Collaborative Learning Annotation System (Arts ISIT at University of British Columbia) Feb 2014 feature update. Recording of presentation or performance videos directly into the video management page. Automatic metadata tagging to easily administer large number of student recordings. Works on nearly all recording devices including high-end webcams, smartphones, and tablets

1. Project Owner
fred.cutler@ubc.ca
Lead Developer
thomas .dang@ubc.ca
Art s I n s t ructional
Suppor t and
Information
Technology
Univer s i ty of Br i t i s h
Columbia
SELF-RECORD VIDEOS
WITH AUTOMATIC TAGGING OF
NAME, COURSE, GROUP, PART
ON BOTH DESKTOP AND
MOBILE
Collaborative Learning Annotation System

2. RECORD FROM
NEARLY ANY
DEVICES INTO
VIDEO
MANAGEMENT
PAGE
Built-in webcam
External webcams
External microphones or
built-in
iPhone / iPad
Android phones / tablets
Blackberry 10+
** Mobile devices has a
different recorder user
interface
Automatic
metadata added
to the title and
description to
shorten student
recording
workflow
Flip between file upload and self-recording

3. WORKS WITH HIGHER-END WEBCAMS
ACTUAL PLAYBACK QUALIT Y (AFTER TRANSCODING) SHOWN
Desktop – Recorded with Logitech HD Pro Webcam

4. RECORDING QUALITY ON MOBILE
ACTUAL PLAYBACK QUALIT Y (AFTER TRANSCODING) SHOWN
Mobile – Recorded with iPhone 5c

5. HOW CAN YOU USE THIS FEATURE?
MASS RECORDINGS OF STUDENT VIDEOS
Students can be granted video recording privilege so that they can log
in and record presentation videos by themselves, even on their own
devices. Students can then do the access control themselves
(customizable rules per department, course, & group)
Or multiple videos can be recorded back-to-back by an admin user into
one account then the admin user does the access control
Metadata are tagged automatically, and the videos can immediately
be made visible to the instructors for evaluation
The annotations and discussion threading features in CLAS can be
used for in-depth evaluation, for peer review, or for self-reflection

6. HOW CAN YOU USE THIS FEATURE?
FLIPPED CLASSROOM
Never miss an opportunity to create learning content. Interesting
insights, natural phenomena, experiment setups, or lectures can be
captured anywhere, by almost any device available on hand
The resulting material can immediately be assigned to your class (or
group, or individual student) for viewing
Students can then engage in discussion or simply take private notes
for their own study
Recording in series. Title and description is remembered between
recordings, and an automatic part number is added. Ideal for breaking
up big topics into many bitesized videos.

7. CAVEATS
¡ Please upgrade to Flash 11.9+ http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
¡ Please make sure that all cameras and microphones are
enabled, not muted, and plugged in. If there is any hardware
change, please restart the browser
§ Some browser may ask *multiple times* before allowing a website
access to microphone and camera, usually for the first recording
¡ On iPhone/iPad, please enable microphone access for your
browsers (Settings -> Privacy -> Microphone) and turn off
automatic lock (Settings -> General -> Auto-lock)