, they will be notified and will be able to answer, teach and educate.
In addition to written feedback, recording a video as a comment is another great way to express yourself when responding to the learner's presented skill. Throughout the video, additional massages can be delivered (body language, for example), as well as demonstration of skills.
The Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard provides analytics on each viewer’s activity in the video (number of comments, replies and notes), as well as provides a quick and easy access to the discussion.
Want to share with us other ideas regarding skill assessment? We'd love to hear them! Click here to tell us.
One of the best ways to improve skills is to learn from feedback. Peer review takes Skills Development to the next level, enabling a learner to learn from their "audience", as the fellow learners provide the feedback, sharing what they learned from the performance, offer additional ways to perform\ improve the skill, etc.
A learner uploads a video, fellow learners provide time-base feedback on the performance.
The learners who provide feedback, not only share their impressions and what they’ve learned from the video, but they also get to learn from their peers, see how they chose to perform and formulate their own do's and don'ts list.
Instructors can guide the learners how to maintain a high level of discussion and what to focus on. In addition, they can have full control on the discussion, as they have the ability to delete comments if needed (deleting can be done both from the Annoto widget and from the dashboard - for you to choose).
When providing feedback to peers, video as a comment can enrich the discussion, by providing feedback that is not only in writing. Fellow learners can record themselves sharing their thoughts, providing additional ideas and ways of how to perform the skill that is presented, or even share their screen to demonstrate a specific ability.
The Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard provides analytics on each viewer's consumption of the video (video completion), activity in the video (number of comments, replies and notes), as well as provides a quick and easy access to the discussion.
Have any questions? Anything you wish to tell us regarding peer review? Click here to contact us.
Collaborative learning enables and endorses communication between peers in addition to communication between instructors and learners. . In general: questions can be asked and answered, participants can share thoughts, ideas, theories and even impressions from the video.
Learner-Content Interaction, Learner-Instructor interaction, Learners Interaction.
In general: questions can be asked and answered, class participants can share thoughts, ideas, theories and even impressions from the video.
Collaborative learning can include Q&A (raised either by the learners or the instructor) as well as learners' interactions.
As the entire discussion is on top of the video, Q&A becomes an integral part of the video, not having to leave the video for other platforms in order to ask questions or clarifications.
Since every comment is time-based, all questions and answers are always within the context of the video, meaning: even an "I don't get it" comment can easily be answered, knowing to what specific moment in the video it refers.
Good\ relevant\ smart comments can be highlighted by the "Educator's Thumbs up" feature (whenever an instructor "Likes" a specific comment or a reply). Click here to see how "Educator's Thumbs up" look like.
Q&A can be in all directions:
Instructor poses questions, learners answer
Learners ask, instructor answers
Learner asks, other learners answer
Learners can even have the ability to post questions or comments as anonymous. In this case, only instructors will see the user's name. Click here to see how Anonymous comments look in instructor's view.
Learners can use the platform to interact with one another, regarding video content:
Introduce themselves
Ask questions
Share thoughts
Reply to other learners' questions
More on learners interaction can be found here.
Video as a comment can be an integral part of the discussion on a video, enabling the instructor and the learners to express themselves not only in writing, but also in speaking, using facial expressions, hand gestures and body language.
In addition, instructors or learners can easily record their screen, for demonstrations or to better make a point.
The activity in the discussion is measured, analyzed and presented in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard, enabling to get a clearer view on class participation, learners' collaboration, engagement and watching activity, as well as to manage the entire discussion directly from the dashboard.
Encountered other types of interactions? We'd love to hear them! Click here to share them.
Learners’ Interaction is a way for learners to share thoughts, theories & ideas, and in some cases - even feelings (For example: users sharing how the video made them feel).
Learners can use the platform to interact with one another, regarding video content:
Introduce themselves
Ask questions
Share thoughts
Reply to other learners' questions
Some courses include learners from different regions, backgrounds or even countries. Starting a course with learners introduction can overcome social distancing, help the learners feel more comfortable and encourage collaborative learning.
Learners can introduce themselves as part of the discussion (the instructor can invite the users to introduce themselves), or even as an introduction video (on which other users can comment).
There is a lot that a learner can learn from his peers. Asking questions will not only help the learner to have a better understanding of the video, but can also expose learners to other ways of thinking.
Having the opportunity to share one's personal view of things can create meaningful discussions between learners, the kind that nurtures outside of the box thinking and celebrates similarities and differences between learners.
