Toolscape: enhancing the learning experience of how-to videos

  • Authors:
  • Juho Kim

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Video tutorials on the web have gained popularity in various domains, but most video repositories are not designed to support the unique content and structure of how-to videos. Learners face difficulty in finding relevant videos and applying the skills embedded in a video clip. We introduce ToolScape, a video browsing interface with a storyboard summarization and an interactive timeline. It allows learners to quickly scan, filter, and review multiple videos without having to play them. Learners can also jump to or repeat a particular step within a clip by clicking interactive indices on the timeline. In a within-subjects study where participants engaged in end-to-end design tasks with ToolScape and a control interface based on YouTube, the participants using ToolScape rated their design work higher and showed a higher gain in self-efficacy. External raters ranked designs using ToolScape higher.