ToolScape: Improving the Learning Experience of How-to-Videos

ToolScape captures work-in-progress images and step-by-step information inside video tutorials to support learning new skills in Photoshop. It features workflows to capture annotations from crowd workers, or learners watching the same video.

Millions of learners today use how-to videos to master new skills in a variety of domains. But browsing such videos is often tedious and inefficient because video player interfaces are not optimized for the unique step-by-step structure of such videos. This research aims to improve the learning experience of existing how-to videos with step-by-step annotations.