For a learner, being able to answer others' questions means to take a step forward in terms of learning. When learners are given the legitimization to answer their peers, their answers become more in-depth, established, and based on knowledge, as the responsibility to provide a good, relevant, meaningful answer is on their shoulders.
Since the discussion between learners contributes to their learning experience by being exposed to additional ways of thinking, being able to record themselves can open up the discussion even more.
Learners can now see and hear their peers, better understand their tone, their ways of thinking or the meaning of their insights, by seeing them explaining it.
It also enables the viewers to introduce themselves.
The instructor can choose whether to take an active part in the discussion or not (the discussion can be also viewed from the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard , enabling the ability to read the comments of all the videos in one place). The dashboard can also give a full image of the engagement and participation of the users in a specific video, as well as in the entire course.
Want to share with us other benefits and usages of Learners Interaction? We'd love to hear them! Click here to tell us.
In some cases, the learner is not a part of a class, but assigned independently, learning as an individual.
This kind of interaction is usually 1-way, in which the learner asks a question, looking for an answer from the instructor.
This can also be used in case the instructor requests users to use the Comments Space strictly to ask questions that are to be answered by the faculty.
In addition, in the Annoto Personal Notes Space, the learner has a full-access environment to summarize the video, reflect on its content and add time-tagged thoughts, insights and even questions he would like to explore later-on. Everything that he learns and concludes can be exported (in a video level, as well as in course\ channel level).
The Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard presents analytics and insights on the users' activity, in terms of video consumption and engagement both in a specific video, as well as in the entire course. It also enables a quick and easy management of the discussion (replying easily to learners, give their comments “Educator’s Thumbs Up” and even delete comments, if needed). All from the dashboard itself.
Have any questions? Any other ideas or thoughts regarding Individual Learning? Click here to contact us.
A flipped classroom is pedagogical approach where learners first explore new course content outside of class by viewing a pre-recorded lecture video or digital module. This is the reverse of the more common practice of introducing new content at class, then assigning homework and projects to completed by the learners independently in an asynchronous way.
Learner-Content Interaction, Learner-Instructor interaction, Learners Interaction.
In online learning flipped classroom, learners are requested to watch a video before a synchronous session. During their watching, they are required to complete tasks, such as:
Answer questions in the comments space (in this case it is recommended to add questions in specific parts of the video in advance [prior to asking learners to watch it])
Share their thoughts\ questions\ impressions of the video in the comments space
Have a discussion with their fellow learners (reply to their peers' comments and questions)
Summarize the new content in their Personal Notes, and then share what they have learned with fellow learners (teach them, or share insights on the new content)
Can watch the video multiple times (as many as needed), at his own pace, can ask questions in advance (no need to wait until the learning session), and get guidance to the process of watching the video
Can highlight important moments in the video, summarize, or bookmark things in the personal notes, then export them and bring them to the next session
The video, as well as the discussion, are constantly available, thus enabling the learner to go back to the video at any given moment, to re-watch, to read the discussion, to learn and to find new thinking angles
All learners can watch the video at the same time, or each of them on their own time - extremely flexible
The Instructor:
The Annoto Insights Dashboard sheds a light on the learning that took place
The instructor can see the questions that were raised during the learning process (prior to the session this content will be discussed)
The instructor knows in advance whether there are topics that need further clarifications
The session can be planned in advance, based on the questions and comments that were raised in the comments space
The Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard provides insights on the activity in the video, thus in addition to viewing learners' participation & understanding (a lot can be learnt not only from learners' comments, but also from their replies to one another), it can help planning the next session, based on the discussion in the video:
How many learners watched the video (and what percentage of the video each of them watched).
Which learners commented in the video? Who replied to fellow learners?
What comments were written? You can read the entire discussion. This allows you to:
Plan how to navigate\ manage the class discussion
See if there are any issues\ topics in which learners may be struggling and need further assistance\ explanation\ examples.
Want to share with us how you used Annoto in your Flipped Classroom? We'd love to hear that! Click here to tell us.
On top of enabling discussion and personal notes, Annoto can be used for different types of assignments.
Every activity is measured, analyzed and presented in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard, enabling you to evaluate learners' performance (both quantitatively and qualitatively).
Two ways to submit an assignment:
In the shared space - the Comments Space. In this case, all users can see what their fellow learners have written and learn from one another.
The assignment is filled in the Personal Notes Space and then exported to a document (via the Annoto menu) and submitted to the instructor (via email or any other way of your choice)
Click here to learn how to export personal notes.
The Annoto Dashboard tables can be exported, meaning you can easily see all analytics in a table (thus filter a specific user for grading purposes).
