Video annotation and analytics in CourseMapper

Smart Learning Environments

Table 1 Video annotation comparison

	Features	VideoAnnEx	VITAL	MuLVAT	WaCTool	MAT	CATool	CLAS	CourseMapper
Low-level features	Provide annotation panel, where learners can enter specific notes for the video lecture	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Provide full video controls e.g. play, stop, loop, volume	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Provide video viewing area	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Allow learners to define custom annotation markers	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Support safety and privacy by providing login identity	✔				✔	✔	✔	✔
	Timeline marker					✔			✔
	Provide external discussion tools e.g. wiki, blog, chat	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
	Assign descriptive annotation list	✔		✔
	Support automatic shot detection	✔		✔
High-level features	Provide different ways for annotations filtering mechanism
	Provide structured dictionaries for annotations					o			✔
	Support collaborative annotations				o	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Support collaborative discussion panel.						✔	✔	✔
	Provide links to related data e.g. PDF, PPT, lecture note				✔		✔	✔	✔
	Provide timeline range e.g. start and ending time for each annotation								✔
	Provide social bookmarking						✔	✔	✔
	Support search mechanism for annotations and comments								✔
	Provide a rating system e.g. like and dislike, star rating								✔
	Provide structured organizational annotation methods e.g. mind-maps								✔
	Enable integratin in Learning Management Systems (LMS) or MOOCs						✔		✔
	Allow embedding annotations inside video	o		o					✔
	Annotations are updated in real-time								✔