I know, I know...nevertheless, this is what my content expert wants. Does anyone have a creative suggestion for forcing the learner to stay on the page for a nearly 2 hour embedded youtube video before they can advance the slide and complete the course?
I have it in mp4 format, but when I insert it that way and disable the next button until the media completes, it takes FOREVER to publish the course.
The goal isn't to watch a video, right? The goal is to get something out of the video. Assuming there's no activity tied to knowing the content that lets them prove understanding, what are the key points one should glean?
I'd create some questions around the key points of the video and they wouldn't be able to advance through the course until they can meet that requirement.
You can cut the video up into 5-10 minutes chunks and they'd only be able to advance after answering key questions to prove that they at least were exposed to the information.
On the publishing issue, it shouldn't take that long.
I just did a test of a two-hour MP4 movie. If you insert the video, and have compression set to automatic, Storyline will encode it and that will take some time. However, if you set compression to none, then the publishing is fast.
Hi! Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I would still love some possible options for viewing a whole Youtube video if possible.
I know this isn't best practice but we are up against some unfortunate compliance laws and angry stakeholders that insist the course is locked down for a length of time. They don't seem to be concerned with what a user gets out of it, but rather the amount of time they are taking the course. I know, I know.
My only idea I can think to do is drag the timeline out to the length of the video and set the trigger to show the next button at the end of the timeline. This seems like it has a lot room for user error however as one of the videos is 15 minutes.
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Excellent. I will definitely continue the fight to avoid this for the learner's sake. Thank you for the info!
I'd step back a little...
The goal isn't to watch a video, right? The goal is to get something out of the video. Assuming there's no activity tied to knowing the content that lets them prove understanding, what are the key points one should glean?
I'd create some questions around the key points of the video and they wouldn't be able to advance through the course until they can meet that requirement.
You can cut the video up into 5-10 minutes chunks and they'd only be able to advance after answering key questions to prove that they at least were exposed to the information.
This is exactly what I am encouraging them to do. I'm so glad to know my thoughts about it are in line with the experts. :) Thank you for replying!
On the publishing issue, it shouldn't take that long.
I just did a test of a two-hour MP4 movie. If you insert the video, and have compression set to automatic, Storyline will encode it and that will take some time. However, if you set compression to none, then the publishing is fast.
Hi! Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I would still love some possible options for viewing a whole Youtube video if possible.
I know this isn't best practice but we are up against some unfortunate compliance laws and angry stakeholders that insist the course is locked down for a length of time. They don't seem to be concerned with what a user gets out of it, but rather the amount of time they are taking the course. I know, I know.
My only idea I can think to do is drag the timeline out to the length of the video and set the trigger to show the next button at the end of the timeline. This seems like it has a lot room for user error however as one of the videos is 15 minutes.
I also don't have the option to add it as an mp4.
Any other ideas or suggestions?
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Julianna,
See this video...it describes exactly what you need to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4e0DSJp3cY
Malcolm McDowell's method of "rehabilitation" in A Clockwork Orange comes to mind. 😎