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Integration of quizzes in videos in storyline 360
As a newcomer, I have a question about integrating quizzes into videos in storyline 360.
Is it possible to pause a longer video—say, 30 minutes long—at various points to insert a short quiz for assessment purposes, and then have the video resume immediately afterwards?
Background: This is intended to make it easier for the learner, so they do not have to recall every detail - including those from the very beginning of the video - after the full 30 minutes in order to answer a quiz at the end.
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Most definitely, and as with anything, there are a few different ways to design it.
If possible, can I recommend segmenting the video into chunks? Multimedia Theory supports that people learn better when a lesson is broken into learner-controlled, manageable parts or "chunks" rather than delivered as a massive, continuous stream. 30-minutes is a lot, so while the chunks would not need to be equal in length, chunk 1 being 8 minutes, chunk 2 being 12 minutes, and chunk 3 being 10 minutes would provide natural bookends to help people understand "ok, this chunk is over. I learned X. Now I can move to the next chunk in the sequence."
If that's ideal for you, then it might be worth simply cutting the video into those three clips, and then putting them on separate slides followed by a question:
The video slide could simply Jump to the next slide when the video timeline ends. This would allow you to easily leverage the built-in question slide functionality, ideal if you want to report results to an LMS or easily calculate a score. The "Continue" buttons on each question slide's feedback layers can be updated to move the learner to the next scene when clicked, creating a daisy-chain effect.
If segmenting the video isn't possible due to time or technical constraints and you truly need a one-video one-slide solution, you could create one layer for each question, and then trigger the layers to show at specific times.
As long as your question layers have this Pause timeline toggled in their Layer Properties, the base video will automatically pause while they answer the question:
Add a trigger to the question layer that determines when to Hide the layer, ideally after the question's been answered of course. Once the layer hides, the base layer video would resume playing. Note that this second method doesn't incorporate the built-in question functionality. The question results can still be captured with variables and reacted to later in the course, but if you just need intra-course knowledge checks, these can work well.
Storyline 360 does provide a "lightbox" feature that could feasibly show question slides in a way similar to the above-mentioned layers; however, lightboxes can be closed by the learner at any time with a little X, which in your case would allow them to skip a question. Some fancy trigger work could send them back to a certain point in the timeline if they skipped the question, but at that point I'd really try to push for one of the above methods.
The first one is still my favorite, especially if you put the video on the question slide (so it's one cohesive slide instead of two) and then use the timeline to delay the appearance of the question components, e.g., the question text, buttons, or whatever.
Even if you can't use Premiere or something to actually chop the video into separate pieces, you could insert it on three separate slides set to start and stop playing at specific cue points. IIRC, this would still only require Storyline to save a single copy.
I also recommend the multiple-slide solution that AndrewBlemings- suggested. That let's you take advantage of the built-in quizzing features that come with graded-question slides.
FYI: I prefer editing videos in other software, but that's not requires to chop the video. Just insert it on separate slides, and then trim each one to show the desired segment.
- For details, see the User Guide article on editing videos.
Thank you all for your quick help and suggestions. I will have a try...
