Review All Annotation Tools

Before beginning annotation:

• Read through the annotation process completely. The process is outlined in this chapter.
• Review the description templates.
• Ensure you are using the most up-to-date Multimedia Resource Glossary, and refer to it often.
• Review the handbook’s Overview section for more informaton about produced media and general tips.

Select the Asset

Select the asset, then click the arrow to play the video.

Add Keywords

• Review the Multimedia Resource Glossary.
• Select as many as apply and are relevant.
  • Remember, keywords are used to search for specific content.
  • Be careful to select keywords of teaching practices and content that are evident in the lecture video.
    • If a lecture is about a teaching practice or other content, that should be indicated in the description, not the keywords.
    • If a lecture video includes video clips demonstrating specific teaching practices or other content, that would also be added as a keyword.
      • Consider: Could this lecture video be used in products to illustrate the content or teaching practice you have tagged it with?
• Do not deselect “parent words” from keywords.
• Use only the Keyword drop-down choices. Do not write-in any keywords.

Directions: 

Select the +Keyword feature at the bottom of the metadata fields on the right side of your device screen.

Use the drop down to select specific keywords. Refer to the Multilingual Resource Glossary. After selecting the keywords, click on the Select button.

Complete the Metadata Fields

First, open the metadata fields section by selecting “View Fields” at the bottom of the metadata section.

Refer to the Multimedia Resource Glossary, if needed. When you are finished adding iformation the the fields identified below, be sure to save your work by selecting the small check mark next to the open field.

Add information to the following:

• Flag Reason: Review the Flagging Assets chapter.
• Subtitles: Use the drop down menu. Typically, we may have videos with English, Somali, and/or Spanish subtitles.
• Taxonomy: Use the drop down menu. For current annotation, indicate the highest number available from the drop down.
• Library Tag: Not Applicable. Leave blank
• Description: Write a brief synopsis of the video’s content.
  • Refer to the Description Template section.
    • For videos longer than 3 minutes and/or containing significant shifts in content include timestamps.
    • Descriptions should provide enough information that a user will be able to know what the video is about.
    • Describe when there are main topic shifts.
    • Descriptions should not be a transcript. See Annotating Transcripts section.
• Age Group: Use the drop down menu.
• Language: Use the drop down menu.
• Setting: Not Applicable. Leave blank
• Collections: Use the drop down menu. Choose Faculty lecture.
• Teaching Practices: Use the drop down menu. Only add practices if they are evident in the video. Do not add if the lecture is only discussing a practice.
• Log Status: Change status to coded.
  • Note: If you are in the training phase as an annotator, you will change log status to “logged” so that it can be reviewed as part of your onoarding. Once this phase ends, you will change log status to “coded.”

Description Templates

The description field describes what is happening in the video. Describe length of video, who is in the video, when and where the action is, and how the content or teaching practice is most visible. Use these description templates to support your work.

Directions

• Indicate video is a lecture. Include any demographics indicated in the interview.
• Describe the topic of the lecture and what the lecturer discusses. Use time stamps for shifts in content.
• Lectures may have a transcript. See the Annotating Transcripts section below.
• Examples:
  • A 12-minute lecture with Dr. Gail Joseph, faculty at University of Washington. Dr. Joseph discusses positive behavior support strategies as part of the Pyramid Model Framework. She describes the importance of emotional literacy. At 03:11 there is a clip of a child and adult interacting. The adult is helping the child to identify their emotions. At 05:12 Dr. Joseph discusses how a Solution Kit supports friendship skills and problem solving. At 10:11 there is a video clip of a child and adult using a Solution Kit.
  • A 22-minute lecture with Johnny Friend,  an instructor at North Seattle Community College. Johnny discusses how data informs practice in early learning programs. At 06:12 Johnny discusses difficulty in staff retention. 12:52 Johnny discusses how curriculum implementation is informed by data. He discusses Conscious Discipline and Creative Curriculum. At 17:11, Johnny talks about strategies to support learners that are multilingual using GLAD strategies.

Annotating Transcripts

Some videos will have an AI generated transcript to help users easily read through the content of that video. This is also an important tool to ensure accessibility. The transcript is saved in Webdam as either a PDF or a TXT document. The title indicates which video it reflects.

Directions: 

1. Relate the transcript and the video.
2. Complete the metadata fields:
   • Flag reason: Add “Internal content development use only, AI generated.”
   • Description: Add “Transcript for asset ID # xx” (Replace xx with specific asset ID #)
   • Log Status: Change status to coded.