Videos have made the internet a storehouse of knowledge and information available to huge audiences. The internet has reshaped the world in ways that were unimaginable, before YouTube and other social media. As the old adage goes, a picture can say a thousand words. A video can say untold multiples of that amount. Videos are powerful. They are even more powerful when they are used to bring meaningful technology to the classroom. The following tools may be used to add end-user interactions and features to videos (either created or remixed) to meet your classroom needs. You will notice a common trend among these applications: users simply import the videos and add interactive elements (quizzes, polls, surveys) to them in most instances. These interactions may then be analyzed from the data captured. This is an important concept: Gone are the days when you had to manually pause videos and hold discussions with the students infront of you. Instead, the content may be available to students outside the classroom and they can all still be a part of the conversation.

10. Google Forms

Google Forms is a dynamic software. The videos from YouTube may be embedded directly into Forms. Questions may then be built around the video. The teacher would then collect the student’s responses in a sheet. You can do even more when you integrate Google Classroom in the whole equation.

9. QuizBean

QuizBean is a great tool for teachers and students. Teachers are able to quickly and easily create and assign quizzes to students. Students are then able to receive timely feedback on their progress. In QuizBean, YouTube videos may be embedded into quizzes.

8. GoFormative

GoFormative allows users the ability to capture videos from outside the platform and make them easily accessible to students. Teachers may create quizzes and other video-based tasks inside of the platform.

7. ESLVideo

The title of this website suggests that this classroom technology tool is for “second language” students. Actually, I think that this site may benefit all learners or learners at any level of English language proficiency. ESLvideo.com has quiz activities and lessons created by teachers. On ESLvideo.com, teachers may favorite quizzes, assign quizzes, view student scores, and create new quizzes.

6. TedEd 

Teachers may use TED-Ed to turn TED and YouTube videos into lessons. This website is very easy to use. Simply create an account, search for the video that you would like to use, and add relevant information about the video. Quizzes may be added to the video. As part of the quiz creation process, a time-stamped video quiz option is built into the quiz creation process to provide video hints. Reinvent your lessons by turning them into watch + think + discuss sessions. With useful analytics, the teacher may utilize the helpful information.

5. Vialogues

Vialogue, as the name implies, is a way to effectively combine video and discussion. It is like a thread and cloth: you can combine them to make clothes. Users may interact with the content by adding time-stamped comments. It is very easy to use. All you have to do is add a video (videos from the site or your own videos uploaded). Once you have identified the target video, you may then add polls, open-ended questions, to time-stamped locations within the video. Enhanced videos, now called vialogues may be used on websites, blogs or LMS. All of this is free thanks to EdLab – Teachers College, Columbia University. This is a great tool. To get started, simply create an account with EdLab and you are on your way.

4. Edpuzzle

Edpuzzle allows you, the teacher, to turn any video into a lesson. The learning curve of this application is very accommodating. Within a matter of minutes, any video can be used to flip the classroom or blend a lesson to meet the needs of students. With huge and prominent icons, with just a click a teacher may trim a video to the section that is needed, add voice notes to narrate videos, add quizzes to check for understanding, and add questions at any point in the video to track your students’ understanding. Students log into the application and complete the actions prompted by the teacher. The analytics that the software generates from student activity may provide actionable information for the teacher. Edpuzzles may be embedded into webpages or learning management systems (LMS). Save time by sharing Edpuzzles with other teachers. Get even more out of Edpuzzle by installing the Chrome extension.

3. EducaPlay

Educaplay empowers the teacher to easily select a video from YouTube. With the selected video, you can add interactive elements, such as quizzes, and assign them to your students. Teachers can create their own video quiz or choose from among those created by other users.

2. Vizia

Vizia is a simple application that allows teachers the ability to transform videos into powerful and interactive lessons. Simply enter the URL of the video (Wistia and YouTube) and then add interactive features (quizzes, polls, surveys ) from a clean and unobtrusive interface. The marked-up videos may then be embedded into web pages and learning management systems. Collect student responses in Google Sheets or download responses in a CSV file.

PlayPostit

PlayPostit, formerly eduCanon, is the leader among this genre of technology tools. This classroom technology tool is very dynamic. Quizzes and various checks for understanding may be added to enhance the very video itself by adding interactive elements. Turn those YouTube and teacher created videos into flipped and blended lessons to enhance what you are already doing. There you go. That is my list of favorite tools to effectively enhance what you are already doing. The cool thing about these tools is that users are able to collaborate and share the lessons that they have created. This could be a huge timesaver.