The Student Experience (3.0)

Overview

PlayPosit is an interactive video platform. Your instructor will assign videos, or bulbs, for you to watch that will have embedded questions and interactions. You will be required to respond to these interactions in order to complete the assignment. 

It is recommended that you use the latest Chrome web browser to access PlayPosit. Click here to download it if you do not already have Chrome.

Logging in

You will access all of your PlayPosit assignments through your Learning Management System (LMS) so you will not need a username and password. 

Play a bulb

When you click on an assignment in your LMS, you will be brought to the PlayPosit bulb you need to complete. Click the video to play it and then answer the interactions that come up. 

1. Make the video fullscreen
2. Adjust the video playback speed
3. Change the video stream source of the videos in the bulb (especially important if one of the sources isn't working)
4. Adjust caption language (if available)
5. Enable or disable captions (if available) 

Use the rich text editor

If your instructor has included a free response interaction, you can use the rich text editor to respond.

Note: If you are using symbols such as < or >, please add a space before and after so that it is not interpreted as an HTML tag.

When the free response appears, click Use rich text?.

This will open the rich text editor where you can upload a video response, audio response, or include an image. 

Note: Video response is only included for institutional clients that have HLS uploading included in their contract. 

The rich text editor also contains a LaTeX Equation Editor to respond to interactions. 

You can also change the styling of your response to include a table, numbered/bulleted list, or special characters. 

Enable captions

Note: If captions are not available, there will not be a cc button. 

Enable captions by clicking on the cc button next to the gear icon. 

Adjust the language of the captions by selecting the gear icon menu.

View transcripts

To view navigable transcripts follow these steps.

1. Enable captions by clicking on the cc button next to the gear icon. 
2. Adjust the language of the captions by selecting the gear icon menu.
3. Select the sidebar icon.
4. Click the Transcripts tab. Transcripts will appear as the video plays. Click on any transcript line to be brought to that specific part of the video or search for keywords in the transcript. Please note that you are not able to skip ahead if your instructor does not have fast forward enabled. 

Switch video streams

Switch video streams if a stream is not playing or the quality is not clear.

1. Select the gear icon menu. 
2. Choose a stream that plays best on your device.

Take notes on a bulb

If you need to take notes on the video, click on the sidebar icon, and then on the Notes tab. Type your note in to the bottom of the Notes tab and click the blue icon next to it to save your note.  Each note you make will also save a clickable timestamp that you can use to jump back or forward to the point in the video when you made that note. You can also download a text file of your notes by clicking on the grey download icon at the top of the Notes tab.

Note: Please be aware that teachers can see notes that you save.

Interactions

The video will pause once an interaction pops up on the screen. To complete the interaction, answer the question and click Submit and continue. 

You should see a toast in the upper right-hand corner of the screen telling you if your answer was submitted successfully. If the interaction allows it, you may also see highlighting and/or feedback on your selected answer choices If an interaction covers up an important part of the screen, you can hide the question by clicking the 'x' in the top left corner of the interaction. If you want to make the interaction larger, however, click the arrow in the top right corner of the interaction.

Complete a bulb and syncing grades

To complete a bulb, make sure that you answer all of the required questions in the bulb and watch the bulb until the end. When you've completed a bulb, the sidebar will automatically open and show you the assignment score and a green pop-up will confirm your grade successfully synced to your LMS. The sidebar also shows you if your teacher still has to manually grade some of your answers.

The next time you launch an assignment from your LMS, you should see the option to Sync Grades again from the sidebar by navigating to the Review tab.

View report

Once you complete the bulb, you can view the report that includes your responses to all interactions. To access this, click View Report on the sidebar. This will open up a new tab with your bulb report that can either be printed out or saved as a PDF.

Canvas Mobile App

PlayPosit is accessible through the Canvas mobile app for learners to view and complete PlayPosit assignments. 

1. Log into the Canvas mobile app.
2. Navigate to the course and then click on Assignments. 
3. Select the PlayPosit assignment and then click Launch External Tool.
4. Play the video and answer all interactions throughout the video. 
5. Once you have answered all interactions and watched the video until the end, a green pop-up will appear confirming that your grade has been synced. Now you can click Done to go back to the Canvas app. 

Schoology App

Complete a playlist

In order to complete a playlist login as a learner and launch the playlist assignment URL.

To complete the playlist watch all of the required bulbs shown on the left hand side of the pop out menu.

After each bulb has been completed, a green check mark will be shown next to each bulb in the list.

Finish all of the bulbs in the Table of Contents to complete the playlist.

If a certificate is available for the playlist click the Print Certificate button to print a certificate of completion.

Troubleshooting

In general, if you're having issues on one browser, we recommend that you either update it or switch to another browser. PlayPosit 3.0 generally works best on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

My bulb won't play

Please refer to this help article for recommendations on getting your bulb to play. You can also try switching your video source by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and clicking on the drop down menu next to the timestamp.

I closed the browser window and didn't finish

You are able to pick back up wherever you left off. Re-open the bulb and move the cursor along the scrub bar to the point where you stopped. The white space indicates the part of the video you have already watched and the gray is the part that still needs to be watched. 

I want to watch my bulb again

As long as your bulb is still available to you in your Learning Management System, you can click on the assignment to rewatch the bulb without re-answering interactions.

My grades didn't sync

If you receive a message that your scores are not being recorded, there could be a number of issues.

1. Your network connection is unstable or too slow.  See if you can connect to the internet through other means.
2. You've been logged out of PlayPosit. Close the window and log back in to reopen your assignment.
3. The link you have been sent is for preview purposes only.  Request a new link from the instructor.

I can't retry the bulb

You can only retry your bulb if your instructor has this setting enabled. You can go back and access your assignment to watch the video again and view your responses as long as the assignment is still available in your LMS.