STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH VIDEO Student Discussions around Faculty Videos

Both Panopto and Canvas Studio allow for discussions within the video player tools; discussion comments are time-stamped to a moment in the video, meaning conversations can occur directly around a topic or element in context. Faculty could create or find videos where students can:

Answer questions posed verbally by their professor;
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a professional presentation;
Identify musical or visual elements taught in class;
Analyze a persuasive argument;
Identify missing/incorrect steps in a process or pose a new solution.

While similar in functionality, the Panopto and Canvas Studio internal discussions do appear differently to students. Both tools allow for threaded replies and for the creator to edit or delete their comment.

Difference between Panopto & Studio Discussions
Panopto	Canvas Studio

Panopto discussions appear in the pane to the left of the video.	Studio comments appear in the video player (1) as well as in the comments pane below the video (2).

This next section covers examples of faculty-created videos or externally sourced videos; however, the same discussion techniques can be used for student-created videos, especially for peer-reviews.

Note that you do not need to submit or contribute to any assignment labeled with the "Example" watermark:

Example watermark