Interactive video
An interactive video stops at the moments you choose and puts a question in front of students before it plays on.
When to use it
Use it when students should watch for something specific: a demonstration, an experiment, an animation, a short explanation. A question at the right moment tells them what to look for and checks that they saw it, instead of leaving every question until the end.
Setting it up
In a worksheet, use the + between two items and choose Interactive video. Click the pencil and the video editor opens.
On the Video tab, paste the video's address under Video source. For a YouTube or Vimeo video, choose it under Provider and fill in the Provider video ID. The same tab has options such as Start muted and Prevent skipping.
Move the playhead to the right moment and click Add interaction at playhead.
On the Selection tab, use Add content to choose what appears, usually a question such as a single choice. Use Edit content to write the question and mark the correct answer.
Adjust Start time (seconds) and End time (seconds) if needed. Pause at interaction is ticked for a new interaction, so the video stops until the student has answered. Display mode decides whether it appears as an Overlay on the video or as a Button the student opens.
Click Close when you are done.
Under Adaptivity rules you can react to the answer: for example, when a question is Answered wrongly, Seek back to the part of the video that explains it.
What students do
Students start the video themselves. When it reaches an interaction, the question appears over the video and, if Pause at interaction is on, playback stops. Once they have answered, the question closes and the video carries on by itself, unless an adaptivity rule shows feedback or jumps elsewhere first.
Checking the answers
The questions in the video are marked like any other question of their type: a choice question is checked automatically. Open Results on the video to see, for each student, the Playback position they reached, the Interactions visited and their answers.
How far a student watched is recorded, but it is not a grade and does not show whether they were paying attention.
Tips
Place a question just before the thing it asks about happens, so students predict and then watch to check.
One question per moment is enough. Several in a row break the video into a quiz.
Turn on Prevent skipping if students must not jump past the questions.