A video discussion can be also exported, enabling to see all the comments that were written by a specific user in a video.
Have additional ideas of assignments? We'd love to hear them! Click here to share with us.
On top of enabling discussion and personal notes, Annoto can be used for different types of activities. Every activity is measured, analyzed, and presented in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard, enabling you to evaluate learners' performance (both quantitatively and qualitatively).
Setting up time during a synchronous class for practice (15-20 minutes, for example)
During this time, learners act individually (each of them watch the video and performs the activity they were requested to complete), for example:
Describing what they are seeing in the video
Answering questions in the comments space (in this case it is recommended to add questions in specific parts of the video in advance [prior to asking learners to watch it])
Analyzing the video according to a model that was previously learned
Throughout the learners' activity, the instructor can read learners' comments and plan the discussion that will be following this activity.
The Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard provides insights on the activity in the video, and enables you to stay on top of everything that is happening during the activity:
How many comments each learner wrote (Collaboration in Video Users table)?
Did all learners complete watching the video, or did some of them watch only a part of it (Total completion in Video Users table)?
What comments were written? You can read the entire discussion. This allows you to:
Plan how to navigate\ manage the class discussion
See if there are any issues\ topics in which learners my be struggling and need further assistance\ explanation\ examples.
Setting up a specific time in which all learners will participate
Within this slot of time, all learners must find as many X* as possible
Every learner needs to find as many X* as possible (at his own time)
[*Example: in marketing course the instructor arranged a competition between all learners - watching a video that contains many different commercials, learners need to find as many commercial elements as possible]
With the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard you can view the participation of each learner and his level of success in the competition:
How many comments each learner write (Collaboration in Video Users table)?
Did all learners complete watching the video, or did some of them watch only a part of it (Total completion in Video Users table)?
What elements did they find? You can read the entire discussion.
At the end of the session, each learner answers questions about the session, such as:
What is the most important thing you took from this session?
What interested you the most?
Is there a topic you would like to re-discuss in the next session?
Learners can answer either in the Comments space or in their Personal Notes Space.
At the beginning of the next session, learners can be asked to share what they wrote (in case they were asked to write in their Personal Notes space).
We are always happy to hear about new activities with Annoto! Click here to tell us.
Overview
Annoto is enabling your course participants to add time-based annotations as an overlay to any video content, turning passive video watching into an active and collaborative learning experience while providing you actionable insights on the students and the video content delivered.
Annoto lets you create a variety of assessments and interactive video-based activities.
You can incorporate video-based feedback into Canvas assessments, create in-video quizzes or meaningful discussions by letting your students add time-based annotations to video lectures in different content pages,or/and use it as a personal learning journal through the course, and much more.
Transform passive video viewing into an active, collaborative experience that provides you with actionable insights about students and videos.
With Annoto, you can use video content for Video Assessment, skills development, Peer Review & Reflection, Video Feedback, Collaborative Learning, and so much more.
[ANNOTO WITHIN YOUR LMS]
Annoto works within the Canvas environment within your existing video content (e.g. Kaltura, Vimeo and any other video source) with zero configuration (without redirecting the instructor outside of the Canvas LMS) and integrated into the Kaltura environment.
Annoto provides you the ability to gain insights on learners' activity and learning. Using different types of questions can shed light on different aspects of the learning, such as: learners' online presence, levels of understanding, video feedback, etc.
These questions dig deeper into the content of the video and provide a clearer view of the levels of understanding - of a specific learner as an individual and of all learners as a whole.
Theory to Practice
Analysis
Probing questions
Cause and effect
"What are potential reasons for..."
"What are the advantages and disadvantages of..."
"Analyze the video according to the model we studied in our last session"
It is recommended to ask questions that will encourage varied answers, rather than asking a Yes\No question, that may ne resulted by multiple “yes’s” in the discussion.
The discussion itself can be managed in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard.
This type of questions enables learners to share what's on their minds and can increase the reach in terms of the number of users that will participate. As opposed to knowledge questions (that in case they are not mandatory, probably only learners who have confidence in their knowledge will answer), questions that ask learners to share feelings and thoughts can get more users to answer (even the “shy” ones), as there is no “right” and “wrong” when it comes to feelings .
Emotional questions
Reflection Questions
"How did that video make you feel? "
"What would you do differently..?"
“How would you use what you’ve learned in this video in your daily life?”
You may invite learners to reply to their peers, in order to increase the learners’ interaction, and to empower the learning-fusion.
