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Forcing a video to complete
I have an embedded video (streams from Vimeo). Without a CONTINUE block after the video, the lesson shows as completed upon entry. With the block, it shows at 50% completion. But the learner can still click the CONTINUE button without ever watching the video. How can I force completion of the video before getting completion credit for the lesson?
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Hi Nancy,
The CONTINUE button only works if the video is uploaded into the course itself.
For videos on VImeo, Rise has no way of determining if the video was watched or not.
Create an interaction between the video and continue block.
A couple of options:
- Single checklist where the person confirms viewing the video. Of course, they can skip the video and click the checklist.
- Ask a question about a key point in the video. They have to be able to answer the question.
Related - can the continue button detect if a learner scans or scrubs a video to the end without actually watching all of it?
Hi Chris,
If the video is uploaded into the course itself, there is an option on the Settings tab to Allow forward seeking. If this box is unchecked and used with a Continue button, the student must watch the video for the Continue block to unlock using the Complete block directly above option.
Hello, Chris! Karl is spot-on! Here's a screenshot of where you can find that feature. Let us know if that answers your question!
Hi, Alyssa. It seems that this settings panel is not visible for me. I am trying to disable this setting and force the user to watch the video before moving on, but the panel is only showing me the import content panel. help?
Hi Miguel,
Click on the Design icon on the right side of the block.
You will see the option you are looking for here:
Thanks Both - perfect.
This helped, thank you!
Thank you for this post. Saved me a ton of trouble!
I have disabled forward navigation in videos and the comment about the continue button being locked until the user watches the entire video is not true for me.
Also, if the continue button is not added to the lesson, the user still can scroll down and click the down arrow moving them to the next lesson. We have a quiz / acknowledgement at the end, but it does not prevent the learner from skipping lessons.Here's a tutorial that shows
- how to lock advancing until the video is complete
- how to prevent forward seeking
- how to restrict navigation in the course
If the locking doesn't work as shown in the video, feel free to contact our support team and they can look into it for you
The original poster wanted to know how to have the 'Continue (complete block above) functionality work for VIMEO embeds.
I posted a solution on another thread - https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise-360/complete-block-above-after-watching-a-portion-of-a-vimeo-video
This is helpful... but it looks like you can still click through the video in the embedded player to the set percentage point rather than actually watch it.
Hello,
I wanted to share that Rise 360 doesn't have control over externally-hosted videos (like YouTube videos) so there isn't a way to prevent forward-seeking.
Disabling forward-seeking is only an option if you upload a video using a video block. If you go to the Format section of a video block, you'll find the option to disable forward seeking.
Hope this helps!
