Tracking a learner has watched a video from start to finish
Jul 01, 2014
Thanks, I'm new to the site, and I'm trying to find out how we can add cue points (not sure if this is the correct technical term when talking Storyline) to a Storyline module that uses video.
We have an existing LMS site on which we can post video modules (currently these are mp4 displayed in an iFrame), a user is required to pass cue points at 10–100% markers during the video's duration in order to gain access to a series of post module questions. These cue points are not visible to the user and are just a way of tracking that they have viewed the video in its entirety. The user can jump to any point in the video and scrub forward/backward to any point in the video using a standard playhead but unless the video is played from start to finish then they can't access the questions.
My client is keen to start using Storyline for to produce their video modules for future learning modules that we will post on the LMS site, any guidance you can give or tutorials/forum threads that you can share with me would be greatly appreciated.
If you can share any info with me ASAP that would be great.
Thanks,
Philip
15 Replies
Hi Philip,
Are you wanting to embed the video in Storyline similar to the way you are embedding them in the LMS? Will the Storyline courses reside in the same LMS you are using now?
Hey Philip-
Cuepoints in Storyline aren't active. Take a look at the attached file. I used four different layers, four tracking objects, and four trigger shapes to make sure it didn't activate unless the whole video was watched from start to end. This seems complicated but this concept is the only way I can think of to ensure front to back viewing unless you turn off the seekbar.
Take note that the layer timelines 1) are slightly shorter than the spans and 2) they close the other layers.
Hi Steve,
I've been lurking in the background on this one as it's a requirement that I anticipate for an upcoming health and safety module.
Fantastic work around by the way, I have tried numerous times to trick it into letting me jump ahead and it seems fairly un-trickable.
Thanks for figuring this out for us,
Harri
Hi James, yes the video would need to be embedded in the Storyline output, we would then show the Storyline module in an iFrame on our LMS.
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the suggested solution, I'm investigating this on behalf of my client who wants to move over to using Storyline, is there a way I can view the file you posted? I'm not running Storyline, guess I will need a trial version to see this?
Hi Phillip,
(I'm assuming Steve is USA based so might not be on the forums for a while)
Yes you would need a trial version of storyline to be able to view the file. I would offer to publish the file and upload it but I think it's more useful for you to get 'behind the scenes' and see how it's all put together.
Harri
Here's a published example with explanation of what's going on. Might be a little hard to understand without looking at the source.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19820702/wholeVideo/story.html
Oh man; I would love to be able to do this within Moodle (without adding a SCORM file) - I have so many faculty members who are accustomed to the old 'tv broadcast' model and who think distance learning is as easy as recording lectures and throwing the videos up on Moodle. This can work, but not when you have 27 1 hour lectures in a 7 week course! We've tried to explain that just because a student downloads a video, doesn't mean it's been watched, despite what Moodle tells the faculty member...but some of them just don't understand.
In any event, this would be a great feature outside of Storyline for me :P Thanks for the Storyline solution, Steve! I'll definitely be using it in future courseware.
Sounds like there is also a great feature request in here. Think I'll go submit one now for "Video Cue Points".
Hi Steve, thanks for the link that's great, I think its exactly what we are after, if your able to send me published files it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together for me.
Hi Owen, let me know when you submit the feature I would be very interested to read it, thanks
Hi Guys, could you tell me - if your using a video inside a Storyline module can you resume viewing from the point reached on a previous viewing when you return to the module at a later date?
Hi everyone,
Great thread!
Can this solution be used if you are using "Insert video from Website" or using the "Insert Web Object" function? We have very long videos, too long to import into the storyline file directly, and we stream them from an external server using the "Insert Video from Website" option, then we insert the embed code when prompted.
Is there a way in this scenario to track/force the learner to view the entire video? If so, I don't understand which layer to put the video on using the template provided. When you insert a video from web site or as a web object, Storyline doesn't allow use of triggers with the video object. Since the video clip has it's own scrub bar, this still allows the user to move ahead in the video file. I guess we'd need to suppress the scrub bar from display on the native video file...and then???
Appreciate any help.
Best,
Suzanne Armstrong
Did you ever figure this out? I too have longer videos and I'd like to track this.
I think it would require the following:
You would need this to create JavaScript in the HTML code to create "cookies" based on media play time.
I've not tried anything like this, but I think it could be possible.
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