The main idea of this assignment is to cause learners to get in the video and watch it.
Describing
Identifying elements in the video
"Please identify all the ... in the video"
"Describe the actions of character X in the video”
"What 3 key elements are mentioned in the video? "
Video watching statistics can be found in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard.
Adding a question that includes the phrase: “until this moment” or “so far” towards the end of the video keeps the viewers “on their toes” in terms of staying concentrated throughout the video.
For example: “What is the uniqueness of the video from the beginning and up until this moment? “
“What musical elements did you recognize in the song so far?”
Of course, any other question that comes to mind can be used.
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Want to get acquainted with Annoto through videos? Check out the YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@Annoto
Learners can interact with the video in many different ways. In addition to creating a discussion, inviting them to share and adding various types of open-ended questions, you can add closed questions, reflection points and even polls and surveys.
Every activity is measured, analyzed and presented in the Annoto Analytics and Insights Dashboard, enabling you to evaluate learners' performance.
Adding the interaction is done via the Interactions space.
Until publishing the interaction, all learners will not see the Interaction Space. This space will be visible to them only after the interactions have been published.
You can add as many interactions as you like at any give time in the video (each interaction will be time-tagged).
Click here to learn all about the different interactions types.
The Annoto Dashboard tables can be exported, meaning you can easily see all analytics in a table (thus filter a specific user for grading purposes).
Have additional ideas of interactions? We'd love to hear them! Click here to share with us
Annoto can be used as an activity in Canvas pages. Once A video with Annoto is added, Annoto can be used for discussions, Q&A, faculty-students interaction, students-interaction, tasks, etc. In order to add a video with Annoto to a page:
Go to Pages
Click on “View all pages” button:
Click the “ +Page “ button to create a new page:
Add page title
In the text box select "Embed Kaltura Media" - it will be either in the toolbar, or under “Apps" plug:
Choose the video you want to add.
Save & Publish
To access Annoto Insights dashboard in your Canvas:
Go to the Kaltura's Channel Actions menu
Click on Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab
Choose the features you want to enable in the course videos (either by using the toggle or by choosing a preset):
The chosen features will apply on all course videos that were uploaded by Kaltura
After you enable Annoto on your entire MediaSpace instance or for a specific channel, you can disable Annoto per media.
To disable Annoto for a specific media entry:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Hub tab
Select the video that you want to disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).
Go to the Preferences tab of this video view:
Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled" or "Analytics" or even enable only the personal notes for this video)
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Canvas
1. Add the video to your Media Gallery\ My Media
2. Choose the activity you are interested in (Pages\ Discussion, etc.)
3. Create new
4. Add a title to the activity
6. Choose Embed Kaltura Media
7. Choose the video you are interested in from the Embed Kaltura Media
8. Click Embed for the video you are interested in
9. If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
10. Save the activity
11. Annoto will be automatically added to the video
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
5. In the content section, click the Applications icon:
Annoto can be used on a video that is used for discussions. In this case – Annoto can be used to provide guidance\ instructions to students as well as questions for them to answer in the discussion. As every comment is time-tagged in Annoto, questions can be related to specific moments in the vide and engage a discussion related to that.
Go to Discussions
Click the “ +Discussion “ button to create a new discussion
Add topic title
In the text box select "Embed Kaltura Media" - it will be either in the toolbar, or under “Apps" plug:
Add the media you want in this discussion
Set all other options as you prefer.
Click “Save”
This can be used for eample to Provide feedback on students submitted videos within Speed Grader.
Instructor’s View:
Go to Assignments
Click the “ +Assignment “ button to create a new assignment
Add assignment title
Set all assignment settings (Points, Assignment Group, Display grade as, etc.)
Submission type: Online. Online Entry Options: Text Entry
Set all additional assignment settings (Submission Attempts, Group Assignment, etc.)
Save & Publish
Student’s view:
Go to Assignments
Choose the Assignment you want to submit (from the list of assignments)
Click "start Assignment"
In the text box select "Embed Kaltura Media" - it will be either in the toolbar, or under “Apps" plug:
Choose the video you are interested in submitting
Click “Submit Assignment” button
Once Annoto is enabled in your course, it is automatically added to videos that are embedded in your Moodle.
Here is an example of how to add a video via Page:
Turn Editing On
Add an activity or resource
Choose Page
In the page:
a. Add a name to the page
b. In the content window:
Click on the Link icon:
c. Enter the URL of the video that you are interested in:
d. Click Create link
e. Save
Annoto will be automatically added to the video.
