Audio autostart

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! 

Has there been any movement on this concept of audio auto-start?

Thanks

Thanks, Mohammed. Always nice to see other examples of how to set a course up. 

Hi Mohammed: yes tried it on explorer and google, and I just get this icon, attached....must be a problem at my end. Thank you anyway:)

Hi Janet,

It looks like Mohammed may have added in a Storyline block there. The image pops up with animation to it, and I also heard audio. I'm not 100% confident on that, but I wanted to share that it did work for me.

Also, we'll keep you posted if anything changes regarding autoplay of media! 

Thanks Ashley:) I transferred one of our existing training courses to Rise and presented it to staff yesterday...they loved it but audio auto-start was their one suggestion for improvement!

So glad to hear that they loved it! We'll keep you posted if we add autoplay of audio (or other media). It's something we've shied away from since it can be a different experience depending on the device, and a few browsers like Chrome and Safari have started to prevent it as a default.

Hi there, D!

Does the first slide of your Storyline Block contain audio or video? If so, that would cause the play button to appear. 

Browsers like Chrome and Safari have started to block the autoplay of media. This article explains why you're seeing a play button in those browsers. 

Let me know if that answers your question!