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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


🎯 What is the interactive video template?

The interactive video template lets you turn a standard video into an engaging learning experience.

You add cues at specific moments, and each cue either asks the learner something or moves the video somewhere else.


🛠 Set up your interactive video

1. Create the template

  1. Go to Control > Content > Activity > and open a existing learning bite or create a new one

  2. Add an Interactive video template

2. Upload your video

Upload the video file in the left panel. Video is a required field.

Recommended video formats:

  • Format: MP4

  • Codec: H.264

  • Orientation: landscape only

  • Recommended size: 1920×1080 pixels

  • Maximum file size: 20 MB

✏️ Tip

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

3. Choose your playback settings

Show video controls decides whether learners can rewind and fast-forward. It is turned on by default.

4. Good to know

  • The left panel is for cue settings: the cue type, the timing, and what happens after an answer

  • The preview is where you write the content: the question, the answer options and the feedback


Add and edit cues

Cues define when and how learners interact with the video. Select the type in the left panel:

  • MPC

  • MPC neutral feedback

  • Jump

This will change the cue of the first slide. To add additional slides and cues, click on the + button to add a new slide, then change the cue question type.


The three cue types

👀 Good to know

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

❓ MPC

Use MPC when you want to check knowledge, or guide learners based on correct and incorrect answers.

  • One or more options can be marked as correct

  • On correct answer (required): Play to continue the video, or Jump to move to another time

  • On wrong answer (required): Play to continue the video, or Jump to move to another time

If you choose Jump, enter the time in seconds where the video should continue.


💬 MPC neutral feedback

Use this when you want learners to pick an option without their answer being judged as correct or incorrect. There is no right or wrong, the flow depends entirely on the option they select.

Each option gets its own next action: Play to continue the video, or Jump to move to a specific time.

This works well for:

  • Reflection questions

  • Opinion-based prompts

  • Discussion starters


🔁 Jump

Use a Jump cue when no learner input is needed. The cue triggers at a set time and the video automatically jumps somewhere else.

It has two fields:

  • Time: when the jump is triggered

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

This is useful for skipping content, replaying sections, or building structured video flows.


🧭 Where to edit the slides

Three small buttons sit above the cue in the preview of the first slide of the template. They decide what you are editing.

About:

  • ? : Is where you can add and remove answer options

  • ✓: Is where the feedback after a correct answer is edited

  • ✗: Is where the feedback after a wrong answer is edied

Click a button to switch view. Whichever one is highlighted is the one you are editing.


Fields you can fill in on the MCP slides

For every cue, whichever type you pick, you can add:

  • Slide title: displayed at the top of the cue

  • Text: introductory text shown before the interaction

For both MPC types, you can also add:

  • MPC heading: the main question or prompt shown to learners

  • MPC description: extra context shown below the heading


What it looks like

In Studio

In the LXP, for learners


💡 Inspiration for use

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


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