Sharing and seeking: ideas for making videos more interactive

I really like the presentation!

I experienced the same as Bruce - the video kept playing in the background while I was working on the question. This will be an issue since you won't be able to control how long a person takes on each question (unless you can pause the video as Bruce suggests).

Taking a slightly different tact, are you familiar with the VH1 "Pop-up video" shows? It's basically music videos with pop-up facts either directly or even indirectly related to the video, artist, or something mentioned in the song. So perhaps you could do something similar with your facts and then just include the quiz at the end? (Or is that what your clients were trying to "solve"?)

Perhaps breaking up the videos into smaller chunks would work, with the question at the end of each chunk.

Using your sample video, you could first stop it at the same point (where the first gentleman puts his bag on the belt) and then phrase the question in a scenario, perhaps like "The screener identifies the following items. Which one is a violation?"

And then you would move on to the next section of video, which is an issue with next traveler's items.

And, if you have the liberty to inject some fun, you could play a record-scratching or brake-squealing sound with a big WAIT! or HOLD ON! graphic when you stop the video to ask the quesiton.

Again, a great start!