A quick guide to creating

If you want to work with a video you've found on Youtube or Vimeo, the two largest video sharing sites in the world, all you need to do is to copy the video URL (web address) from Youtube or Vimeo, and paste it in our video lesson editor. Then you can start adding quiz questions to the video. (Please note that the editor only works on a desktop or laptop computer, not on tablets or mobile phones. Playing, however, does work on a lot of mobiles devices, too, e.g. on the Chrome browser on Android tablets.)

Here is a 3-minute video introduction to our video quiz creator by Jen Brummer. You can find more video quiz tutorials on our Youtube channel.

How to make a Video Lesson

STEP 1: Copy the video URL

Copy the video URL (web address) of the video from the address bar of Youtube or Vimeo.

STEP 2: Click on the Upload menu

Log into iSLCollective, click on the Upload menu, then select "Create a video lesson".

STEP 3: Paste the VIDEO URL

Insert the Video URL (CTRL+V) in the empty field in the middlle. Next, you will see the preview of the video. Click the green button below it: "Create lesson", and the editor will load.

STEP 4: Start the video, then click the red plus

Start playing the video, and wherever you want to add a question, just click on the red plus to see the available question types.

You can also cut out parts of the video that you don't need by clicking the scissors icon, and selecting the unwanted video part (it will be represented by a red selection on the timeline). You can drag the beginning and the end of the initial random selection where you need it.

STEP 5: Add questions with replays, and time them

5a) Add a question

When you add a question while playing the video, the video will stop and a box will pop up over the video and you can start typing your question.

5b) Add a replay to your question

You can also add a Replay. Adding a Replay means you select a point in the video where the answer to your question starts. When you play the finished video lesson in class, you will be able to click Replay on the question box, and the video will start replaying from your selected point. Please don't forget to add a replay, it is so helpful for students to be able to listen again with just one click of a button. And since students can't rewind or fast-forward in the video, adding a replay is the only way you can enable them to watch a part again.

5c) Time your question and its replay point

You need to finetune the positioning of your question and replay point. You can either drag the question 'balloon' or replay point (=the beginning of the replay) on the timeline, move them with the arrows second by second or type in a new timestamp between the arrows. Whenever you move a question or replay point, the video will automatically start playing to allow you to check whether the positioning is okay.

5d) Add the next question

When you are done typing and timing the question and its corresponding replay, click Continue to continue watching the video, and add the next question when you want.

STEP 6: Add the required tags

When you are done adding and timing (positioning) all the questions, before you can publish your lesson, you need to add the Required tags.

I just want to talk about two of the required tags here: "Scene summary & task description" and "Lesson type".

Scene summary & task description

Why it's important to describe what happens in the scene or video: As opposed to Youtube or Vimeo, where you go in your spare time, teachers come to iSLCollective when they are working. And when they are working, they are usually in a rush. While browsing for a suitable video lesson, it is a huge help if they don't have to watch the entire video to see what it's about, but can simply read your short scene summary.

Lesson type

When you set out to create a video lesson, you should first decide what type of video lesson you want to create. You should stick to this type all along, and not mix the various types in one lesson.

This is one of the most important descriptors of your video lesson, which is why we made it a compulsory tag. When users are looking for a video lesson, the desired lesson type filter is what they usually select first.

In short, each lesson type constitutes a different type of intellectual task for the student. For example, you may decide to do a basic listening comprehension lesson (best for beginners) called "Hearing check". With this lesson type, you are testing whether your students can make out (hear properly) the words being said. It's best to use a gapfill task here and type in actual lines spoken in the video, and leave out one or two words:

E.g. "What did I tell you earlier? No one is ......................"
Answer: "getting replaced"

There are currently three other types of lessons you can create in our editor. Click here to find out more about the various lesson types.

STEP 7: Publish or leave as draft

Now you can publish your video lesson. Or if you want to come back to it and finish it later, just leave it as draft. Just please make sure to save it before you exit the editor.

Should you lose your internet access while editing, just leave the video editor open, and when you get your access back, you can save your work and continue editing.

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