When choosing your tools, remember that the best tool for your course is generally
- What you and your students are most familiar with.
- What ensures all students have a way to participate.
- What's doable.
- What's supported by the university (you're going to need support).
| Kaltura | Zoom | Panopto | VoiceThread | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ease of use |
Somewhat cumbersome | Easy user interface; not much setup | Somewhat cumbersome | Easy user interface; not much setup |
| Editing capabilities | Yes--extensive editing capabilities | Yes, but highly limited | Yes | Yes, but limited |
| Sharing recordings | Yes--via UVACollab (even across multiple sites) | Yes--via Online Meetings in UVACollab | Yes--via UVACollab | Yes--via UVACollab |
| Screencasting | Yes | Yes |
Yes | No--can only share individual images, videos, and presentations |
| Student video creation | Yes | Yes | Yes--via an assignment folder | Yes |
| Upload time | Short upload time (but can be up to 30 minute during peak times) | Potentially long upload wait times | Potentially long upload wait times | Very short upload wait time |
| Captions | Yes--free auto-captions that you will need to clean up | Yes--free automatic captions with cloud recordings | Yes--free automatic captions | Yes--free auto captions (ready in 4 days) |
Kaltura
Upsides:
- Possible to share across multiple sites
- ‘Personal capture’ includes a screencasting tool, which can also be used to edit videos (vs Zoom's more limited editing)
- Students can also use it to upload or create videos (individually)
- You can request FREE auto-captions in several languages (but have to clean them up). A video owner or editor can request automatic captions for their video, edit the captions, and enable them in the player by following the steps in the Help article How do I automatically generate and edit captions in My Media?
Downsides:
- Requires download/updates (may require administrator password if using a department-provided computer)
- Can be very clunky and not intuitive for new users
- Settings for sharing videos can be confusing. (See here for details)
Zoom
Upsides:
- Easier user interface, not a lot of setup
- Videos can be set to auto-upload
Downsides:
- Very limited editing capabilities (can only trim the start/end of a video)
- Meetings scheduled on your Collab site could be interrupted by a student clicking on the ‘join’ button--meaning they could interrupt you while making your video recordings. Still, this does provide a simple route for students to access your recordings.
- Potential for a long upload wait time (not immediately available to students)
Lecture Capture (Formerly Panopto)
Upsides:
- As an asynchronous recording space, students can not accidentally wander in as you’re mid-recording (which can happen in a zoom meeting you set to auto-record to Collab)
- You can edit your recording with the Panopto editor
- Students can also use it to upload or create videos (See How to Allow Viewers to Record Videos Using Assignment Folders)
Downsides:
- Setup is a bit cumbersome
- Panopto sometimes requires update downloads that need to be installed (may require administrator password)
- Sharing can be counter-intuitive (see Panopto Sharing Publicly)
- Potential for a long upload wait time (i.e. videos not immediately available to students)
Voicethread
- Use VoiceThread to present, discuss, and annotate student- and instructor-created media, asynchronously.
- Both students and instructors can create, share, discuss, and annotate media (images, documents, and videos) in VoiceThread.
- It is commonly used for both students and instructors to present slideshows, assign asynchronous student discussion or conversational practice, and even to provide feedback on student work that is submitted as a pdf or image.
- Students and instructors can record audio, video, and textual comments directly into voicethread, and moderate privacy of material they share.
Upsides:
- Available for students and faculty to create (See Getting Started Guide)
- Also a possible alternative to some filedrop
Downsides:
- VT is not a 'screencast' tool--you are not able to share a screen. Rather, you share individual images, slides, videos, and other media.
- Limited drawing/annotation tools.
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