by Karen Nichols
Since Inverted Learning is this year's theme for CAT+FD and we are having workshops and information on flipping, here's a free, handy tool for annotating videos that you may wish your students to watch in advance of class. MoocNote does require an account but it's very easy to set up and does not ask for all of your personal information. Here are the steps to getting started:
1. Go to the MoocNote homepage and click on Sign Up.
2. Enter your email and choose a password. You're in!
3. Once you're inside MoocNote you may import one video or an entire playlist from YouTube by entering the URL.
4. Assign your video to a group (it can be a group of 1 if you wish).
5. Begin viewing the video and stop it at key points to use add notes, questions, a resource link, etc. The textbox and buttons are located directly beneath the video you're viewing.
6. Once you've finished, return to the Dashboard and you will see all of the notes you've made on the right side of the screen. In the center, you will see the option to Share the video with others.
7. Note that your students or anyone with whom you share the video will need to create a MoocNote account in order to view it. I'm looking into any plans the company has to make links available in Blackboard to view from there. Perhaps that will be coming later!
We've experimented with this in our ETC (Educational Technology Community) virtual meeting and some of the instructors find this may be a useful tool. I want to share a video with my French 1020 students to get their feedback as well. Please let us know if this app is handy for your needs too!