In the page:
a. Add a name to the page
b. In the content window:
Click on Insert or edit an audio\ video file icon:
c. Click "Browse Repositories":
d. Choose the media you would like to add and click "Upload this file"
d. Save
Annoto will be automatically added to the video.
Please note: the size of the media that can be uploaded to Moodle depends on the settings of your organization. Any video that your Moodle enables to add - Annoto will be added to.
The Annoto Insights Dashboard provides comprehensive analytics and insights about the users and their interactions, giving a view on how and when users interact with the video content and with each other.
In case the Annoto Dashboard is not automatically added to your course, adding the Annoto Insights Dashboard is done via "Add an activity or Resource". Adding the dashboard once for each course will provide analytics and insights for ALL course videos and users.
Turn Editing On
Add an activity or resource
Choose Annoto Dashboard
4. Add Activity Name
5. Save
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed.
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
Moodle presents an array of activities that Annoto could be integrated seamlessly with your present workflows allowing you to use these resources to respond effectively to the tasks and processes you are currently handling By tapping into the diverse functionalities offered by Annoto within Moodle's platform, you can enhance the way you address your ongoing work tasks and projects Implementing Moodle's activities with Annoto can serve as a solution to complement and support your existing workflow processes efficiently.
Use the discussion forum activity where one student upload a video performing some actions (i.e. a psychological intervention), where comments made by fellow learners are visible.
Use the Assignment activity where instructors able to make private comments to the video creator/uploader.
Once Annoto is enabled in your course, it is automatically added to videos that are embedded in your Canvas.
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Canvas, choose the activity you are interested in (Pages\ Discussion, etc.)
1. Create new
2. Add a title to the activity
4. Choose Embed Annoto Media
5. In the Embed Annoto Media window, add the URL (in [Embed Code\ URL]):
6. Add the video title.
If you want – you can set the embed aspect ratio and the embed size:
7. Click Embed
8. Save the activity
9. Annoto will be automatically added to the video
You can access the Annoto Insights Dashboard directly from the Canvas menu:
The Annoto Insights Dashboard is displayed.
Click here to learn about the amazing analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
3. In the content section, click the Applications icon:
Once Annoto is enabled in your course, it is automatically added to videos that are embedded in your Blackboard.
Under Course Content page:
Go to Build Content
Choose Annoto Widget Embed
3. In the Annoto Widget Embed window, add the URL (in [Embed Code\ URL]):
4. Add the video URL and the video title.
If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size:
5. Click Embed
Annoto will be automatically added to the video.
Under Course Content page:
Go to Build Content
Choose Content Folder
3. In the Content Folder window, add the name of the activity
4. In the Text window, click on the Plus icon (called: add content):
5. In Add Content window, choose Annoto Widget Embed
6. In the Annoto Widget Embed window, add the URL (in [Embed Code\ URL]):
4. Add the video URL and the video title.
If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size:
5. Click Embed
Annoto will be automatically added to the video.
6. Submit the activity
The Annoto Insights Dashboard provides comprehensive analytics and insights about the users and their interactions, giving a view on how and when users interact with the video content and with each other.
Go to your Course Management menu
Click on Course Tools
Choose Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed.
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
To access Annoto Insights dashboard in your Blackboard:
Go to the Kaltura's Channel Actions menu
Click on Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab
Choose the features you want to enable in the course videos (either by using the toggle or by choosing a preset):
The chosen features will apply on all course videos that were uploaded by Kaltura
After you enable Annoto on your entire MediaSpace instance or for a specific channel, you can disable Annoto per media.
To disable Annoto for a specific media entry:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Hub tab
Select the video that you want to disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).
Go to the Preferences tab of this video view:
Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled" or "Analytics" or even enable only the personal notes for this video)
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Blackboard
1. Add the video to your Media Gallery\ My Media
2. Go to Build Content
3. Choose Content Folder
3. In the Content Folder window, add the name of the activity
4. In the Text window, click on the Plus icon (called: add content):
5. In Add Content window, choose Kaltura Media
6. Click Embed for the video you are interested in
If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
Annoto will be automatically added to the video.
6. Submit the activity
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed.
Annoto analytics are available for galleries in addition to channels.
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
You have reached this page since you were trying to do any of the following options:
Enable in-video annotations and analytics for channel (Annoto)
Disable in-video annotations and analytics for this media
The above options will not be supported in the future.
Instead, you will have full control on enabling\ disabling Annoto per course, as well as per video.
This will all be done in your Annoto dashboard, as part of your Annoto Preferences.
