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Overview of
PlaypositPlayPosit
Playposit PlayPosit is an easy-to-use interactive video tool that enables faculty to transform passive learning materials into active learning materials. Please visit SU's PlayPosit page for key introductory information.
Mirroring the Traditional Face-to-Face Classroom
Passively watching video lectures often misses key components of an in-person class that facilitate student engagement and learning, such as in-class quizzes, exercises, and group activities. Playposit PlayPosit helps faculty to create interactive features that mirror the traditional face-to-face classroom, including multiple choice, free response, reflective pause, fill-in-the-blank, polling and discussion forums.
Besides adding a layer of interactive features to lecture videos, faculty can also ensure that students watch lecture videos in their entirety; player settings in Playposit PlayPosit offer various video controls.
Easy-to-use Tool
PlaypositPlayPosit's intuitive interface makes creating the interactive video easy. After going through the steps below and watching the short tutorial video, faculty and teaching assistants will be ready to create interactive videos for classes.
How to Create Interactive Videos in
PlaypositPlayPosit
This 5-minute video walks you through the steps on how to create an interactive video, or "bulb", in PlaypositPlayPosit.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Choose a video (there are many options!)
Uploading MP4 video files and recording videos are not available with the SU PlayPosit subscription. However, you can upload your videos on Youtube or use Playposit Fetch – Google Chrome extension that allows users to screen capture your screen and upload videos to Playposit's interactive video editor. Click below for additional details on using the Playposit Fetch extension on Google Chrome. Expand |  Select the screen capture option.  Stop the recording once you're done (button is placed at the bottom of the screen). It will direct you to the page where you can download the video or upload to Playposit. To upload to Playposit, press the upload icon on the top right as indicated below.  The video is now ready for adding interactive features in Playposit video editor. You can access the videos in "My Videos".  by using Kaltura MediaSpace. Please visit SU's Kaltura MediaSpace page for more information on uploading media to Kaltura.
You can upload your video or screen/webcam capture using "Express Capture" by logging into Kaltura MediaSpace.
In PlayPosit, you can pull up videos from Kaltura MediaSpace by searching for titles of videos. Step 2: Add an interactive feature
The screen on the right will play the video once you upload it in Step 1. You can add an interactive feature at a specific time you would like by clicking the highlighted box.
Then, you can choose different types of interactive features such as multiple-choice answers, short response, discussion, etc.
Each interactive feature has advanced settings to customize. Step 3: Choose additional settings
Playback options provide various video controls. Step 4: Link the video in Blackboard
Once the "bulb" is created in PlaypositPlayPosit, you can link it to Blackboard. Under the Content, create PlaypositPlayPosit. Click the Playposit PlayPosit content on Blackboard to link a "bulb".
Once it's linked, the students will be directed to the interactive video. Faculty and teaching assistants will be able to watch the preview mode as well.
You can also watch this video tutorial or go to the Playposit PlayPosit website for more details. |
PlayPosit School of Architecture Use Suggestions
Below are suggestions for possible use of PlaypositPlayPosit.
- Lecture Videos: Interactive videos will be most useful for lecture videos to enhance the learning experience for students and improve learning efficacy.
- Multiple choice or short response questions can be added to substitute for in-class quizzes and give immediate feedback to students so they can check their understanding while viewing lecture videos.
Multimedia name Lecture Example with Subtitles V2.mp4 width 700 - Discussion forum interactive features can be added to facilitate discussion on lecture materials amongst students and faculty.
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- Multiple choice or short response questions can be added to substitute for in-class quizzes and give immediate feedback to students so they can check their understanding while viewing lecture videos.
- Review/ Presentation Settings: In group presentation/reviews (studio, theory, building systems, etc.), having questions for discussion in each presentation/review recording can promote peer-to-peer learning.
- Discussion forums can be added to gather other students'/groups' thoughts on the reviews/presentations that other students didn't have the opportunity or time to talk about during reviews/presentations.
- Short response questions can be added to call attention to some interesting points that are worth further thought. In this way, instructors and TAs can also make sure that students still watch others' reviews/ presentations on their own time.
- Discussion forums can be added to gather other students'/groups' thoughts on the reviews/presentations that other students didn't have the opportunity or time to talk about during reviews/presentations.
Additional Helpful Links
- SU Answers page on PlaypositPlayPosit
- In-depth Guide to PlaypositPlayPosit
- In-depth Guide to Using Playposit PlayPosit on Blackboard
- Monitoring Student Performance in PlaypositPlayPosit
For support or training questions, please contact help@syr.edu or OLS@ot.syr.edu.