storyline with Wistia (tracking video)
Jul 19, 2012
By
john bart
Can a storyline module that has video work with Wistia ( http://wistia.com/product/analytics )
Wistia is a server for your videos that also has some awesome tracking capabilities with those videos:
how long viewer watched, where they skipped forward or backed up, taggin user to show which videos he has watched on your site and alot more
Can Wistia work with video we put into Storyline?
I'm thinking it can't as the videos are "re-rendered" to publish the storyline module.
thanks for your thoughts
14 Replies
Hi!
Can you add the video as a web object?
Hi Gerry,
I asked them at Wistia and I'm waiting for an answer...
I'll reply when i have an answer
thanks
Here is a reply from Wistia...i have sent them further details to get a final answer but it doens't look like Wistia will work:
John,
Here is what i heard back....actually looks like i can use Wistia...
Here's what I'd do.
Create a local folder.
Inside the folder, create a basic web page. Call it index.html
On the web page you create, use the iframe command to embed the Wistia web content.
Then, insert the web page you created as a local web object in Storyline.
If you need help creating the local web page, give a shout out. Just include the URL to the Wistia video.
BTW, what format, do Wistia videos come in?
thanks Gerry,
I'll use that method and give you a shout if i need any help.
thanks again
Add an "http:" at the begining of Wistia URLs:
<iframe src="http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/xxxxxxxx .... .... etc
</iframe><script src="http:///fast.wistia.net/assets/external/iframe-api-v1.js"></script>
Thanks Favio. :-)
That did the trick Favio!!!
I found that I actually had to insert https: in both the locations that Favio mentioned - just in case http: happens to not work for anyone else.
Thanks for popping in to share Ariana :)
Thanks Ariana for sharing here.
Wistia in Storyline
Use the video from Website option - you only need to change add the yourWistiafile part here (example, Qz12rd34).
Note that you will only see this working from your LMS, a website, or Articulate online. You can't see the video in preview (Error will say: Navigation to the webpage was canceled).
<iframe src="//fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/yourWistiafile" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" class="wistia_embed" name="wistia_embed" allowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" width="620" height="349"></iframe>
<script src="//fast.wistia.net/assets/external/E-v1.js" async=""></script>
I finally got a Wistia file to work in Storyline.
WISTIA: EMBED & SHARE >
STORYLINE: INSERT > VIDEO > FROM WEBSITE
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