Kaltura + Quizzing = Increased Student Engagement

Interactive video quizzing for your Kaltura videos increases student engagement, tests knowledge and retention, and gathers effectiveness data for your media. 

How do interactive video quizzes work?

1. You create a quiz for any of your Kaltura videos.
2. As users watch a video, a multiple choice question appears at your chosen point.  Depending on configuration, students may be allowed to repeat sections, skip questions, revise answers, receive hints, and discover the correct answers.
   

   Sample quiz question as it appears to students during video playback

3. When students take the quiz, their grades are automatically sent to your course grade book in Blackboard Learn.

Known issue:  All Kaltura Grade Center Columns are set to be worth 100 points. Contact the Technology & Learning Program for Weighted Total grading options.

How do I create a quiz for my own Kaltura media?

• Follow this Chico-specific tutorial for Creating and Editing Kaltura Quizzes or watch this video from Kaltura.
• Stop by the Technology and Learning Program faculty empowerment lab in MLIB 459 between the hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM for a demonstration.

Changes to the Bb Learn Assignment Inline Grading Tool

In January, Blackboard Learn started using Box for inline grading.
(Inline grading refers to the instructor’s ability to mark up and annotate student submissions to Blackboard Learn assignments.) 

Why the change?

Box bought Crocodoc, the former 3rd-party product Blackboard used for inline grading. 

Is there anything that I have to do?

No. All student submissions and associated annotations will automatically be converted from Crocodoc to Box by 12pm on Jan. 11th. 

Safari High Sierra version 11.0.2 users, please see note at end of article. 

What can I expect after the change?

• Box does not currently allow students or faculty to download and print annotations. Box is working on a solution for this issue.
• The Box annotation tool is somewhat limited. It does not enable strike-through, or free-floating text-entry annotations.
• Students must refresh the page in order to see their submissions in the assignment preview window.

Detailed Feature Comparison

Functions	Crocodoc	New Box View
File types you can view in the grading window	PDF, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, DOC, and DOCX	Over 100 different file types, including video, audio, image, and programming code File Types and Fonts Supported in Box Content Preview
File types for annotation	PDF, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, DOC, and DOCX	PDF, PPT, PPTX, DOC, and DOCX New Box View also supports only point-based annotations on these file formats: AI, BMP, DCM, EPS, GIF, PNG, PS, PSD, SVS, TGA, TIF, and TIFF
Videos and images displayed	No	Yes
Course areas	Blackboard Learn assignments	Same
Annotation types	Text and point-based comments, highlighting, and drawing	Point-based comments and highlighting
Download	You can download a copy of a student file with the option to download in the original format or in a PDF version that includes the annotations	You can download a copy of a student file, but annotations won’t appear
Print function	No	Yes
Students	Can’t add annotations to documents	Can’t add annotations to documents
Bb Grader	Can add annotations to documents	Can add annotations to documents with workaround.. Annotate submissions in Bb Grader app

Safari High Sierra version 11.0.2 users

Select Safari > Preferences > Privacy and un-check the following boxes:

• Prevent cross-site checking
• Ask web websites not to track me

For more Information

See the Detailed Feature Comparison below or  view Blackboard’s Transitioning from Crocodoc to Box View article. The Technology and Learning Program is also happy to assist.