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Videos to Automatically Play in Rise
Is there a way to have videos automatically start to play in Rise when the user reaches that section of the session?
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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.
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.
I agree. My group does not like clicks. Everything else you said is spot on with my group. They want everything auto especially when traveling.
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.
I agree, but you have to think of your audience...which mine wants it to play with no clicks. Of course I can always create a SL course and embed it in Rise, but when there is only so much time to roll out this feature would be nice. And you can always have the videos/audio on mute like FB and IG. Until you click on the video it will play without sound now. Making progress!
@Derick Young, I have tried to do as you mentioned, and embed a SL file (video set to autoplay), but it still does not autoplay in Rise. What am I missing?
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.
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.
I completely agree! Personally, I don't think it is annoying when videos autoplay. This is really a creative disagreement. But the point is that you (Adobe creators) don't gain anything by limiting creativity...which is what you are doing by purposefully making "non-features." For example, having video backgrounds is very much the new trend in polished presentations. I think limiting creativity in this way goes against your mission.
Hi Megan,
Some modern browsers, like Safari and Chrome now block autoplay audio and video. This keeps Storyline 360 content from playing automatically.
Since we can't change browser settings (if only we had that kind of power!), we updated our software to allow learners to view video content regardless of browser restrictions.
Let me know if you have any other questions. :)
I think you are missing the point. For those of us creating Rise and Articulate SCORM courses, the browser doesn't stop the autoplay inside of a scorm. Therefore as a company you need to allow the creators to have that option. Chrome has went back and forth with their releases because there was much outcry to allow autoplay. Even to the point now that if you visit a website frequently, Chrome will allow autoplay on that site.
Please reconsider your position to allow autoplay.
Hi, Allison! I'm going to add my voice here, too. We really need the ability to auto-play, auto-stop, loop, etc. videos within the course. I can think of multiple use cases where this would be extremely helpful to both me and the learners taking my course - particularly having video auto-start/stop when it comes in/out of view on the page.
Thanks for your feedback, Christopher! I'll be sure to share it with the team.
We need the option to autoplay. These are training courses not folks browsing the internet.
Thanks for your feedback, everyone!
We're monitoring these requests as we consider what features to add to Rise in the future. We'll let you know if we decide to allow autoplay in the future.
Our team utilizes Wisita as a video hosting platform. Wistia offers the granularity in video setup/staging we desire. There's a bevy of options for email campaigns, use as a light-box video on WordPress pages we develop, and other embed format types. Thumbnails can be actual video snippets (you define time frame), a custom image, or image pulled from a particular point in the video itself. Also, the autoplay can be defined to loop, or stop at a certain point.
Here's an example of one of our videos embedded into Rise with the autoplay feature configured.
Edit: I've changed the settings to mute the audio upon autoplay to spare headphone users and those in an open office from hearing some marketing-esque verbiage/music out of the gate. :)
https://rise.articulate.com/share/OdSPiLII8xIrQi0J7Bq1lgA6IbBn91H7I agree that autoplay should be an option, just as it is in Storyline. For some videos, having a play button is great, but there are many situations where I would want and need content to automatically play. This applies to audio as well. I feel like the developer should be able to decide. I hope this is something Articulate looks into in the future for Rise courses.
