Presentation from ALT-C 2012 about a tool I created that helps add extra information to YouTube videos
Text of Yo! YouTube wraps!
1. Yo! YouTube Wraps! Dr. Ian Glover City University London
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2. Questions to Answer Whats a Wrapped Video? Why would I want
one? Nice! How do I make one?! The Techie way The Easy way Where
can I put my Wrapped Video? Who made all this? Any further
plans?
3. Whats a Wrapped Video?
4. This?
5. Youve already used that joke! It isnt a joke; Its a
theme!
6. Wrapped video Provides additional information beside the
video including links to other resources Pauses automatically at
selected points i.e. at the end of a section Each section can have
different information
7. Ok, so why do I want it? Add extra information Provide
contextual information and links Break a video into discrete
sections Prompt viewers with questions Works on any embeddable
video
8. How do I create them? Two main methods A very manual and
techie, but flexible, way A more use-friendly, but structured,
way
9. The Techie Way Create a structured JavaScript Object
Notification (JSON) file or several. Manually managing
relationships between multiple records. Create HTML and CSS files
to present the video and information Package with all required
support files
11. The Easy Way Simple online creation tool Structured
Persistent No coding required Automatically packaged
12. Editing Interface
13. Where Can I Put my Video? Just HTML, JavaScript and CSS
files Upload into a VLE On a web server As a blog post? Doesnt
currently run locally.
14. Who Do I Need to Pay for This? No-one! All Free/Open Source
Core code based on Exhibit Open Source from MIT Video Extensions by
Ensemble Project Recent funding from JISC to develop further
Creation Tool by me Minimal server requirements Contact me for
access or the code
15. Future Plans? Ensemble team doing further development work.
Develop my tool to add: Security features Copying items
Drag-and-drop to move items Stylesheet selection