Sunday, November 27, 2016

Adding actions to YouTube videos

Have you ever asked students to watch a YouTube video and wanted a better way to assess their understanding or get their reaction while they watched? Vizia is a tool that allows you to add polls, open-ended or multiple choice questions, and more to YouTube videos.  As students watch the video, it pauses at the places where you inserted questions.  Students answer each question and the video then continues.  Answers can be downloaded as a Google Sheet (select "Gate Video" if you want to collect their names/email addresses, as well).

Vizia is still relatively new and could use a few improvements (specifically, better navigation while inserting questions and more than four choices for multiple choice and polls), but it's definitely worth checking out the next time you assign a YouTube video.

Here's an example of one I made for my class :


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