Publish at March 08 2022 Updated March 16 2022
VideoAnt is a free web-based video annotation tool developed by the University of Minnesota, which can be used on a computer or mobile device as the app's homepage tells us. VideoAnt allows you to add annotations, comments and questions to any publicly accessible video online. It is also possible to annotate one's own videos hosted on YouTube, even if they are in "Unlisted" mode.
After accessing the platform via account authentication with Google, Facebook or Twitter, the authenticated user arrives at the "Ant Farm" section, which allows him to create and save a collection of annotated videos called "Ants". He or she can then easily export them by generating a share link or embedding the video directly on a website, learning management system or anywhere HTML is allowed.
It is also possible to determine access rights. In doing so, depending on the access right assigned to a video, students/students will be able to add their own annotations, comment on our annotations, or just view them.
The VideoAnt platform offers two video tutorials (in English) to walk us through creating annotated videos.
N.B.: YouTube offers a automatic translation feature for comments/subtitles.
The platform also features a "Documentation" in the "Help" section of the homepage.
In a article from the Cnam's Socio-Educational Digital Uses Laboratory, Nicolas talks about his feedback on using VideoAnt as part of his activity as a trainer involved in ODL.
He explains, that in the context of a distance learning session entitled "Cognitive and behavioral processes", he invited his learners to connect via a link sent beforehand. Thus, they could view the video annotated by Nicolas beforehand. The marker asked them about key notions. Nicolas also questioned them on the content of the video and they also had the possibility to answer, comment and interact with others asynchronously.
In this activity, what interested Nicolas was to understand the reflective process of his learners and the group. Thanks to VideoAnt, he was thus able to mutualize the interactions between peers and obtain a very richness of responses.
He also offers us a example made with the help of the application.
Nadia Aubry-Guellec, project manager at Cnam Pays de Loire, also gives feedback on the pedagogical use of VideoAnt in the context of a tutor training in the following video.
The Cnam thus offers us several examples of uses in training
As part of a article by Andy Van Drom for the French-language arm of Profweb, he offers several pedagogical uses for VideoAnt's annotation feature:
Even though video is one of the main methods of transmitting learning objects to students, watching videos remains a highly passive learning activity. VideoAnt is therefore ultimately of real pedagogical interest, as it allows for the inclusion of elements that will help promote motivation and active (cognitively) student participation.
3 online platforms for creating interactive video content for students " Profweb, Accessed February 28, 2022.
https://www.profweb.ca/publications/articles/3-plateformes-en-ligne-pour-creer-des-contenus-video-interactifs-pour-les-etudiants.
VideoAnt documentation. https://ant.umn.edu/documentation.
Making a video more learnable with VideoAnt. https://living-lab.cnam.fr/index.php/rendre-une-video-plus-apprenante-avec-videoant/.
Instructional use of the VideoAnt tool. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Lv_SbwZ8M. Accessed February 28, 2022.
VideoAnt. https://living-lab.cnam.fr/index.php/index/outils-du-web-2/videoant/.
VideoAnt: Getting Started. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SOE2aQky2I. Accessed February 28, 2022.
VideoAnt: Sharing and Permissions. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F33Sjy-A8Y. Accessed February 28, 2022.
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