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PlayPosit: Creating a Bulb (Interactive Video)

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In this article, you will learn the basics for creating a PlayPosit bulb (interactive video) including adding a video, adding interactions, and adjusting settings. For more detailed information on creating bulbs, please visit PlayPosit's Knowledge Base.

Prerequisites

  • Know how to login to PlayPosit
  • Have selected a YouTube or Panopto video to make into a bulb (interactive video)
1. Adding a Video
Image showing to navigate in the top left of the screen to the Add New Bulb button
Image showing available options: Youtube and to the right Vimeo and below that Panopto
Image showing Search YouTube on the top right of the bulb designer
Image showing to navigate to the bottom below the video and Title and select Customize in the bottom right corner
Image showing captions options-first is turn on available captions next is upload captions file
Image showing first to navigate to the video timestamp below the video on the left side of the screen where you will find the Start and Stop buttons. Next, select Done to the lower right of the video timestamp.

Success! Your video will appear to the right of the screen and is ready to add Interactions. The Bulb Designer (video editor) will appear to the left.

2. Adding Interactions
Image pointing to a circle on the time scrub bar below Apply Template and Add an Interaction. Also shows the play button to the left of the time scrub bar. Third, shows Add An Interaction button below and to the right of the video.
  • Auto-graded options include Multiple Choice, Check All, Fill In the Blank, and Poll.
  • Manually graded (instructor graded) options include Free Response and Discussion.
  • Non-graded options include Pause (to include important instructions or background information) and Web Embed (to include supplementary sources like web pages.)

For this tutorial, we will review how to create a Multiple Choice Interaction. The same principles apply to all interactions.

Image showing to select Multiple Choice-the first option on the left
Image showing first the question box at the top, next below that is Add Answer Option, finally select done at bottom right to the left of the customize button
Image showing time scrub bar at the bottom with indicators where your interactions are
3. Review Section
Image showing the Review button at the top right of the bulb designer (left portion of the screen)
Image showing Title at the top of the window. Below Learning objective you will find the Tags drop down menu

Important settings to enable that might be useful for all videos: 1. Allow learners to rewind after an interaction appears. 2. Hide learner score upon bulb completion. (If you have included any manually graded interactions such as Free Response, those grades will not be immediately available and can confuse students.)

Image showing Playback options

Selecting the Allow learners to retake the bulb upon completion will force learners to go through the entire video and questions again for a new score. If it is not selected, students are still able to review the video after their first attempt but don't take the bulb again.

Image showing Privacy drop down menu options with the first option Bulb is Public selected
Image showing Preview and Save and Exit at bottom right of the Bulb designer

Congratulations! You have created your first bulb. It will now appear on your My Bulbs homepage. See PlayPosit: Adding a PlayPosit Bulb to D2L for how to add your bulb to your course.

You are done. Great job!

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