Video Completion

Hi Nancy,

The progress indicator will update as each block is revealed on screen.

For example, let's say your lesson has these three blocks:

1. Text Block
2. Embed Block or Video Block
3. Continue Button

In this example, the progress indicator will show 66% complete as soon as the lesson is open. Clicking the Continue button will move the progress to 100%, then take the learner to the next lesson. 

I think I understand. So with the three blocks you mention (which is exactly how mine is set up), it's showing 33% for the text block and another 33% for the video since it doesn't know if the video has been watched?

You got it, Nancy! That's exactly right. 

Keep in mind the percentage doesn't depend on the learner watching the video. Even if you were using a Video block, it would still show as 66% complete. The progress indicator updates as the blocks come into view on the screen, even if the learner has not interacted with the blocks. 

Let me know if you have more questions about that!

Got it. Thanks!

Hey Nancy, I take it that you didn't get a solution to Rise detecting a Vimeo as complete? 

I'm currently trialling Rise and this is a big thing for me too. Huge Vimeo library. We currently use Knowbly which is very similar and does support this but funny enough the vimeo player controls such as quality and speed are blocked out.

Hard to get an app that can do everything right :'( 

Hello Scott! Are you adding your videos as embedded web content in Rise? Since embedded video are viewed outside Rise, there isn't a way for Rise to track if the user completes the video.  If you are able to download a copy of your video you can add them directly into Rise using a Multimedia > Video block. This way, you can use a continue block to make sure your user completed the video before moving forward with the rest of your course. 

Thanks Lea,

For now I am going to use a continue block. We prefer to keep our videos on Vimeo so that we can update them easily.

I wish to 'force' completion of a video by disabling forward seeking, however I'd like a learner to be able to return to the video, after having watched it the first time, and be able to seek/advance if they like.  You can do this in Storyline with a trigger, but can you do it in Rise?

Hi, C! 

In most cases, a learner can seek using the video playbar after they watched the video the first time through. It depends on where your course is hosted.

• If your course is hosted in an LMS, learners can fast-forward after watching the entire video, even if they close the course and launch it again later.
• If your course is hosted on a web server or you're using the shareable web link, learners can fast-forward after watching the entire video until they close the course. If learners close the course and launch it again later, forward seeking will be disabled again until they watch the entire video once more.

Let me know if that answers your question!

Being able to calculate the watch time or completion of a Vimeo video would be a great addition. Vimeo have had a public javascript library (https://developer.vimeo.com/player/sdk/basics) available for this exact purpose - tracking videos inside embeds -  for about 8 years now. YouTube also have a similar Javascript library (https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference). These code-based solutions give developers access to knowing when a video has been played, how much has been played, and when it has ended - which would be perfect for knowing when to release the Continue button. It's a shame that Articulate have never chosen to included it, always opting for the less bandwidth friendly "upload" option.