Creating Interactive Videos
The benefits of an interactive video allow viewers to engage and interact with content to deepen learning. Specifically, videos recorded with Chipcast (powered by Panopto) allow built-in questions to gauge learners' understanding — at their own pace. Depending on your needs, you'll first want to determine where you'd like to record your content. You can "self-serve" by recording your own videos either at home using your personal computer or using our autonomous Instructional Studios in the Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support. You can also request to record your videos in our "Hollywood" recording studio. With this option, the Media Team will work with you individually (before and during recording) to create what is necessary for your learning goals.
Once you've determined the best location for recording, you can develop interactive videos that will engage your learners by following these steps:
- Prepare your Content. Prepare your materials by considering what questions would work face-to-face and then determining if they can be translated into questions for import into your video (e.g., multiple-choice, multiple select, true/false, fill-in-the-blank) using Panapto's in-video questioning capability.
- Prepare Yourself. Before recording, consider a few essential details, including
how to log in and use Panopto/Chipcast.
- Record your Panopto/Chipcast videos keeping these essential details in mind: Stay brief, be conversational, maintain an enthusiastic tone, and personalize whenever possible.
- Edit your recording and insert questions and other content.
- Import and edit closed-captioning using automatic speech recognition.
- Place links in the desired location (e.g., Blackboard shell) for student access.
Review data from your videos
Reviewing the data or analytics of your videos provides information concerning students' learning progress. Instructors can examine the number of views and downloads for a video, individual viewing data, including specific date ranges, and more. The quiz results can also be directly imported into a Blackboard grade book. Panopto recommends the in-video quizzing as a formative comprehension check on the lecture material rather than a summative assessment tool. Please note that this process requires some setup for the faculty at the beginning of each semester. The following list of resources will help you start creating engaging, interactive videos for your students.
Additional resources
Panopto/Chipcast
- All CMU Knowledge Base Chipcast/Panopto training articles
- Before you record…
- Multimedia Recording Advice
- Panopto Quick Start Video
- Panopto Setup/Overview Training Article
- Engaging Learning: Creating Assignment Videos as a Student - Video