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What Is Interactive Video?

Interactive video is video that lets viewers do something inside the player, such as answer a question, click a choice, or fill in a form.

Interactive Video

Interactive video turns watching into taking part. Instead of only playing start to finish, it can pause for a quiz, branch based on a choice, or collect a response without the viewer leaving the video.

Where you want a viewer to act rather than just watch, this is the format that asks them to. 

For example, a training video pauses to ask a question before it moves to the next section.

How Does Interactive Video Work?

  1. Plan – Decide where viewers should act and why.
  2. Build – Add elements like questions, choices, or forms.
  3. Place – Set them at the right moments in the video.
  4. Publish – Share the video with the elements live.
  5. Track – See how viewers respond.

Why Is Interactive Video Important?

  1. Engagement – Hold attention by asking viewers to act.
  2. Response – Collect answers and input inside the video.
  3. Learning – Check understanding as people watch.
  4. Insight – Learn what viewers do, not that they watched.

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