Transform Your Course Videos: Engage, Assess, and Gain Insights in Seconds Are you looking to make your course videos more interactive and engaging for your students?

Discover how Annoto can help you achiving anything you need! In this guide, you'll learn how to:

• Enhance Learning: Incorporate in-video quizzes for real-time knowledge checks.

• Skills Assessment: Conduct video critiques for comprehensive skills evaluation and peer reviews.

• Deepen Understanding: Facilitate time-based discussions to promote deeper learning.

• Extended Self-Learning: Create interactive content that encourages ongoing student engagement and reflection.

• Gain Insights: Obtain actionable data on student interaction and video content performance.

We will show you how to effortlessly add these powerful features to your videos, making your course content interactive and engaging, an integral and dynamic part of your curriculum. Get Inspired: See how other already did it from FSU, NYU, Georgia Tech, and many other institutions are transforming their teaching methods with Annoto

Annoto enables you to seamlessly add interactive capabilities to your course videos, either at the course level or the video level.

For example, you can set default preferences for Annoto features that will be overlaid across your course video content, and then update specific videos with different desired features.

Alternatively, you can disable Annoto at the course level and enable it for specific videos.

Set Annoto Features at the Course Level

To set up Annoto features in a course, you can activate interactive capabilities across all your course videos through the Preferences section on the Annoto Dashboard.

Here's a brief guide:

1. Access the Annoto Dashboard: Navigate to the Annoto Dashboard from your course platform.

2. Go to Kaltura's Media Gallery

3. Go to the Channel Actions menu

4. Click on Annoto Dashboard

1. In the Annoto Dashboard click on the Preferences tab

2. Enable Features: Choose the features you want to enable for your course videos. You can do this by toggling the options or selecting a preset:

This setup will apply the chosen features to all course videos, enhancing the interactive experience for your students.

Set Annoto Features for a specific Video

There are two ways to set Annoto features for a specific video:

• From the Annoto Dashboard

• From the Video View

From the Annoto Dashboard:

To set Annoto for a specific video from the Annoto dashboard:

1. In the Annoto Dashboard, click on the Hub tab.

2. Select the video you want to disable Annoto for (you can search by video title).

3. Go to the Preferences tab of this video view.

4. Set the features you want for this video (you can use a preset, such as "Disabled" or "Analytics," or enable only the personal notes for this video).

From the Video View

1. Go to the video where you want to enable Annoto.

2. Based on your organization setting, you will have one of the following two options:

1. You will see the Annoto dashboard open, choose which features you want to enable and exist.

This setup will apply the chosen features to the video, enhancing the interactive experience for your students.

Annoto enhances the learning experience by integrating interactive, in-video quizzes within Brightspace (D2L) LMS. This innovative feature supports educators in creating engaging, interactive content that not only enriches the learning process but also provides valuable insights into student understanding and performance. The in-video quizzes are seamlessly embedded within the video content, allowing students to interact with the material in a dynamic and engaging way.

Annoto’s in-video quizzes is the automatic grade passback to the Brightspace (D2L) gradebook. This means that quiz results are instantly recorded in the LMS, saving educators time and ensuring that all grades are accurately tracked and reflected in the students' overall performance records.

Annoto provides detailed analytics on quiz performance, enabling educators to gain insights into how students are interacting with the content. This data can inform instructional strategies, helping educators to identify common areas of difficulty and adjust their teaching methods accordingly.

Grading Support

Annoto can be used across all Brightspace (D2L) activities. When using In-Video Quizzes, the grading passback is supported in all types of activities (e.g Assignments, Discussions, Pages)

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Using Annoto within Kaltura?

In order to use Annoto in a video within your Brightspace:

1. Add the video to your Media Gallery\ My Media

2. In the navigation menu, choose "Content":

Example 1:

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:

Example 2:

1. Choose "Embed Kaltura Media (Quicklink)":

1. 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

Annoto enhances learning in Brightspace (D2L) by integrating interactive, in-video quizzes with Kaltura videos. This feature supports educators in creating engaging content and provides valuable insights into student performance.

Quizzes are seamlessly embedded within videos, allowing dynamic student interaction.

With automatic grade passback to the Brightspace gradebook, quiz results are instantly recorded, saving time and ensuring accurate grade tracking.

Detailed analytics on quiz performance help educators adjust instructional strategies based on student interaction and areas of difficulty.

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Why to use Annoto in Video Quizzes?

Once Annoto is enabled in your course, it is automatically added to videos that are embedded in Brightspace (D2L).

Adding a video with Annoto

In order to use Annoto in a video within your Brightspace (D2L):

1. Under Content tab: Click "Add Existing":

2. Choose: "Annoto Quicklink":

1. 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

Accessing Annoto Dashboard

You can access the Annoto Dashboard in two ways:

• From the Course Level

• From the Video view

Accessing Annoto Dashboard from the Course Level

You can access the Annoto Insights Dashboard directly from the Brightspace (D2L) navigation bar:

The Annoto Insights Dashboard is displayed.

Do not have Annoto Dashboard in the NavBar?

Accessing Annoto Dashboard from the Video view

1. Go to one of the video where you have Annoto.

2. Based on your organization setting, you will have one of the following two options:

Importing Annoto activities from one course to another is a streamlined process that enhances efficiency and consistency in course management. This feature allows educators and instructional designers to duplicate Annoto-powered interactive elements, ensuring that educational activities, annotations, quizzes, and discussions can be seamlessly integrated across multiple courses.

Benefits of Importing Annoto Activities

1. Efficiency: Reduces the time and effort required to set up new courses by reusing pre-existing Annoto activities.

2. Consistency: Maintains a consistent learning experience across different courses, ensuring that all students receive the same high-quality interactions and assessments.

3. Scalability: Facilitates the expansion of course offerings without duplicating effort, making it easier to manage large-scale educational programs.

Conclusion

Importing Annoto activities from one course to another simplifies course management and enhances the learning experience by leveraging pre-existing interactive elements. This feature not only saves time but also ensures a consistent and scalable approach to delivering high-quality educational content.

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