VideoAnt 

Easily Annotate Videos

VideoAnt is a web-based video annotation tool for mobile and desktop devices. Use VideoAnt to add annotations, or comments, to web-hosted videos. VideoAnt-annotated videos are called “Ants”.

Organized Ant Farm

Create a user account to create and save collections of Ants. Authenticated users can manage their Ants from their account dashboard, otherwise known as their “Ant Farm”.

Export Options

Export your annotations in a variety of data formats. You can even embed your Ants on a personal website, learning management system, or anywhere HTML is allowed.

Video Ant Getting Started

How to Use VideoAnt

Link to the product/account	https://ant.umn.edu/ants/new
Advantages	Free          Easy to join (Click on either Facebook or Google to start your account)         Regardless of account, you will be able to paste in a URL to access any public video        Once you have loaded a YouTube video, you will be taken to the annotation screen        Can be used by a computer or a mobile device.         Allow to add annotation, comments and questions        Video ant can enhance collaborative work, interaction, and critical thinking.       An ant can be embedded in a webpage, a link can be embedded in a word document.         An Ant can be shared        Ability to use the cite using a guest account (Once you are logged in as a guest user (see Viewing and annotating or commenting on a shared Ant above), you can create your own Ant by clicking on the + (plus) button in the top-right corner and then pasting in a YouTube link in the box.           The fact that the annotations one makes on the video can be shared, used privately or worked on together, makes this tool interactive.
Disadvantages	Students have to have Facebook or Google accounts.        Students should have high speed of the internet in order to watch the videos.        One drawback of the tool is that unless one is uploading videos already available from the web, users cannot add videos directly from their computer files to VideoAnt. This means, if an instructor wants to video record a student’s presentation and add comments to it, they must first create a YouTube channel for the class or a personal one (if they do not already have one), make the uploaded video public, and then add it their VideoAnt account to make annotations and share it. This factor makes the process of adding a new video to VideoAnt significantly longer if the video is not already available on the web and even longer if the user is not familiar with YouTube and has to manage their way through it.
How can this tool be used	After teacher chooses the video and imped the URL in the teacher’s page teacher click on +Add a New group and give the group a title by typing over New Group Type.   Respond Users can respond by typing their message in the Add your response and then clicking on Save Response button. People can continue to comment on this annotation and the Respond button keeps track of the number of responses.   The user can edit the content of the annotation by clicking on the pencil button inside the annotation box.   The user can delete the annotation by clicking on the trashcan icon inside the annotation box.   If the user wants to change the place for the annotation, simply click and drag the black line in the timeline.   Can be used as a bookmarking tool: If you click on the blue time button in the annotation box, you will skip to that section of the video. This makes an excellent bookmarking tool if you want to mark certain sections of a video.   Can be used as an effective tool for self-reflection, observation, peer reflection, and most importantly, motivation for material sharing, interaction, and discussion.