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.
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.
[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.
5. In the content section, click the Applications icon:
With Annoto, you can use video content for Video Assessment, skills development, Peer Review & Reflection, Video Feedback, Collaborative Learning, and so .
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
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
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”