Videos to Automatically Play in Rise

Whilst all of these opinions are valid, if it's technically possible without creating significant stability/security issues, I tend to agree that the presumption should be in favour of content creators rather than options designed out by application/platform creators.

Hi All,

I must admit to being surprised at Articulate's position on this  matter.

I would have thought that their somewhat paternalistic approach would have been inimical to a company that holds itself out as being responsive to customer feedback.

If having an autoplay as a "non feature" is being touted as being one of eLearnings universal truths, why is it available in Storyline?  

Was there a special dispensation?

This is a step backwards in my view.

Articulate, please give me the freedom to make my own mistakes, after all I am eligible to vote in parliamentary elections.

In the context of many eLearning applications, autoplaying videos is strictly a user convenience. My users are visiting my training courses for express purpose of consuming the content - it is not an unwanted piece of media running in the background.

Imagine visiting a YouTube video which required you to manually click to play.

If I set a video as the sole focus of a section, users should not have to click the video to initiate the content - in this case it becomes an extra useless click. Sub-optimal interactions like these will inevitably reduce the perceived quality of the production.

As Cass demonstrated above, there are ways to achieve this with embedded third party players. Until Articulate understands this need, we'll just need to use those as a workaround.

Autoplay would be a HUGE help for my group.  Users complain there are 'too many clicks' as it is.  If they scroll down to the next block, having audio automatically start while they read the text would be easier instead of them having to click to start.  Some people don't even realize the audio is there so we have to add notes to click play.  

Please don't be Apple where you only offer those features/functions that YOU think are best for your paying customers. You're forcing your customers to adopt a philosophy & stance that you've taken, but "one size does not always fit all." 

Just leave each media clip set to "Auto Play-Off" when imported. For those who don't want/need auto-play? End of story. For those who do, it's an extra step which many of us here would be happy to take.

I'm chiming in to make another request for AutoPlay on videos or audios. This would make a much stronger impact on our learners. It's very frustrating not to have control over this, as we do in Storyline. 

Totally agree. Give the option at least  :) Also give the option to import custom characters for the scenario interaction. 

Yes, we should absolutely have an autoplay option. Please add!

I agree with those saying that eLearning seems to be an exception to the general rule of banning autoplay. On a website, autoplay content is annoying and usually distracts from the desired content. I do encounter autoplay videos on Chrome on a daily basis, both desktop and mobile, so it clearly hasn't been banned. But with eLearning, it seems especially true that autoplay can be a convenience and/or design feature. Users are learning and want to get through the content quickly and efficiently. A teacher begins a lesson when they choose to--a learner doesn't have to tell a teacher, "Please begin teaching us." An autoplay video in an eLearning course feels similar to me. I hope autoplay can be added soon! It seems like a simple change.

I think it should be option and upt to the creator. Let us determine what is best for our audience and what we need as designers. Perhap a way to play and auto play. I want to decide what I need.