Introduction to PlayPosit

Interested in making your instructional videos more interactive? Consider using PlayPosit, an online learning environment for creating and sharing interactive video lessons. This webinar kicked off UC Davis’ new campus-wide license with PlayPosit, as previously announced at SITT 2020. PlayPosit staff hosted the webinar specially for UC Davis instructors, and they would like to share the following introductory information about PlayPosit with our campus teaching community:

• What is PlayPosit?: Learn how to make your online, blended or flipped course active with PlayPosit--a platform that allows you to transform passive video and audio into interactive experiences. Draw from YouTube, Vimeo, or your own recordings to make your own video, then easily add elements into the recording to personalize instruction. Use it during class for an engaging synchronous experience, or outside of the course to flip or blend your content. Watch real-time data and analytics to see where students are confused and which topics need to be expounded upon. What's more: Inspire higher-order thinking by assigning learners to create interactive videos--they will learn the content as well as learn how to teach themselves.

• A brief introductory video is available for viewing, and the PlayPosit knowledge base contains a wealth of information for all things PlayPosit, including the following resources concerning Canvas, bulbs (i.e., the interactive videos created in PlayPosit), and privacy:

• Accessing PlayPosit in Canvas 
• Building a Bulb 
• Monitoring Bulbs 
• Privacy Settings

In addition to the information provided above by PlayPosit, UC Davis also provides the following knowledge base articles that may be of interest to new campus PlayPosit users:

• Getting Started with PlayPosit
• Authenticating and accessing your PlayPosit account
• Using PlayPosit with Canvas for student learning
• PlayPosit: Student perspective