I was introduced to Zaption by a fellow colleague and decided to try it out as I could embed it on my Google site for self-directed learning, especially those who had missed my lessons.
You can sign up for an account free @ https://www.zaption.com/
It is easy to use and great for self-directed learning and definitely a great tool for flipped classroom. I definitely agree that Zaption makes online video interactive and this will definitely engage students better and drives deeper learning. The student also can pace his/her learning using the interactive video.
Copy and paste the url of the online video or upload one from your folder.
Confirm the video clip and click on "add this video for lesson".
I like the ability to trim the video clip by dragging the markers to mark the start and end of the clip as some video clips might be too long. A more effective video clip should be less than 5 mins.
You can then choose to include interactive elements from the top menu - multiple choice, check box, open response, drawings, image or text slides into your video lesson.
Other than MCQ, you can also add in check box, drawing, image or text slide just by clicking on the icons shown below and drag them to the main panel or side bar:
Click on publish and a pop-up window will appear for you to enter a title for your lesson.
The best part of using this tool is that you can analyse the responses of your students to keep track of their learning!
I have tried created 2 lessons - one on internal structure of the earth (http://zapt.io/tvh8bz2u) and the other on Kyoto Protocol (http://zapt.io/trap3wss) and embedded the clips onto my Geography Google site - https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/sec3geog/weather-and-climate/wc-k2-lesson-8
