Creating and Sharing Video Notes

The purpose of this tutorial video is to demonstrate how to create and share interactive video notes in Hudl.

Hudl enables you to mark up videos with your telestratations, and gives you the ability to add text notes, spot shadows, or voice notes on top of the video. With interactive video notes, you can share your coaching points, break down an opposing defense, or deliver practice corrections directly on the video so your team can learn from you even when you aren’t together in the same room.

Before starting this tutorial, go to the Hudl video library and load a playlist. For more information about accessing the library and loading a playlist, see the Watching Videos in Hudl tutorials.

Creating a Video Note

1. Click the blue play icon on the clips list row to play your video in the video player.
2. Use the playback controls to navigate to the video location where you want to create a video note, then pause the video.
3. The Note Tools are located on the left side of your video playback bar.

Adding Telestration

1. To add telestration to the video, click on the video screen when you want to draw. Hudl’s freehand telestration capability is always active.
2. Click the Telestration icon for other drawing options.
3. Hudl’s drawing tools give you the following telestration options:
1. Draw an arrow
2. Draw a block
3. Draw a straight line
4. Draw a box
5. Draw freehand
6. Click on the note tools menu to delete all telestration.

Adding Spot Shadows

Spot shadows are a great way to highlight a specific player in a clip.

1. To add a spot shadow to your video click the spot shadow icon on the playback bar.
2. From the list, choose the spot shadow you would like to place on the video.
3. Drag the first slider to adjust the size of the spot shadow.
4. Drag the second slider to rotate the spot shadow.
5. Click Play to preview the spot shadow.
6. Click Remove to delete the spot shadow.
7. You can always go back and edit the spot shadow by hanging your mouse over it and following steps 2-7.

Adding Text Notes

1. To type a text note on the video, click the Text Note button on the Note Tools menu. A text box will be added on top of the video.
2. Click in the text box and type whatever text you would like.
3. Click in the bar on top of the text note and drag to position it in the desired location on the video.
4. To remove the text box, click the red X in the top left corner of the text box. This will permanently delete the text box.
5. Click the Delete Note button on the Note Tools menu to delete all telestration notes, text notes, spot shadows, and voice notes at that point in the video.

Adding Voice Notes

Before you use the Voice Notes feature be sure your computer has a microphone (many laptops have one built-in) and that you are using Internet Explorer on a Windows computer. Currently, audio recording is not supported in other web browsers or on Macs. However, players and coaches can listen to your voice notes on both Windows and Macs and in any standard internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome).

1. To begin recording a voice note, click the Voice Note button. If you have not previously installed the Hudl Advanced Features add-on, Hudl will ask you to do so now. Once the add-on is installed, you will see a message in the top-right of the video player notifying you Hudl is recording your voice.
   
   If your computer’s security settings do not allow popups or third-party plugins to be installed, this may be blocked. Please contact your IT staff to resolve this.
2. The settings will automatically be set to begin recording, speak into the microphone clearly to record the note.
3. Click the red stop button on the voice recording box.
4. The voice note will appear on the time bar. A movable icon will also appear on the video screen that you can place where you wish.
5. To hear the voice annotation, click the Play/Stop Voice button on the Note Tools menu. To stop voice note playback, click the Play/Stop Voice button again.
6. You can delete the voice annotation that you have created at any time by clicking the Delete Voice button on the Note Tools menu.
7. Video notes will automatically display when watching the video. For Playback from the beginning, click on the blue play button next to the annotated click in the clips list.
8. Click the Delete Note button on the Note Tools menu to delete all telestration notes, text notes, and voice notes at that point in the video.

Sharing Telestration, Text Notes, Spot Shadows, and Voice Notes

Your video notes are saved on timeline above the video playback tools.

1. Click on a video note pin on the timeline to skip to the portion of the clip with those notes.
2. To share your notes, hang your mouse over the video note pin.
3. Click the share icon to share your notes with other users.
4. Drag and drop or use the arrows to add or remove users from the share list.
5. Use the single arrows to add or remove single users from the share list.
6. Use the double arrows to add or remove all users from the share list.

Creating and Sharing Walkthroughs

1. To create a walkthough, click the record button on the playback bar.
2. The walkthrough icon will appear in the corner telling you when you are recording.
3. Once you are recording, use the playback tools and video note tools to record your walkthrough. Everything you do on the screen will be recorded.
4. Click the stop button in the video walkthrough icon in the corner when you are done recording your video walkthrough.
5. The walkthrough icon will appear in the corner letting you know there is a walkthrough available to view.

6. You can delete a walkthrough by clicking the ‘X’ at the end of the listed walkthrough.

Sharing Walkthroughs

1. You can share a walkthrough by clicking the share icon at the end of the listed walkthrough.
2. Drag and drop or Select the users or groups you would like to share the walkthrough with and click the right arrow to add them to the Share list. If you would like to share the walkthrough with everyone, use the double arrows to move all users into the Share list.
3. Enter a brief message to send to everyone receiving the walkthrough in the Message box. This message will be included in the email each user will receiver and can help explain the context of the walkthrough.
4. Click the Share button at the bottom of the dialog box to share the walkthrough.
5. The recipients will receive a notification that you have shared the walkthrough with them. Once they click on the notification they will be able to watch the walkthrough you created.