Video options and free form questions

Hi Daphnee!

Check out this other post about video completion which gives an example.  I'm not sure about the free form questions, so hopefully someone else in the community can help on that part.

Hi Jem,

Thanks for replying! Does it make a difference whether it's a video file as opposed to a YouTube video link? I added an embed code to the slide from YouTube but isn't even giving me the option to show video controls or set a trigger for the video. 

HI Daphnee,

I think you are right it does as I can't choose my YouTube embedded video in the media completes trigger either.  But the following might work for you as well.

In your embed code from youtube add autoplay=1 onto the end of the URL.

For example, if my original embed where I unchecked the box for player controls was:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GXqfH4vmxyE?controls=0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I would change it to:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GXqfH4vmxyE?controls=0&autoplay=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

So you video will play when the slide loads.

You can extend the timeline of the to just longer than the length of the video. 

Add a trigger to change the state of the next button on timelime starts.

Add a trigger to change the state of the next button to normal on timeline ends.

You could also jump to the next slide when the timeline ends.

Hi Jem,

The embed couldn't wouldn't allow me to set it to autoplay. So I can't get that function to work even though I've now created a trigger to play media when timeline starts. 

The good news is, the triggers you gave me do prevent the student from moving ahead and by passing the videos. Yay for this victory!

Looks like due to HTML5 the autoplay won't work.

Hi Daphnee,

I'm glad I could help a bit!  I don't know the latest  news on the autoplay with video, but hopefully someone else in the community does or you can always open a support case.

Jem

Hi Daphnee,

A lot of the modern browsers have adjusted how media will autoplay, so I'd start by taking a look at this article on Chrome's changes. Safari has implemented similar, and Firefox will look at changes by years end. Using the latest update of Storyline should help with the outlined issue! 

Thanks Ashley updating as we speak.