I’m working on a course that uses almost all video. The content’s good, but the client is asking for ideas for making it more interactive. Someone sent me the 21 Jump Street movie site as an example. I know, right? I like how the trailer layered movie trivia questions over the video. I thought this would make a good example so I tried building it in SL. This is what I put together: Elearning Quiz Demo I’d also be interested in what you think the right number of questions per video might be. Most videos will be 1-2 minutes. Thank you!

We need a "Like" button! Thank you everyone for the great feedback! I updated slide properties to pause base layer so now it plays properly. The airport clip is silent but it's just a placeholder clip for the "real" project, which is confidential (you know how that goes). The pop up video idea is another one. This project is a little formal but I'll give it a go and share how it turns out. Thank you everyone!

Hi Gonzalo, The video pausing is really simple, actually. You just click the gear icon and check the pause timeline option. You have to do that for each slide layer. To create the quiz questions on slide layers, I cheated a little by creating one large image for the slide layer, image and questions. I then added four radio buttons and a submit button. The submit button reveals a feedback graphic with the correct and incorrect icons. This solution was super fast for creating the prototype, but not desirable for production work because nothing on the slide is editable in Storyline.

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!

Nice work. Agree, getting the vid to pause would help learners understand what you are trying to do. And maybe it's just me, but it seems a light soundtrack is called for. Seems a bit odd to have a normally relatively loud scene (airport) be silent. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool concept. Well done. Adding the scoring wouldn't be difficult either. Great example. Great movie too - I laughed so hard when I watched it. Cheers!

Sharing and seeking: ideas for making videos more interactive

Montsea
Super Hero
13 years ago

Hola Gonzalo,

Thank you for your feedback. What is it you are trying to do with quizzes on slide layers? Do you have something specific in mind? It is possible inserting quizzes with variables and custom buttons. Maybe someone on the board can help.
GonzaloRosetti
Community Member
13 years ago

Nothing specific; I just wanted to add graded questions with the ease of doing so in slides!

Cheers
RC1
Community Member
13 years ago

This is my first post. Id like to start by saying this is awesome and thanks for sharing

Reece
Rensvan-Damme
Community Member
13 years ago
Thnx for sharing! Like it!
TaliBromberg
Community Member
12 years ago

David Anderson said:

NYTimes just published a really great example of interactive video:

What Romney and Obama’s Body Language Says to Voters

While the hand tracking isn't something most of us can do, the illustrated gesture navigation sure is a creative way to jump to specific clips in the video.

Interesting discussion.

David, I love this example! How would you go about creating that kind of navigation which allows the user to jump to a specific location inside the same video?

One way is to create several clips and set a trigger to each one, but if we want to create the illusion that they are all merely parts of the same long video we would have to somehow "bind" them all under one seekbar...

Any thoughts?
DavidAnderson
Staff
12 years ago

Hi Tali -

Here's a quick example for you. Using a single, source video, I created five instances and placed each on its own layer. Then, using Storyline's video editor, I trimmed each video to play a specific section of the video.

This gives users the option to view either the entire video or selected chapters of the video.

Note: this isn't the same thing as jumping to specific frames in the video... I'm faking it by creating the instances of the video. But it works just as well

Demo: view

Source: download
TaliBromberg
Community Member
12 years ago
David, thank you so much for this creative idea
AdamMac
Community Member
12 years ago

Absolutely love this technique, thanks Montse!

One question for the community however. When trying to reproduce this effect, I'm having issues with the video not resuming where it left off when the layers are closed.

Once the layer is hidden and it returns to the main slide, the video starts over. I have adjusted the "Revisits" options on both layer and main slide in various combinations, and that doesn't seem to have an affect.

Anyone else had this issue, or know of a solution?
AdamMac
Community Member
12 years ago

not sure what caused the problem I encountered above, but I ended up deleting and re creating my slide. Now working as intended.

I left everything on default settings, but on my layer, I made sure to select the "pause timeline on base layer" option.

Works like a charm and looking great!
EimearONeill
Community Member
12 years ago

Thanks Montse - this is a keeper! Very neatly done.

David - always appreciate your demos and revision topics

Much appreciated guys!