In this module, you will learn how to make instructional videos that you created or curated interactive and engaging by using Kaltura video quiz. You will also learn strategies for creating effective quizzes within videos.
Why In-Video Questions?
One of the key questions on designing and developing instructional videos is how to make them interactive and engaging. A strategy to address this question is embedding questions within the videos to enable students to interact with the content.
Instructional videos are used extensively in teaching and learning. In online courses, video is often the primary method for delivering instruction. One of the key questions on designing and developing instructional videos is how to make them interactive and engage students, as watching videos could be a very passive learning experience for students. A strategy to address this question is embedding questions within the videos.
Well-designed questions help engage students and turn passive video viewing into active learning. They can also reduce students' cognitive load by breaking down videos into smaller and meaningful segments. Students' learning is reinforced by reflecting on what they have learned, responding to the questions, and getting feedback on their responses. They may also easily review the preceding video to understand the content before continuing.
Instructors may use the aggregated student performance on the quizzes to determine where to focus efforts to improve student learning.
Technology for In-Video Questions: Kaltura Video Quiz
Kaltura is a video creation and hosting platform. It offers in-video quizzes within pre-recorded videos. Kaltura is integrated with Canvas. You can create and access your videos hosted on Kaltrua through My Media in Canvas. Your videos can be published for students in your classes to view through Media Gallery.
Here are things you can do with the Kaltura interactive quizzing:
Embed different types of questions at your chosen point of a video
The following four types of questions are available:
- Multiple-Choice Questions: They allow up to four possible answer choices.
- True/Fale Questions: They can be changed to any question with two responses (i.e., Yes/No).
- Open Questions: They allow students to enter text responses (up to 270 characters long) to on-screen questions.
- Reflection Point: This type of question does not require entering responses and is usually used for students to pause and reflect on a question or a topic displayed on the screen.
Grade Questions
Both multiple-choice and true/false questions can be automatically graded when a correct answer is provided. Grades can be sent to the course gradebook when the quiz is added as an assignment. You can access students' responses to Open Questions, but they will not count towards the grade on the quiz.
Provide hints for answer choices
When students do not know which answer they should choose, hints can help students think before they randomly pick one answer.
Provide a rationale for answer choices
Be sure to explain why an answer is correct or incorrect.
Decide how students take the quiz
You can allow students to skip a question or require them to submit an answer before proceeding forward. You can also allow students to change their answers before submitting the quiz.
Decide what students can see after a quiz is submitted
You can choose to show students correct/incorrect answers of questions, as well as the scores of the quiz.
How Does Kaltura Video Quiz Work?
Kaltura Video Quiz Walkthrough
Kaltura video quiz integrates and works seamlessly with Katura Media Space and Kaltura applications in Canvas, My Media and Media Gallery. You can record your videos, and embed questions at a chosen point. When your students watch the video, they will be asked to answer the questions. Feedback can be provided to them once they submit their answers. If you use curated videos from YouTube, you may first add the video to Kaltura, then you will be able to embed questions the way you do with your own videos.
You may learn more about how the video quiz works from a collection of tutorials at the Kaltura Learning website.
Kaltura Video Quiz That Integrates with Canvas Gradebook
While you can use Katura video quiz to increase interactivity by providing students opportunities to reflect on their learning, the video quiz can be used for assessments as well. The quiz embedded in a video can be added as an assignment. Students' responses to the questions will be graded and their grades will be recorded in the gradebook. Here are detailed instructions on how to create a graded assignment using a Kaltura video quiz.
In addition to the scores shown in the Canvas gradebook, you can access the quiz analytics report provided by Kaltura for further analysis.
Strategies for Using Kaltura Video Quiz
Here are a few strategies for using the Kaltura video quiz effectively, as well as tips for creating a good quiz.
Space questions out as evenly as possible
Keep students engaged throughout the entire video by spacing questions out and placing the last question at the end of the video.
Shuffle answers
Make sure that the correct answer is not always the default choice for all questions.
Provide hints that prompt thinking
Do not give away the answer when you provide hints. Instead, provide hints that prompt students to think and find the answer by themselves.
Always provide a rationale for both correct and incorrect answers
Practice without feedback has been proven ineffective. Telling students that they chose the correct answer is not enough, as their choice of the answer could be a random guess. The feedback that can help students learn needs to explain why an answer is correct or incorrect.
Recommended Resources
Kaltura Learning: Video Quiz - This website from Kaltura offers a collection of tutorials on how to create and use the video quizzing feature of Kaltura.
Using Kaltura in Canvas: This website from Kaltura includes a collection of video tutorials on how to create, upload, edit, and use Kaltura videos in Canvas.
Kaltura webinars: This is a calendar listing webinars offered by Kaltura to its users in the United States.
Kaltura Video App for Canvas User Guide: This website includes user guides for using the Kaltura applications in Canvas, My Media and Media Gallery.