Once Annoto is enabled in your course, it is automatically added to videos that are embedded in Brightspace (D2L).
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Brightspace (D2L):
1. Under Content tab: Click "Add Existing":
2. Choose: "Annoto Quicklink":
In the Embed Annoto Quicklink window, add the URL (in [Embed Code\ URL]):
4. Add the video title.
If you want – you can set the embed aspect ratio and the embed size:
5. Click Embed
6. Annoto will be automatically added to the video
You can access the Annoto Insights Dashboard directly from the Brightspace (D2L) navigation bar:
The Annoto Insights Dashboard is displayed.
Click here to learn about the amazing analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
To access Annoto Insights dashboard in your Brightspace:
Go to the Kaltura's Channel Actions menu
Click on Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab
Choose the features you want to enable in the course videos (either by using the toggle or by choosing a preset):
The chosen features will apply on all course videos that were uploaded by Kaltura
After you enable Annoto on your entire MediaSpace instance or for a specific channel, you can disable Annoto per media.
To disable Annoto for a specific media entry:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Hub tab
Select the video that you want to disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).
Go to the Preferences tab of this video view:
Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled" or "Analytics" or even enable only the personal notes for this video)
Note: Every Brightspace environment may look a bit different. Below you will find a few examples of workflows. Follow the one that is similar to your Brightspace environment.
If you the buttons in your Brightspace are not similar to the examples below, do not worry! Feel free to contact us for dedicated guidance: contact@annoto.net
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Brightspace:
Add the video to your Media Gallery\ My Media
In the navigation menu, choose "Content":
4. In "What would you like to add" window, click "More":
5. Under "Third Party" choose: "Add Media":
6. Choose the video you are interested in from the list of videos
7. Click Embed for the video you are interested in
8. If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
9. Annoto will be automatically added to the video:
Choose "Embed Kaltura Media (Quicklink)":
Choose how you want to upload your video:
7. Embed the video you are interested in
8. If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
9. Annoto will be automatically added to the video
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides
By default, having Annoto turned on or off in the channel/ category/ course is inherited from the site level preferences, meaning: if Annoto is enabled in your site preferences, it will be enabled in your videos, if it is disabled on a site level, Annoto will not be added to the videos by default.
You can enable/disable Annoto by choosing the preferences that you want.
To access Annoto Insights dashboard:
Go to the Kaltura's Channel Actions menu
Click on Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab
Choose the features you want to enable in the videos (either by using the toggle or by choosing a preset):
The chosen features will apply on all videos that were uploaded by Kaltura to that channel/category/course.
In order to disable Annoto - you can use the Analytics preset (will eliminate the widget but enable activity analytics in the dashboard) or the Disabled preset (will include no Annoto widget and not Analytics as well).
After you enable Annoto for a specific channel (category/course), you can set different preferences per media (video).
To enable/disable Annoto for a specific media entry:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Hub tab
Select the video that you want to enable/ disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).
Go to the Preferences tab of this video view:
Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled", "Analytics", "Collaborative Learning" or even enable only the personal notes for this video)
3. Click "Add Existing":
3. Click "Existing Activities":
to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.
To access Annoto Insights dashboard in your Moodle:
Go to the Kaltura's Channel Actions menu
Click on Annoto Dashboard
The Annoto Analytics Dashboard is displayed:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab
Choose the features you want to enable in the course videos (either by using the toggle or by choosing a preset):
The chosen features will apply on all course videos that were uploaded by Kaltura
After you enable Annoto on your entire MediaSpace instance or for a specific channel, you can disable Annoto per media.
To disable Annoto for a specific media entry:
In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Hub tab
Select the video that you want to disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).
Go to the Preferences tab of this video view:
Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled" or "Analytics" or even enable only the personal notes for this video)
In order to use Annoto in a video within your Moodle
1. Add the video to your Media Gallery\ My Media
2. Choose the activity you are interested in (Page, for example, or Kaltura Video Resource)
3. Create new
a. Add a name to the activity
b. In the content window:
Click on the Kaltura icon:
c. Click Embed for the video you are interested in
If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
d. Save the activity
Annoto will be automatically added to the video
a. Add a name to the activity
b. In Video section, click Add Media
c. Click Embed for the video you are interested in
If you want – you can choose the embed aspect ratio and the embed size, on the gear icon next to Embed icon
d. Save the activity
Annoto will be automatically added to the video
Click here to learn about the comprehensive analytics the dashboard provides and all the insights that can be gained from them.