CLAS: Overview
CLAS: An Overview
CLAS is a video platform for recording, sharing and annotating video by instructors and students. CLAS is a Collaborative Learning Annotation System that displays video with a timeline below it on which comments can be posted pertaining to specific moments in the video. Rather than have students passively watch a video and discuss it elsewhere, CLAS enables discussion right at the specific moment in the video. You can have a CLAS site for whoever you want to invite to it. If you have a CLAS site set up for a credit course, you can embed CLAS video in your Connect or Canvas course, and students can access the CLAS site directly from the embedded video.
CLAS was developed in UBC Vancouver and is used by several faculties there, and now UBC Okanagan is adopting it and has its own login web page. There are comprehensive tutorials on the CLAS website. Consult with the CTL on whether CLAS is most suitable for your needs, and to request course creation in CLAS.