How to Make Interactive Videos for YouTube/Instagram

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Last Updated: 2021. 10. 20

An interactive video means a video that supports user interaction. It is made to present your message to the audience in a more concise yet comprehensive way. Currently, interactive videos can be used in many forms and industries; they can be used in entertainment for making music or documentary; they can be used for educational purposes, e.g., presenting a paper or lecture to the students. Marketers can also use it in launching ad campaigns.

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30 Practical Examples of Interactive Video

How to Create an Interactive Video

1, How to Create an Interactive Video Using Camtasia 2, How to Make Interactive Videos with Adobe Captivate 3, How to Make An Interactive Video with Thinglink

Benefits of Using Interactive Videos

There are many benefits of using interactive videos; some of them include:

1, Those who use this tool for personal purposes give users a sense of control and decision-making while undergoing a learning process. With a good interactive video tool in place, it propels an actual self-directed concept. The user has the power to decide how in-depth they can go with the information before them.

2, An interactive video can be engaging. With a well-designed interactive video in a class, learners are more immersive and more interested in the said topic. In a report from the education industry data, using interactive videos reduces the rate of drowse compared to traditional video presentations.

3，Interactive Videos are flexible and fast. They can be quite clear even when they don't have to be. One can easily create or edit these videos with just a phone (or camera) and good video editing software.

How to create an interactive video Using Camtasia

Talking about using the right interactive video tool, Camtasia made it top the list as the most popular for this purpose. Camtasia is designed to help in presentations, create and record video tutorials, use screencasts, or record platforms like MS PowerPoint. Creating an interactive video with Camtasia is easy; all you need do is to use the right method. There are four phases to develop a perfect interactive video: adding interactive hotspots, configuring hotspots, producing your Video on a smart player, and hosting the interactive Video. Let's get on with it;

Phase 1. Adding Interactive Hotspots

Step 1

Add your hotspot on the top track (not below). Note that if the hotspot is located below the track, the performance will be as expected.

Step 2

Add your hotspot using an invisible annotation that can be resized to any triangle of choice.

Step 3

Click on the "Visual Effects" tool located on the "Tool" menu, or you can choose to press the latter 'L.'

Step 4

Drag your interactive videos from your tool panel and drop them on your clip.

Step 5

You should be able to see the effect of the interactive hotspot at the bottom of your clip and in the 'Properties' panel.

Phase 2. Configuring Hotspots

Step 1

First, resize the rectangle. Click on and drag the resize option located around the hotspot and watch it (the hotspot) resize.

Step 2

Click the hotspot annotation, observe the first tab in the 'Properties' panel. There, you will see the effect of the Interactive hotspot.

Step 3

At this stage, it will enter the "Click to Continue" and "Pause at End" will automatically be selected. It means that the Video will automatically pause when it reaches the end of the annotation.

Step 4

Click on 'Marker' to direct viewers to a particular video, click "Time" to specify a particular place in your clip without a marker

Step 5

Click the "Test" button to view what goes on when viewers click the hotspot.

Note

Those hotspots that are applied to a video clip are not eligible for resizing. They maintain their original size.

Phase 3. Producing your Video on a Smart Player

Step 1

Click on the Smart Player option and select MP4 with Smart Player.

Step 2

Resize the video width, select Custom Production.

Step 3

Scroll to the Smart Player Options page and check the "Produce with controller" box.

Step 4

Resize the Video by going and selecting the Size tab, resize to fit.

Note

If you produce your videos using a Smart Player, you will need to create many extra files. So, it is advised that you keep everything within the folder to make it look organized.

Phase 4. Hosting your Interactive Video

Step 1

Step 2

Once you get your password and username, login into Screencast.com's production wizard section in Camtasia.

Note

Some options need webmasters to add Smart Player to their website. Those sites have different ways of hosting files: while others may choose to copy the files to their website and set permission to enable the right people to see the Video, others prefer to edit the HTML code in other to specify the location of the file, thus setting the right permissions.

Camtasia: How To Make Interactive Videos Using Hotspots

How to Make Interactive Videos with Adobe Captivate

The Adobe Captivate is a software authoring tool used for developing online teaching content like branched scenarios, randomized quizzes Shockwave Flash, HTML5 formats, and demonstrations. Below, we have created some simple steps that can help you create nice interactive videos using Adobe Captivate. Read on.

Step 1

Create a blank project by clicking File, and select New Project. Or click on File, select New Project, and click Responsive Project.

Step 2

Add a slide video to your project. On the toolbar, click on the big button bar or Interactive Video.

Step 3

Click Media and select Video. Select a video from your computer, and click OK.

Step 4

Once the mp4 Video has been added to the project, add interactivity to your Video.

Note

You can choose to add bookmarks in the Video to indicate a point of interest. Bookmarks are used as a marker to jump in videos.

How To Create Interactive Videos with Adobe Captivate

How to Make An Interactive Video with Thinglink

ThingLink is a video editing tool that allows users to augment their video content using resources from websites and context. This tool is peculiar with creating eLearning content like interactive videos, which are often used for educational purposes, and most times, for business presentations. Because some people find making a video on ThingLink, complicated, we have listed some step-by-step processes you can use to create that perfect interactive Video.

Step 1

Select your Video from the dashboard.

Step 2

Upload your Video from your chosen device. You can as well choose to copy and paste a YouTube link.

Step 3

To add tags to the videos, select the 'Edit' icon.

Step 4

Add media tags by pasting the link into ThingLink tag editor. The tags are meant to expand the already existing information in the Video.

Step 5

Add the feels and appearance of the tag using the customization options.

Step 6

You are done. Add the finished Video to your eLearning website. Or better still, share on social media.