CLAS usability improvements - Aug 2015

CLAS usability improvements - Aug 2015

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  S Usability Improvements Aug 17,2015 More natural annotation browsing Course instructions appearing on every video More video response options Replying privately to an annotation Project Owner: Dr. Fred Cutler Designer & architect: Thomas Dang Arts ISIT, University of British Columbia
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  More natural annotation browsing S While watching a video, hovering on an annotation used to seek to that time point and show you a preview on the main video player. But this is not optimal, because you “lose your place” and must rely on your spatial memory, if you watch the video and browse annotations at the same time. S  Now, a separate floating preview will appear when you hover on annotations while not disrupting the main player. S  You can then play and play in slowmo on this preview, and the main player will automatically pause to keep your cue.
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  Annotation Preview Screenshots CLASnative videos or Dropbox
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  Annotation Preview Screenshots Youtubevideos
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  Annotation Preview Screenshots Mediasitepresentations (videos and slides)
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  Course instruction accessible fromevery video S  Before, you can add a common “course instruction” to the Welcome page that is included in every course in CLAS. S  However, students need to go back to this page to see the course instructions, and if there are many videos, it may not be obvious to students that there is a Welcome page in the first place. S  Now, if there is an instruction in the Welcome page, that instruction will appear when you hover on a green banner on top of the video player, no matter which video you are viewing.
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  Course instruction reminderscreenshot
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  More video responseoptions S  Before, you can add a response (annotations and comments) by recording a video from your webcam. S  However, students may want to record a video externally then edit them first, or they may want to record audio instead of video. S  Now, there is an option to create a response and upload a video or audio file attachment instead of recording a video.
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  Video response withuploaded audio or video file (instead of a recording)
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  Making private replies S Before, you can reply to an annotation or comment in CLAS, but that reply will be visible to everyone else too. Marking the post private will make it private to the person whom you reply to as well. S  However, some situations call for a private reply, such as students answering a question from an instructor, and must make the reply private so that it won’t be seen by other students. S  Now, there is a convenient “private reply” button beside the reply button, on every annotation and comment. E.g. If students A, B, and C all privately reply to an annotation from the instructor, then only the instructor can see these replies. The students cannot see one another’s replies.
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  Private reply -screenshot