In this tutorial, I am using existing Video(a small flat training video already created) and will add interaction to that video and there by making it more result oriented.

Before seeing interactive video, First, have a look at this static training video.

And now, have a look at the same video after adding integrative elements.

 You will realize that this one is no doubt, more effective and result oriented.

Steps to do it.

Step 1: Create a new project in Captivate.

Step 2: Add the training video that you would like to make Interactive.

Step 3: As a instructor(or developer), you will have some plan where to interact in the existing video to make it more effective. You can review your inserted video and decide following three points:

a)       Overlay Slide point: The points( in time line) where you would like to add interaction. That means, at what instant(in min, sec in video time-line.) 

 b.)  Interacting Slide(Normally Knowledge Check Slide): How you would like to interact. That is, whether by help Text slide or by Question slide etc.

c)       BookMark: If in case Viewer is not clear in concept, from which part of the video would you like user to re-view the Video.

Step 4:

Prepare Interactive slides (as per decision you might have made from Slide 3b.)

set that slide property as follow:

 For present scenario, I have covered “How to change Google Account password”. So I would like to interact after second step and would like ask a question there by confirming whether viewer(our student) understood that points or not.

  Step 5:

To make Viewer to jump to particular point of the video, we need to create, what we call a “BookMark”.

Step 6:

In the response to that interaction(knowledge check question in this scenario), Viewer either gives correct answer or wrong answer.

If he/she gives wrong answer, our program will repeat that portion of the video(by sending program to specific Bookmark) so that he understand properly. And if, he/she gives correct answer, our Video will continue with further steps involving.

Step 7:

We can repeat step 4 at as many points in video as per our need. For long video, naturally there would be many stops to interact with viewer.