Design more human asynchronous learning
Find prompts, activities, and advice for helping students explain their work and learn from each other, plus tutorials for using Vivipod in your course.
Guides
Teaching and assessment guides
Prompts, rubrics, and teaching ideas for asynchronous discussions, peer feedback, and oral assessments.
Design the Second Turn: Asynchronous Peer Feedback Students Can Use
Students explain a choice, get feedback from a classmate, then return to say what they will change. Here are the prompts and rubric.
The Best Response to AI Is a More Human Course, Not Detection
Five ways to make student reasoning visible and give classmates and instructors something worth discussing.
Asynchronous Oral Assessments in the Age of AI
Prompts, grading advice, and ways to manage the workload when students record short explanations of their work.
Add a 90-Second Oral Defense to Written Work
A prompt and rubric you can use to hear the reasoning behind a student's written work, with advice on setup and review time.
8 Small Ways to Make an Asynchronous Course Feel More Human
Small changes to welcomes, projects, office hours, and feedback that help students get to know you and each other.
Tutorials
How-to tutorials
Learn how to set up a class, record a video, invite students, and give feedback.
Get Started with Vivipod
Sign in with an email code or Google, then create a Space for your class. Includes what you need to record.
Create Your First Space
Set up a Space, choose Open or Private access, and start with its General Topic.
Add a Topic to Your Space
Write a prompt, choose the review, comment, reaction, and caption settings, and share a link to the Topic.
Record and Upload Your First Post
Open a Topic, record and review a response, upload it, and see whether it publishes immediately or awaits approval.
Share a Space: Link, Canvas, and Embed
Share a link, open a Space inside Canvas, or add an embed to a course site. Includes both Canvas setup options.
Join a Space and Post as a Student
Join your class Space and record your first response, with steps for Open and Private Spaces.
Review and Publish Pending Posts
Find pending Posts, review them, and choose which ones to publish for the class.
Invite, Approve, and Manage Members
See who has joined, approve pending requests, share moderation with admins, and remove members.
Recorder Tools: Draw, Filters, Pause, Screen, and PiP
Learn the drawing, filter, pause, screen-sharing, and picture-in-picture controls in the Vivipod recorder.
Comments, Mentions, and Feedback
Leave comments and timestamped feedback, reply to students, and manage your notifications.
React with a Video
Reply to a post with your own video, see where reactions appear, and use private reactions for feedback.
Product updates
What’s new in Vivipod
New features and changes to recording, discussions, and sharing in Vivipod.
Topic Links, Space Admins, and Video Reactions
Send students straight to one Topic, share moderation with a TA, and try reply videos that sit under the original.
Welcome Back: Comments for Everyone, Vivipod Plus, and Captions
A back-to-school note with introduction prompts, free comments, and a look at Vivipod Plus and captions.
Bring a Vivipod Space into Canvas—or Embed It on the Web
Open a Space inside Canvas or another website, using a configuration URL or embed code from the Share dialog.
Comments and Notifications Turn Posts into Conversations
Ask questions beneath a video, point to a specific moment, and get notified when someone replies.