Annoto Use Case: Personal Notes In Canvas Can Be A Study Aid

Environment

Annoto
MiVideo
Canvas

Issue

How an instructor can use Annoto's Personal Notes to provide students a tool for study purposes.

• Students can take personal notes and download these notes for study help.
  • Examples of student notes include summarizing the content or reflecting on the video.
• Personal notes aren’t just for students, instructors can also take personal notes.
  • Examples of instructor notes include reflecting on content or adding insights based on questions asked in comments. Comments are another feature in Annoto, see how Annoto Comments Engage Students In A Flipped Classroom for more info.
• Instructors cannot see students' personal notes. While this use case focuses on using notes as a study aid, if the instructor wants to view a student’s personal notes they can ask the student to download their notes and submit them as an assignment upload. See How Students Can Download Annoto Personal Notes for instructions to share with students.

Video Demos

Enable Annoto Feature For All Videos

Enable or Disable Annoto Feature For An Individual Video

Annoto Personal Notes

Resolution

• In this use case, Personal Notes will be enabled at the course level so all videos in the course (including videos in the Media Gallery and embedded into course content) will have the Annoto Personal Notes feature enabled.
• Instructors can enable the Personal Notes feature by toggling the slider located on the Preferences tab of the Annoto Dashboard. See the Annoto Dashboard and Preferences article for detailed instructions.
• After enabling notes for all videos, Personal Notes can be disabled for individual videos such as video quizzes, videos used in assignments, or anywhere it would not be appropriate to allow students to take notes.
  • Navigate to the Preferences tab for a specific video in the Annoto Dashboard and disable Personal Notes. See the Annoto Dashboard and Preferences article for detailed instructions.
• The ability to enable and disable Annoto features for specific videos provide instructors complete control over how students interact with course videos.

Annoto Guides

• Annoto User Guide for Instructors 
• Annoto User Guide for Students

Additional Information

• Check out the new Academic Technology@Michigan website for course planning resources from across U-M.
• Visit the Canvas @ Michigan site for faculty including the U-M Instructor Guide with links to additional support resources from across campus.
• Check out the Canvas and MiVideo tutorials.

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center.