Hi everyone, I was wondering about having the option/capability to watch a video on full screen. For example: place a video file into the presentation, and while watching it, have the option to play at full screen. Is this an function to switch on prior to publishing, or is this something related to the actual video file itself? On a previous platform, the user was able to play the same video files in full screen. Thanks

Hi there Thomas! Have you inserted the video as an MP4 file? There isn't a full screen button as a part of the Storyline video controls or within the Storyline player itself. If you want the embedded video to play full-screen within the Storyline player, you'll want to adjust the Player Properties to 'Resize browser to fill screen' and 'Scale player to fill browser window'. Another option is to insert the video as a Web Object (for example from YouTube or Vimeo). That would allow you to us the normal video controls, which often include full screen viewing. If you insert the video as a Web Object and you don't see the full screen button, it could be because the web browser is restricting fullscreen mode for embedded iframe content.

Having a full screen option without having to use web objects or slide layers would being a great addition, surely someone must have requested it by now?

Use this widget to go in full screen and back using one-line javascript triggers https://cluelabs.com/full-screen-mode-elearning-widget.html For example, you can add a trigger to go full screen on timeline start on the slide with video, and then another trigger to exit full screen when media completes or timeline ends.

Hello, everyone. I have exciting news to share! We have just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 67, we've included important fixes and features. One of the features we've included is: Adding a player toggle to let learners view courses in full-screen mode. To take advantage of this feature, launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here. Please let us know if you have any questions by posting here or by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.

I'm totally confused why there is no fullscreen button like every player out there for video. I'm talking about video control inside the player. the player is already set to fill screen and browser but the video is on screen with text. So does one have to build a custom control bar for the video where the fullscreen would be a motion path or grow to get the video to seem larger onclick?

Full screen video content | Articulate

AlyssaGomez
Staff
8 years ago
Sounds good Thomas. Keep me posted!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Terry,

You got it. It has been requested.

I'll add this thread to the report as we track user impact.

I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests as that may be helpful.
EdGen
Community Member
7 years ago
Hi,

I recently tried embedding a YouTube video into my course and it seems to work nicely ... except for the full screen feature on YouTube's player. It works when playing locally but not on my LMS. When I click the grayed full screen button on the YouTube player, it says "Full screen is unavailable".

Any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Ed,

How did you add your YouTube video to your course?

Hi Doug,

Take a look at this documentation to understand all of the parameters you have available in adding YouTube videos.

My sample published here allows me to view the video full screen.
- DougKipta-fa001
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  Why do people keep asking about YouTube videos in this chain. It is when you are using a file from computer. There shouldn’t be any consideration for using YouTube or Vimeo.
  
  This chain in the original was asking about video in course then people said use Vimeo/YouTube.
  
  Don’t cloud the convo. Why should we upload into platform when have file locally.
  
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LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
I apologize Doug.

We like to keep threads open and continue the conversation however users need, but it can get confusing.

To get back to the original question, we do have this thread added to a feature request for the functionality with video files directly added to the course. The latter, YouTube, came up as possible workarounds in the meantime.
- DougKipta-fa001
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  All good. But yeah it just seems so weird the it wouldn’t be a current feature. Hope it comes soon. :-)
  
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- DougKipta-fa001
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  To give a workaround for this. I would recommend building a custom play at with full screen button that you toggle to a layer. Layer is video in full screen or larger. But running code to sync the timing of the video to the play at or progress bar. But this is a very ugly process so courses that have video. I build in lectora and captivate simply let browser dictate the video control. So not a player in a player.
  
  Disappointing because I like video and storyline. Please get this feature or more playbar options in the video ribbon for us to choose from.
  
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AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Dan,

The preview in Storyline will be restricted based on the Storyline interface, so yes, I'd look at publishing and test in your publish environment. If you're not ready to upload to your LMS, take a look at using SCORM Cloud.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Thanks Katie!

You are in the right place if we have any updates to share on this topic :)
MichaelGalvin-6
Community Member
7 years ago
+1 for a button to make video full screen in the Storyline. I would really like to see this option.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Michael and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

Thanks for chiming in and commenting on this conversation. You're in the right place to get any updates here when we can.
ChrisMills-6fd2
Community Member
7 years ago
+ another 1 for a full screen button. Seems a big omission.