This document shows how to add Annoto in-video collaboration widget to your OpenEdx course videos
Note: Annoto module needs to be added to the course. If it does not exist, please refer to Annoto Widget Integration - OpenEdx (xBlock) guide.
Once the Annoto Module was added to the Course, it should be added to the course unit, with the steps mentioned here.
Display name: The name of the module
Widget position: Select the position of Annoto widget in the video player.
Overlay Video: Will Annoto show on the video (True) or outside of it (False)
Tabs: Annoto widget will have tabs on the side for quickly toggling between discussion and private notes.
Hidden Enabled tabs
Initial State: When the video starts – will Annoto be open or closed
Discussion Scope: Will discussions on a video be per course (Private per course) or will anyone in the site be able to be a part of the conversation (Site Wide).
Features: When adding the Annoto widget to the Course Unit you can set the widget features. There are four options in the dropdown menu:
Comments & Notes (Default).
Comments – Enable only the Shared comments feature.
Private Notes – Enable only the personal notebook feature.
Only Analytics – This will enable tracking the user activity and video consumption without showing the Annoto widget.
Example: if you don't want users to add comments and want to have only the widget's personal notes, you can just disable it and use Annoto as personal notes.
5. Save the changes you made.
6. In order for the changes to go live, don’t forget to publish the unit:
7. In order to see Annoto on the published page click on View Live Version
If you need any additional information or have any questions, please contact us at Annoto Support
To learn how to add the Annoto Dashboard in your OpenEdX, go to How to access Annoto Dashboard page.
In order to learn more about the wonderful things you can do with Annoto, visit the Annoto Widget Guide page.
This document shows how to add Annoto xBlock to your OpenEdx enviroment.
sudo -sHu edxapp
source ~/edxapp_env
pip install -e "git+https://github.com/Annoto/xblock-in-video-collaboration.git#egg=xblock_annoto"
You can enable the Annoto xblock in studio through the advanced settings, as you can see in this video, or in the following instructions:
From the main page of a specific course, click Settings->Advanced Settings in the top menu.
Check for the Advanced Module List policy key, and add "annoto" in the policy value list.
[
...
"annoto",
...
]
As seen in the image below:
3. In “LTI Passports “, Add value "annoto-auth:<annoto_client_id>:<annoto_client_secret>" to LTI Passports list, fill in “annoto-auth:” and then ClientID and Secret, separated by punctuation.
These ClientID and shared secret are provided by Annoto, If you do not have this information, please contact us at: support@annoto.net
[
...
"annoto-auth:<annoto_client_id>:<annoto_client_secret>",
...
]
For example:
[
"annoto-auth:eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.Mjc0NGJhODEtMWQ2OC00YWJkLTg4MGQtODc2MzM1MWRkYTg5.o_OLJJwbkvUhYumiFWf6TQXSvShVZRuzi2UbijAPMkc:72d6299b5a0d66106f824594a7943303540b15b8b859596d7af2a3ab4f89140a"
]
As seen in the image below:
4. Click on the Save changes button.
Once the Annoto Module was added to the Course, it should be added to the course unit, using the following steps:
1. On the Course Outline page, open the unit in which you want to add Annoto:
2. In the course unit, add the video block.
3. Under Add New Component, click Advanced, and then select Annoto.
4. Click Edit and then change Annoto settings as you prefer:
If you need any additional information or have any questions, please contact us at Annoto Support
To learn more about the Annoto widget in OpenEdX, visit How to add Annoto Widget page.
In order to learn more about all the wonderful things you can do with Annoto, visit the Annoto Widget Guide page.
