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Q&A: New Content Formats — Guides, Decks, Interactive Video, & Scenarios
I was just testing the new interactive video feature. Is there a way to replace the video and upload a new file? I didn't see the option. I am not sure if I'm overlooking it or if it doesn't exist. There are several times we have to replace videos after a course was published. Sometimes it's an error someone didn't catch during review; sometimes it's because of a process change. There are several instances I can think of where an updated video would not change my checkpoint questions. If you can't upload a new version of the videos, I am less likely to use this feature and will continue to use Storyline for this type of interaction, which is too bad because the Rise version was initially easier to create and set up.
I also want to echo everyone else's comments about wishing these new formats could be used in courses. These features can do some pretty neat things, but they'd be more useful if we had more flexibility with how to use them.
Thanks for laying out your use case here, KaylynMilan, that's really helpful context.
There isn't a way to replace or re-upload the video in an existing Interactive Video today. Once it's generated, the source video is fixed, so a swap like the one you're describing isn't something you can do from within the interactive video itself.
I hear you on the impact this has, needing to update a video after an error slips through review, or after a process change, is a real and common need, especially at the scale you're describing. Since your checkpoints often wouldn't need to change with a video update, having to rebuild the whole thing just to fix the source video is a significant amount of extra work.
I don't have a workaround to offer here, unfortunately, at this time a video update means starting a new Interactive Video from scratch with the corrected source.
On adding these formats into existing courses, you're echoing a lot of what others have said in this thread, and as mentioned above, that's something the team is actively planning to bring to both Interactive Video and Scenario.
I have a 30-minute video, I spotted a tiny text change needed. All the edits I've done are now wasted as I can't replace the video. We really need the ability to swap in and out videos for occasions like this, where the video length and majority of content is identical.
This happened to me too, but it was only a 5 min video. 30 minute one must have been tough to swallow - sorry it happened to you!
I echo the point about needing the ability to simply replace a video rather than start from scratch. We used interactive video for the first time last week, and we've already needed to update one because of a misspelling on a slide provided by the SME. The video length hasn't changed, so having to rebuild the entire interaction for a minor video update creates a poor user experience and makes interactive video impractical for us.
Hi JoshHayes,
Thanks for sharing how your first interactive video went! I understand that a misspelling on an SME’s slide meant having to rebuild the whole interaction, which is not what you were hoping for.
I’d love to learn more:
- What would an ideal update look like when only the video changes?
- How often do you expect changes after a video is built?
Your answers help us see what this looks like for your team.
