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How to add video and text side by side in Rise
I would like to build the text narrative to either the right or left of the video created in Peek instead of text only showing at the bottom. When the video starts, if the viewer doesn't have a headset or speakers, they will not be able to follow along with the video. Instead of having the text at the bottom, is there a way to display it either to the right or left of the video with the ability to scroll down either automatically or by the user?
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Hi! I have 3 shorts from tiktok I'd like to place in one page side by side, is this possible in Rise now?
Hi Marion,
There isn't a way to place videos side-by-side in Rise 360, but you can do this in Storyline 360 if you'd like to consider building your course there. You can place videos in a 3-column layout in a Storyline 360 course and then embed the finished product to make it available to your learners.
Thank you for your reply, Jose. I will check storyline & try your suggestion. Have a good one!
Good news its very possible. It took a couple steps to get the iframes to display correctly, I'll probably make a vid if anyone is curious, and this will probably work with other media shared posts like instagram etc.
Oh wow, Phil! Steps pretty please and thank you!
Greetings!
I didn't see anything on the roadmap, so I'm curious to know if there are any future video placement enhancement options coming up for Rise 360.
I have used Tabs and Accordion for placing videos and they both work great. I've found many times; it is more impactful to show a video and content side by side. We have videos that don't have sound but could be showing a key feature in a process or how to navigate to a new process so it would be great if the video just played to the left or right of the text either in a Rise lesson or in a microlearning. Thanks.Hello JenniferTeegard,
Thanks for reaching out! I appreciate you sharing how modifications to video placement will impact your workflow and course design in Rise 360. We do not have any updates to share at this time. I've gone ahead and shared your insight with our product team. We'll be sure to update this thread in the future with any news and updates so that all are in the loop!
Have a wonderful start to your week!
Seems like an incredibly popular add-on. I've created video and text side-by-side slides in PPT then exported them as an MP4. Works fine and can be saved as a template. Not exactly what everyone wants, just another bandaid. Any thoughts on prioritizing this functionality on the development workflow? Thanks.
Hi MatthewRosenber,
Thanks so much for sharing your workaround with the community!
I've shared your thoughts with our product team as well, and will let you know when we have an update.
This needs to be on the road map. It's the same thing as Image and Text (side by side) but instead of image file, video file. Seems like it should be a simple build that everyone in the community would use a lot.
Hello LukeHitchcock,
Thanks for sharing your voice with us. I've shared your insight with our product team. We'll be sure to share any future updates in this thread so all are in the loop!
Came looking for this solution too. I suspect it might be more flexible to have X auto-width, tabular, centred Blocks, which can be different block content; video, image, text. This would cover all uses suggested above.
However, if that proves too difficult for the dev team, then Video and Text side-by-side definitely.
When you have video, you may wish to include instructions for it, introduction, provisos, warnings, policy exclusions etc.
Seems like a useful pairing, as others have already said above.
Just wanted to add the use cases to make it clear how this would be useful - with a max/min enabling full screen and then back again, naturally.
EDIT: Or is the answer to this - and lots of other things people want - to use the Custom Block or Code Block?Hello SteveBlackwell,
That’s a great callout, and I appreciate you adding those use cases. They really highlight how valuable this kind of layout flexibility would be.
At the moment, Rise doesn’t natively support placing video and text side-by-side within the same block. As others have mentioned, there are a few workarounds like using Storyline or custom code after export, but those aren’t always ideal for maintainability or accessibility.
To your question, Custom Blocks can help create a side-by-side layout by placing video and text on a shared canvas. However, this approach has some limitations. Custom blocks aren’t responsive and may not adapt well across different screen sizes, and they don’t fully meet accessibility guidelines at this time. Because of that, while they can work for certain designs, they’re not always a scalable or accessible solution for this type of layout.
I can see how having more flexible layout options, like combining different content types in a multi-column format, would make it much easier to design courses that are both clear and engaging.
I’ve added your feedback to the existing request, including the scenarios you shared around instructions, context, and usability. We’re continuing to gather input as we explore ways to expand layout capabilities in Rise.
Thanks Eric.
Yes, I'm glad you have pointed out these deficiencies. Better in my mind to be native to the product than trying to find/vibe-code a solution which isn't as elegant.
I tried vibe-coding a solution and no matter what I tried, it just didn't want to position the blocks correctly and I am no coder.Cheers. Let's hope something comes of this in the next 4 years, as I can't see very much of anything on the current roadmap tbh, other than AI.
