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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.
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:
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:
You may also see how to do so in this video.
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.
You can also learn more about video as a comment in the Annoto Use Cases here.
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.
You can check your internet speed here.
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 you need to enable your microphone and camera and no prompt has shown, you can see how to set it here.
If a prompt shows up, make sure to allow using the camera and microphone:
Browser
Make sure your browser is always up to date. If you are not sure, feel free to check it here.
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.
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.
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 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.
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:
Once the interaction type was selected, define its options:
Content
Settings
Preferences
Review
Then, once all is set, publish the interaction.
Note: the interaction will not be visible to learners until it is .
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:
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.
In the in the Annoto Dashboard you can see all interactions' activity and users' grades, under the 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. "
Note: some player types, such as Kaltura, may not include the grading pass-back warning, even though the activity is not graded.
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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
In order to be able to create an interaction, this option must be enabled in the Course/Video's .
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)
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 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:
After the interaction is created and reviews, it's important to publish it, so the learners can see it. Learn how to publish.
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.
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The chat enables a richer experience of writing, same as in the :
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 use case.
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 for that.
Make sure everything is set up correctly to enable recording video as a comment. You can learn all about it .
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