Videos to Automatically Play in Rise

Still waiting for this feature. It would be a great improvement and make an even more 'polished' production in my opinion.

Click-to-play is not always the way forward...

After using the tool more extensively, I think I understand their rationale behind omitting this feature. That doesn't mean I like it, though.

Rise is not strictly designed for power users like us, but rather people who really don't understand the technical best practices of deploying eLearning. By limiting the number of options, they can limit the number of mistakes the lay user might make. Autoplay is one of these options that, if someone doesn't know better, could completely ruin the experience.

For example, there's no way to prevent Rise's video upload feature from re-processing my video files. As an experienced video editor who's studied encoding settings, this is an awful experience. For someone who doesn't know better and tries to upload a 20 Mbps file, it's a godsend. They don't even have the option to make the mistake of unticking a box labeled "Optimize video for the web" or something similar.

As a result of all this, I've found that if I'm creating a Rise course and need to insert video, I ALWAYS end up always embedding a video externally simply for the level of control I have over the content's quality and playback options, autoplay or not.

While it would have been better to receive an answer from staff outlining the intended direction for Rise and how this impacts the decisions they make when adding features, I understand that this isn't something developers often share with users.

Still, I think Articulate should acknowledge that there is a desire within the enthusiast community to have an easy-to-use tool like Rise with more control. No idea how that could manifest without "impeding" the usability for novices (Aritculate Rise Pro?) but it seems to me they're pointing all the power users to Storyline options right now.

I totally agree!

Yes, PLEASE add the ability to CHOOSE autoplay. Thank you!

I came here to find out how to autoplay a video and just read this discussion. After I left this page, I found another reference to animated gifs, which is what I had created. I was just using the wrong terminology. I added the animated gif and it immediately began playing! BTW - I created the animated gif in SnagIt - very easy!

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.

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.

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

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

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.