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Interactive video template

Learn how to create interactive videos that engage learners by adding questions or automatic jumps directly into the video.

Written by Marie Xhauflair

The Interactive video template turns a video into an interactive learning experience. You add cues at set moments: each cue asks learners a question or jumps the video to another moment.

Setting it up

You set up this template in the left panel and directly in the preview in Studio. The left panel holds the video and the cue settings: the type, the timing and what happens after an answer. In the preview you write the content: the questions, the answer options and the feedback. The numbers in the screenshots match the numbers in the text.

In the left panel

1. Video*

  • Click Choose file to upload your video, or from library to use a video you uploaded before.

  • Use an MP4 file with the H.264 codec, in landscape, ideally 1920×1080 pixels.

✏️ Tip

You can use freely available online tools to convert or compress your video before uploading.

2. Show video controls (checkbox)

  • Decides whether learners can rewind and fast-forward the video.

3. Select type of cue*, per cue

  • Choose MPC, MPC Neutral Feedback or Jump. See The three cue types below.

4. Time, per cue

  • The moment the cue appears, in seconds from the start of the video.

5. What happens next, per cue

  • For an MPC cue: On correct answer* and On wrong answer*.

  • For an MPC Neutral Feedback cue: Next action* for each answer option.

  • Choose Play to continue the video, or Jump to move to another moment. With Jump, enter the time in seconds in the Jump to field.

In the preview

You edit the texts, the answer options and the feedback directly in the preview. Each cue has its own page: use the numbers below the preview to switch between cues.

✏️ Tip

Use the ?, ✓ and × buttons above the first page to switch between the question, the feedback after a correct answer and the feedback after a wrong answer. The highlighted button shows what you are editing.

  1. Heading: the title above the video.

  2. Text: introductory text above the video.

  3. Cue heading: the question or prompt of the cue.

  4. Cue text: extra context below the cue heading.

  5. Answer options: click a text to edit it. For an MPC cue, click the circle in front of an option to mark it as correct.

  6. Click the + box to add an answer option.

  7. Use the arrow left or arrow right button to move the cue, or the red trash button to delete it.

  8. The clock shows the time of the cue in seconds.

The three cue types

👀 Good to know

All cue timing is measured in seconds from the start of the video.

MPC

  • Use it to check knowledge, or to guide learners based on correct and incorrect answers.

  • One or more options can be marked as correct.

  • Set what happens On correct answer and On wrong answer: Play or Jump.

MPC Neutral Feedback

  • Learners pick an option without it being judged as correct or incorrect.

  • Each option gets its own next action: Play or Jump.

  • This works well for reflection questions, opinion-based prompts and discussion starters.

Jump

  • No learner input is needed: the video automatically jumps somewhere else.

  • Time: when the jump happens.

  • Jump to: the time in seconds the video jumps to.

  • Useful for skipping content, replaying sections or building structured video flows.

Add, move and delete cues

  • Add a cue: click the + button to add a new cue, then choose its type in the left panel.

  • Move a cue: use the arrow left or arrow right button above the cue. The Time in the left panel decides when it appears in the video.

  • Delete a cue: click the red trash button above the cue.

What it looks like

In Studio

In the LXP, for learners

Why use the Interactive video template?

Scenario-based learning

  • Present a scenario.

  • Ask "What would you do?".

  • Jump learners forward or backward based on their answer.

Knowledge checks

  • Pause the video to test understanding.

  • Send learners back to the explanation if they answer incorrectly.

  • Skip ahead if they answer correctly.

Branching stories

  • Create different story paths based on learner choices.

  • Show different outcomes depending on the selected options.

👀 Good to know

Answers do not have to be strictly right or wrong. You can design experiences that explore consequences instead of correctness.

Example production workflow

  1. Define the learning goal.

  2. Outline the story or structure.

  3. Write scripts for each scenario.

  4. Record the video clips.

  5. Edit all clips into one video.

  6. Create a learning bite in Studio.

  7. Upload the video and add your cues.

  8. Publish the learning bite.

  9. Add it to a journey or widget.

Related templates

Looking for a multiple choice question that is not inside a video? See MPC text, MPC video or MPC quiz.

For video file types and sizes, see Media and asset guidelines and Using videos in Studio.

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