I am not sure how to do this, but I have seen it done in a course, the videos will stop playing as soon as the WBT pop up window is no longer "in front" on the desktop. So no more multi-tasking and letting a video play in the background.
I was wondering if anyone has done this yet? Or has some other really cool tips that can help pause the video when another browser is open?
Is your content opening in a new tab within the same browser or is another window opening?
When the content opens in a new tab, such as with this example, the video will pause when clicking to another tab, but not when opening another window/program. An LMS typically opens in a new window.
I look forward to seeing how users have accomplished a similar goal with their courses.
When the video is not centered on the learners screen, it pauses until the video is centered. I have never seen this before. We do not have access to the source file which is a huge bummer. I was just curious if something like this has been created.
I've not seen an issue where the video wouldn't play if it wasn't centered - so that does sound quite curious! Are you able to share the link here with us to take a look at? If you don't have the source file for Storyline there may not be much else to change/fix here, but it's worth taking a look at!
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Hello Melissa and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
Is your content opening in a new tab within the same browser or is another window opening?
When the content opens in a new tab, such as with this example, the video will pause when clicking to another tab, but not when opening another window/program. An LMS typically opens in a new window.
I look forward to seeing how users have accomplished a similar goal with their courses.
When the video is not centered on the learners screen, it pauses until the video is centered. I have never seen this before. We do not have access to the source file which is a huge bummer. I was just curious if something like this has been created.
Hi Melissa,
I've not seen an issue where the video wouldn't play if it wasn't centered - so that does sound quite curious! Are you able to share the link here with us to take a look at? If you don't have the source file for Storyline there may not be much else to change/fix here, but it's worth taking a look at!
Hello Leslie,
Can you please post this example from storyline? or at least show us how its done?
Thank you
Hi, Ahmad.
Thank you for reaching out! I replied to your similar question here.
We can continue the conversation there if you have additional questions!