Non-mandatory engagements within PlayPosit

How can PlayPosit help increase learning motivation through non-mandatory engagement?

Besides using PlayPosit as a summative assessment tool, instructors can also build bulbs with non-mandatory interactions that guide learners’ focus on the video, provide supplemental resources, and motivate them to engage with the learning content.

Sample bulbs

PlayPosit easter egg use case
0:03 “Secret Self Check” poll interaction encourages students to reflect on what they know and what they don’t know while also providing instructors insight via the data/analytics collected.  When this strategy is implemented frequently, these durational pop-ups off just-in-time engagement and reflection. 

• Durational interactions are ones that appear and then disappear at various timestamps.  The temporary nature of these interactions adds to an engaging, “just-in-time” element of engagement.

All the interactions PlayPosit provides can be configured to be non-graded and non-required. Some interactions, like multiple choice or fill in the blank, will show learners whether their responses are correct or not, even if the interaction is non-graded. 

Pause

Pause interaction can be a great way to provide supplemental resources to learners or guide learners to focus on the critical part of the video. Please follow the steps below to configure the Pause interaction.

1. Click Add interaction.

   

2. Select Pause interaction.

3. Instructors can then type in the learning objectives or copy and paste their class plan to the pause interaction. Furthermore, there are some useful features that can help instructors format the information in this pause interaction to make it more appealing and accessible.

   1. Headers: To use headers with the pause interaction, please highlight the desired text, click on the triple dots icon, and select Formats. Then select Formats from the dropdown menu, Headers, and select the desired header.
   2. List: To create a list in the pause interaction, please click on the list icon on the rich text editor. There are two options for the list format, numbered list or bullet list.
   3. Table: To create a table, click on the triple dots icon on the rich text editor, select Table, and draw out the desired table size.
   4. Multimedia resources: Instructors can also upload images and files, record audio or video, and add emojis to the pause interaction using the rich text editor.

Web embed

Web embed interaction allows instructors to add supplemental websites and display to learners when they take the bulb. Please follow the steps below to set up a web embed interaction.

1. Click on Add Interaction.

   

2. Select Web embed interaction.

3. Paste the URL of the desired website to the input section. Please note the URL must be in “ HTTPS://” format to be embeddable. Also, some websites might block the ability to be embedded. Please try alternate resources if the website is not embeddable.

Poll

Instructors can use poll interaction to gather feedback or other useful information from learners to help revise and improve future lessons. Also, by configuring the feedback with the poll interaction, instructors can create a branched learning experience by letting learners select the topic they are interested in and view the content according to their choices.

1. Click on Add Interaction.

2. Select Poll interaction.

3. Enter the question and the answer options.

4. (Optional) If instructors want to let learners select multiple options, please check the Learners can select multiple answers option under the advanced settings.

5. (Optional) Click the gear icon behind each answer option, select Add feedback, and enter the feedback for the answer option. The feedback section also comes with a rich text editor that allows instructors to add images or insert hyperlinks to the feedback.

Discussion

The discussion interaction is a powerful tool to create a learning community by letting learners share their ideas and thoughts with other learners and reply to each other’s comments. At the same time, instructors have the ability to monitor and edit the discussion forum if needed.

1. Click on Add Interaction.

2. Select Discussion interaction.

3. Enter the guide or question to lead the discussion.

4. (Optional) If instructors do not want learners to see others' responses before posting their own comments, please expand the advanced settings, and select the Hide discussion posts until learner contributes option.

Other interactions

Other interactions, like multiple choice and check all, have points assigned to them by default. If instructors want to use them as non-graded interactions, please click the triple dots icon on the top right of the interaction, and use the slide bar to set the points to zero.

Tips and tricks

Interaction placement

Besides displaying on the sidebar, interaction can also be overlaid on the video. Please follow the steps below to adjust the placement of the interaction.

1. After adding the interaction, click the Placement tab, and click on the gray area to place the interaction. There will be a preview on the right side of the screen.

2. (Optional) Expand the Advanced to apply more detailed adjustments to the placement visual effect to this interaction.

3. Click Done to save the change.

Make interaction non-required

All the interactions are required by default, which means learners will need to respond to them to move forward in the bulb. Instructors can adjust this setting to allow learners to move on to the next section in the video without submitting their responses.

1. When adding the interaction, click Advanced to expand the advanced settings, and uncheck the Interaction is required option.

2. Click Done to save the change.

Durational interaction

A durational interaction will display to learners without pausing the video playback, which can be handy when the instructor wants to provide supplemental resources but doesn’t want to interrupt learners from watching the video. Please follow the steps below to create a durational interaction.

1. After creating the interaction, click Advanced to expand the advanced settings, and uncheck the interaction is required and interaction pauses video playback options.

2. Click the Timing tab on the top, and click Advanced.

3. Enter the start time and end time for this interaction. Instructors can use the green and red flags to adjust the timing.

4. Click Done to save the change.

Participation points

Besides making the bulb un-graded, instructors can also apply participation points to the bulb, and learners will automatically earn full points when they complete the bulb. Please follow the steps below to set the participation points.

1. Set all of the graded interactions (multiple choice, check all, fill in the blank, and free responses) to zero points by clicking the triple dots icon and using the slide bar to set it to zero.
2. Apply points to the non-graded interactions in the bulb (pause, web embed, poll, discussion). When learners reach the time stamp of these interactions or submit their responses, they will earn full points automatically. 

Allow fast forward

Instructors can allow learners to adjust the playback speed of the bulb or use the scrubber to fast forward when watching the bulb.

To allow learners to adjust the playback speed:

1. Click the Review tab on the top, and expand the Playback options.

2. Check the Allow learners to increase playback speed option.

To allow learners to fast forward with the scrubber:

1. Click the Review tab on the top, and expand the Playback options.

2. Check the Allow viewers to fast forward option.

FAQ

What information will be stored in the grade book when learners complete a bulb with no points assigned to it?

When learners complete a bulb that has no points assigned to it, the bulb will be marked completed, and a 100% score will be stored on PlayPosit’s monitor page. If the bulb is linked to the LMS, a 100% score will also pass back to the LMS. For the instructors who don’t want the grades to pass back to the LMS, please see the articles below for more information about assigning non-graded bulbs to different LMSs.

Canvas

D2L

Schoology(deep link)

Blackboard 3.0

Blackboard Ultra

More LMS

After allowing learners to fast forward, is there a way to tell who watched the bulb completely and who just skipped to the end?

Yes! When viewing the bulb’s monitor page, there is a field that shows how long learners spent on this bulb, which can help distinguish whether the learners have watched the bulb completely.

1. Add a Pause interaction to the bulb, and type in some text for it. Learners will not see the text on it when they watch the bulb.

2. Expand the Advanced settings, and uncheck both the Interaction is required and interaction pauses video playback options.

3. Instructors can repeat the steps and add multiple checkpoints to the bulb. If the learner just fasts forward without watching the video, the field under the pause interaction will be marked as “-” on the monitor page. If they have watched the video and reached the time stamp, the interaction will be marked as “ Pause.”
4. (Optional) Instructors can also add points to these checkpoints and simply check learners’ final scores to see if they watched the bulb completely.