The tools listed here are used for creating library instruction, such as online tutorials.
For questions about using these, contact Yvonne Mery or Nicole Hennig.
Tool | What it's good for | Who has access | Examples | Notes |
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Vyond | creating animated videos | Nicole & Yvonne | Accessing Scholarly Journals from Off-Campus | |
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recording a Zoom meeting or webinar | UA faculty and staff | Webinar recording: Zoom: Learning about the in-meeting tools & interface (58 min) |
Check your Zoom app periodically for updates. See the Zoom Download Center. Zoom information from Office of Instruction & Assessment |
Panopto | recording lectures or live events, screencasting, hosting videos that can be searched, and many other features | UA faculty and staff | Panopto video embedded in this site: Welcome Global Librarians | We chose Panopto because Vimeo & YouTube are blocked in some countries. (China, for example). |
Vimeo | hosting videos so they can be embedded elsewhere (such as in tutorial websites or Libguides) | R&L department (ask Leslie or Nicole for password). This account is managed by Marcom (contact Kenya). | Introducing ReDATA | All of our tutorial videos are hosted on Vimeo. (except those that are aimed at an international audience, see above) |
YouTube | sharing our videos with a wider audience (many students search YouTube for how-to videos) |
This account is managed by Marcom. Nicole also has access. | Our Information Literacy Tutorials | We've added copies of our basic info literacy tutorials here so more people can find them. |
3PlayMedia | captioning videos | Send your Vimeo videos to Margaret Verebelyi (verebelyim@arizona.edu), and she sends to 3Play for captions. The captions are added to Vimeo for you. You can proofread them, and she makes corrections. | All of our video tutorials have captions in order to meet accessibility requirements. | |
Edpuzzle | Editing existing videos (made by yourself or others) to add quiz questions, voice-over, and more. Includes analytics to see who watched it, where they stopped, and their quiz scores. |
Free to anyone. | We haven't used this for anything yet. | |
PlayPosit | Adding interaction points to existing videos, such as multiple choice or true/false questions, reflective pauses, polls, discussions, and more. Integrates into D2L. | anyone at UA | Example on PlayPost page |
We haven't used this for anything yet. Panopto can also add interactive points to videos. |
ScreenPal | Video creation - Windows, Mac, Android, Chromebook | Free for basic features. Paid plans available. |
Haven't used this yet. |
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