This document provides information about the mobile-friendly features of the Collaborative Learning Annotation System (CLAS). Key points include: - CLAS now has a shorter, mobile-friendly URL structure of clas.arts.ubc.ca/name - The interface, course welcome page, and login pages are optimized for mobile usage - Users can easily record, upload, view, annotate and comment on videos from their mobile devices - Recording directly through CLAS is limited to 10 minutes on iOS devices but longer videos can be uploaded from the device camera roll - The system is supported on Safari, Chrome and IE across iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows tablets and phones.

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
Collaborative Learning Annotation System
MOBILE-FRIENDLY
INTERFACE
ONE-CLICK RECORDING

2. SHORTER URL’S
SERVICE CATALOG PAGE: https://clas.arts.ubc.ca
Most CLAS instances can be reached by: clas.arts.ubc.ca/name, such as
clas.arts.ubc.ca/ed (or educ), clas.arts.ubc.ca/prod, etc.
Any combination of this URL, with or without the http or https, will work when
entering into a browser window. They will all point to the *secure* (https)
website.
⇒ Easier to enter URL on mobile. Full URL will show up in the mobile history
instead of being cut of f.
Note: all the old links with applications.arts.ubc.ca still work normally.

3. MOBILE-FRIENDLY CWL AND GUEST LOGIN PAGES

4. ONE-CLICK
RECORD
PAGE
Default page
af ter log i n on
Mobile, except
when a student
does not have
upload & record
privi l ege in any
course.
Videos are
automati c a l l y
uploaded and
assigned to the
student ’ s
personal space
af ter recording
Instructors can
then log on,
navigate to the
student ’ s
personal spaces
i n their courses,
and mark them.

5. VIDEO
VIEW ON
MOBILE
Tap on annotations or
comments to view, edit, or
reply
Tap the account
link to switch to
record mode,
self-enroll, or
log out
Videos will play in a full-screen,
rotatable player
* Download
annotation is
disabled on
Mobile

6. ANNOTATE
OR
COMMENT
ON MOBILE
On
smartphones,
when the
fullscreen
player exi ts, the
t ime stamp wi l l
be captured so
that you can
also use the
annotation
feature.

7. SUPPORTED MOBILE PLATFORMS
¡ Safari on iPhones & iPads
¡ Chrome on Android
¡ IE & Chrome on Windows Phones & Tablets
¡ Chrome on Blackberry.
¡ Not supported:
§ Firefox on Mobile does not have the full responsive interface, and
some pages will display the normal, desktop interface.
§ Chrome on iOS works fine for all purposes except recording, as it has
stability issues when uploading large files

8. CAVEATS
¡ Artificial limits not related to storage capacity may be placed
on certain types of mobile phones for web browser based
recording
§ E.g. most i0S phones can only record exactly 10 minutes of video at a
time on Safari. The solution to this is to use the native camera app to
record first, then use choose “upload existing file” on the one-click
record page in CLAS.
§ There seems to be no limit on Android, so it’s possible to directly
record hour-long videos from CLAS on an Android tablet.
¡ The dialog that say “take video or choose existing” that
appears when you tap the record button is device specific, and
may say something else depend on which phone / tablet you
are using. The text above is from iPhone / iPads.