Zaption

  Zaption is a web-based application video tool, which allows educators to create quizzes/questions for students to answer while watching videos.  The teacher can create a tour using videos from YouTube, Vimeo, as well as their own videos.  Videos can be uploaded into the tour; the videos can be paused so that questions can be added anywhere you would like them to go.   The questions can be multiple choice, open response, drawing, text  slide, image slide, or check boxes; these are referred to as elements.  The paid versions offer more element options.  Analytic data will be collected for the teacher to view.  Zaption's Help Center is a great place to learn more or get the technical support you may need along the way.  Teachers could use this as a "flipped classroom" tool.  It is a great way for teachers to evaluate what the students are gaining from the videos teachers are asking them to view.

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Effective:  Students are actively engaged in the videos in order to answer the questions.
They can connect new learnings to their prior knowledge.  Lastly, this can open students up to real world experiences.

Ease of Use:  Teachers must create an account, which can be through a gmail account.   There are videos to teach you how to create tours as well as a support page to assist with how to use the program.   Teachers can link or embed the tours so that the students can actually take the tours.

Technology Required:  It is a web-based tool and can be used with any device.  However,  it works better using Chrome or FireFox rather than Safari.

Adaptability:  This tool can be adapted to all learning environments.

Cost:  It has a free version, but there are also two paid versions, which offer more options.  See below:

Target Audience:  This can be used with all grade levels, but it maybe more difficult for younger students to read the questions.

Versatility Across the Curriculum:  Tours can be created using many streaming services.  Having many options to download videos will allow the teacher to create tours for all subject areas.  This will assist with addressing many of the standards as well.  Teachers collect feedback from the data being collected as the students take the tours.  The questions they answer will let the teacher know the students' understanding of the content and key concepts.