Tools for Interpretive Communication

Text Annotations of Videos

GoReact

Supported by CASIT

GoReact allows for text and multimedia comments to be embedded in uploaded or YouTube videos.  Videos can be graded using customized rubrics.  CASIT has a limited number of licenses of this software, which is available to licensed faculty via a Blackboard integration.. Please contact CAS Information Technology at cashelp@bu.edu for more information if you wish to use GoReact.

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Video Quizzing

Kaltura Quizzes

Supported by Geddes, CASIT, and BU IS&T

Multiple choice questions, short answers, and reflection points can be added to any videos uploaded to Kaltura MyMedia using the built-in video quiz editor.  Grades based on score or completion may optionally be integrated into Blackboard and the Grade Center.

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    Annotated Social Reading

    Perusall

    Supported by Geddes and BU IS&T

    Perusall allows students to annotate text in threads and to respond to other students’ posts. It also allows students to comment on video and respond to instructor or student posed questions. Perusall is available to all faculty via a Blackboard integration.

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    Google Doc

    Supported by Geddes and BU IS&T

    Texts may be uploaded into Google for students to use the commenting feature to create threads and reply to other students’ posts.  Texts may be converted from PDFs using Adobe Acrobat’s recognize text feature and exported to Word.

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    Other Activities/Assessments

    Google Forms

    Supported by Geddes and BU IS&T

    Create online surveys and quizzes within Google, and collect student responses.

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    BULB for WordPress

    Supported by Geddes and BU IS&T

    WordPress is a content management system used to create and display web content. Sites may be created by instructors who wish to create resources for their courses.  BU WordPress can optionally contain a plug-in called “BULB” (BU Learning Blocks), that allow for standalone true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, and numeric exercises.  Exercises are self-graded, but scores are not currently stored, so they are mainly for self-reflection. WordPress is free to the BU community, and sites may be requested here.

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    H5P

    Supported by Geddes

    Create rich multimedia exercises that may be embedded within Blackboard or a course website (presentation, interactive video, memory game, quiz, multiple choice, timeline, collage, hotspots, drag and drop, cloze test, personality quiz, accordion, flash cards, audio recorder).  H5P.org is free and allows for testing, while H5P.com requires a paid subscription ($230 per instructor per year) and may integrated with Blackboard.  Some licensing may be available.

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