Video can be a great way to present course content to your
students. Most video-watching experiences are passive though, and there aren’t
many ways to ensure that students are even watching. Annoto is a new tool
available to instructors at NSU directly through your Canvas courses. Annoto engages your students by transforming
the video-watching experience from a passive one into an active one, enabling
learners to contribute, share and learn together, experience videos as an
interactive group, and keep a personal journal of notes. It allows instructors
to guide the video-watching experience with comments, formative assessments,
and focused discussions, as well as the ability to answer questions from
students related to the video. It also provides instructors with detailed
analytics on who watched the video, whether they completed it, and their level
of engagement while watching. Every interaction is time-tagged to a specific
part of the video and preferences can be customized in the Annoto dashboard.
The dashboard and Annoto features are all housed within your Canvas course with
no need to register or go to outside websites.
In this episode of the Learning with the LEC series, you
will be guided on how to access the Annoto Dashboard, as well as how to set your
Annoto preferences and see video analytics.
For more information on Annoto, please visit: Introduction -
User Guides (annoto.net)
To learn how to add Annoto to your course videos, please
watch the Learning
with the LEC episode on that topic.
