Interactive

To create Quizzes, Surveys, or Interactive Hotspot, you need to use the Smart Player.

Smart Player

Videos with the following must use Camtasia Smart Player:

• Quizzes
• Surveys
• Table of Content
• Hot spots
• There are three ways to use the Smart Player:
  • Upload video to Screencast.com or TechSmith Relay.
  • Host the video on a website and upload the Smart Player.
  • Use a SCORM package to an LMS with Smart Player uploaded.

Interactive Hotspots

Interactive hotspots can be applied to visual objects (e.g., videos, images, text, and invisible annotations) to make those object clickables like links with customizable actions. To create an interactive hotspot:

1. Select the Visual Effects tab and drag-and-drop the Interactive Hotspot Effect to an image, text, annotation, or video.
   NOTE: The Interactive Hotspot must be on the TOP track to work correctly. (VERIFY IS STILL TRUE)
   
2. In the Properties panel, adjust the settings to your liking (e.g., go to a website, go to a marker in the video, specific time in video or click to click to Continue)
3. Move the CTI to where you want the hotspot to start, and then click the Current Position button to enter the current timestamp.
4. Click the Test button to test the interactive hotspot.

Videos with hotspots, like Quizzes and Surveys, must be viewed with a Smart Player. (See section on Smart Players)

The interactivity effect will allow you to add a quiz to a video but must be hosted by Screencast or with the Screencast player.

• Interactive hotspots allows you to add a link but will not work with YouTube.
• You can add an Interactive Hotspot to:
  • create links to other markers along the timeline
  • create links to a URLs that can then be shared as a web page or by TechSmith’s Screencast (http://www.screencast.com).
• This process is typically done by using a text callout or image and then dragging an Interactive Hotspot effect onto it and then assign it a marker or URL in the Properties panel. Make sure that you select Export as web page when you Share your project.

Quizzes and Surveys

To produce a video with quizzes, choose:

• Local Files and select any of the three Smart Player options or choose Custom Production Settings and then choose MP4 – Smart Player (HTML5)
  NOTE: On the Mac, click Share and then choose Export to MP4 (.mp4) or Export to Main Concepts (.mp4) from the File format drop-down, click the Export as Web Page checkbox, and then click the Export button to produce both the video and the Smart Player.
  NOTE: Upload files that are created and then click on the HTML file to play the video.
• Screencast.com

To add a quiz:

• Click the Interactivity in the Tools panel and select one of the options:
  • Add Quiz to Timeline (can be move to any place on the Timeline)
  • Add Quiz to Selected Media (move with that media)
• To add additional quizzes, click above the Timeline or the media.
• To add a quiz question, select a quiz and modify it in the Properties panel.
• To toggle quiz mode on or off, click the arrow at the top/left of the Timeline.
• To preview the quiz, click the button at the top right corner of the Properties panel.

Quizzes are not displayed on the canvas. Click the Option button to modify the Quiz name or to select

Table of Content or Timestamps

Most users want to few videos that are less than 10 minutes. However, if you must create a longer video, use Table of Content, or break the video into several videos (Part1, Part 2, etc.)

• You can add a TOC, but it has to be exported with the SmartPlayer because it is interactive.
  • Add a marker for each new topic (SHIFT+M) in your video and edit their names in the Property panel.
  • Export the video as an MP4 (SmartPlayer) option and then click the Options tab and ensure that the TOC is selected and select Searchable as an option
  • Click the Next button several times and save the video.
• To view the TOC, play the video and click the TOC button to toggle it.