3 Tools for Sharing Part of a Video

"Online videos can be quite useful for reiterating a lesson to your students, for inspiring thought and conversation, and for introducing a new concept to your students. The struggle we have sometimes is finding a video that gets to the point quickly. And sometimes we don't need students to watch all of a TED Talk or other lecture in order to get them thinking about a concept. That's where tools for sharing portions of videos are useful.

In YouTube there is an option to start a video at a specific point. Under the sharing options on a YouTube video there is an option to select a start time for the video. Unfortunately, there is not an option to select an end time. See the image below for a look at the time-stamped sharing option in YouTube. 

Vibby is a service for breaking YouTube videos into segments and inserting comments into those segments. To segment a YouTube video on Vibby simply grab the URL for the video and paste into the Vibby editor. Once inserted into Vibby you can highlight a segment on the video timeline. Vibby then plays only the sections you've highlighted. Click on a highlighted section to add a comment to it. Videos edited through Vibby can be shared via email, social media, or embedded into a blog or website. Click here for a Vibby tutorial.

TubeChop gives you the ability to clip a section from any YouTube video and share it with others via a link or via an embed code added to your own blog or website. TubeChop lets you select a start time and an end time for an video that you share." 

Have questions or need a "tech partner" to collaborate with you on using one of these tools? Your instructional coach is here for you!

The content in this post is excerpted from Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog.

Tech Tip Tuesday: Tools to Use with Instructional Videos

Whether you are "flipping instruction" or using video to spark discussion, these two tools can help to engage your students while also providing you with formative data about their level of understanding. 

Annotate Already Existing Videos
Using VideoANT, anyone can add annotations to any publicly accessible YouTube video. To do this, copy the URL of a video and paste it into the VideoANT annotation tool. Then as the video plays, click the “add annotation” button when you want to add an annotation. To have others annotate the video with you, send them the VideoANT link. You are the only person that has to have a VideoANT account. Your collaborators do not need to have a VideoANT account to participate in the annotation process with you. Nathan Hall wrote a complete run-down of all of the features of VideoANT. He also posted a how-to video. Read his post and watch his video here.

Incorporate Online Discussions of Videos

Vialogues is a free service that allows you to build online discussions around videos hosted online and videos that you have saved on your computer. Registered users can upload videos to Vialogues or use YouTube videos as the centerpieces of their conversations. In the video embedded below, a short overview of how Vialogues works is provided.

Content in this post adapted from Practical Ed Tech with Richard Byrne