Forum Discussion
Audio autostart
I need to have the audio automatically start on each lesson. How can I do this?
Hello Mary,
I hate to be the bearer of bad new for you today :( but "autoplay" of any nature is currently not supported in Rise.
Please feel free to submit a Feature Request and we'll hopefully make it happen for you sometime soon.
All the best!
Hey Mary - just a bit more color on this. We have shied away from auto-start of media because it's not a web-standard experience on multi-device. For example, if you were on a site on your phone and all of sudden it started playing audio or video it would be a pretty intrusive experience.
Hi Adam, I've come to this thread through a different one about auto-play. If a student or learner is on a mobile device to take a course, that's very different than just casually browsing a website, so I don't see that as a one-to-one comparison. It seems like auto-play should be a feature that designers can select if they want to use it for learning. An instructional designer always can state to users in course instructions that the audio will auto-play, learners should be using headphones, etc., in order to give learners a heads up and establish what the norms and expectations are for taking the course.
Hello. I know this post is 4 years old but I would like to throw my two cents in about this. I agree that random audio popping up on my phone when I don't expect it is annoying, but if I am running a training course, I kind of expect audio to play. I would almost expect people to wonder if there is something wrong with their audio connection if it didn't start up automatically. I would REALLY like to see this function added to Rise. Given that if I create a course in Storyline, which can also easily be viewed on a phone, I can hear auto-played audio in that case.
Thanks
Forgot to mention - on most phone browsers, they actually prevent auto-play of media. It needs to be user-initiated.
Some social media sites have auto-play of video, and the user needs to interact to initiate the audio. That might be something to consider, at least as an option, as it helps to draw the user in.
Good point Dawn, like how Facebook and Instagram will start playing the videos as you scroll over them, but not start the audio without a click. I only use the apps myself, so I just took a look at videos within Facebook while viewing in a Safari mobile browser and they didn't auto play (audio or video). So it seems like something they're able to control in app only?
I disagree. I build courses for many large organizations for CE credit and other certifications. They don't want extra "clicks" when viewing a course. When it's for continuing education and they get to that part of the course it should have the option to auto play and auto advance.
Well said :)
+1 for this feature
Thanks Mary for sharing here - as it can certainly be a bit of personal preference. As Adam mentioned it was something we didn't include based on the different device experiences and the mobile set up specifically where the audio/video doesn't automatically play (not just within Articulate's courses) but having that additional information from users like yourself will help us continue to keep the conversation going internally and figure out any next steps.
Facing same problem, i think auto play option should be their.
In the Home Depot Rise course illustrated in these forums, a couple of their videos DO autostart! I wonder how they did it?
Hey Adam they are using Gifs. I've been playing around with Gifs in my courses...and it's pretty cool. You can add them anywhere there is an image block. There's also a great app for mac called Gif Brewery that allows you to create your own Gifs.
Hope that helps.
Hi Adam,
I know I've seen that example, but I can't seem to find it right now. If you've got a link to it I can follow up and ask, or if the individual user has posted it you can message them using the "contact me" button on their profile to see if they're able to share anything specific that they did.
The auto play feature isn't something we've included in Rise based on the earlier comments from Adam, but it could be something that the individual author was able to accomplish with something custom.
I was curious about this option as well. I found the Home Depot Rise course (Here), and noticed that the 'videos' are embedded instead of uploaded. Also I'm not sure they are video files, I think they may be gif files - which may explain why the are playing automatically. I'm guessing they used the html coding option in the Rise blocks, and inserted the gif files?
I tried different options to try and get a video to play automatically, including changing the embed code language to include the "&autoplay=1" which did not work. I also tried to code it using the html option and did not get that to work either!
Mary - one option that may help is changing your navigation settings from 'free' to 'restricted'. This won't fix the need for the learner to click 'play' but it might keep them from going to the next section/lesson until they have played that video - I believe?
Thanks Casey - I did take a look too and they are using animated images which will appear and play automatically. You can double check that yourself on their course by right-clicking and choosing to open in new tab, you can see the .gif extension.
Hope that clarifies and thanks for finding the link to the course!
