Your interactive video is almost ready to go live! Before you hit publish, we recommend checking a handful of standard settings. They take only a few minutes and make a real difference to how viewers experience your video, and to the insights you get afterwards.
1. Thumbnail
The thumbnail is the first thing your viewers see before they press play. A clear, relevant image invites people to start watching and tells them right away what the video is about.
Make sure your thumbnail meets these requirements:
Size: at least 1920 x 1080 pixels
File type: JPG, JPEG or PNG
Content: an image that matches the topic of your video
Tip: Avoid small text in your thumbnail. It becomes hard to read on mobile screens or when the video is embedded in a smaller frame.
2. Video player
The video player settings decide how much control your viewers have while watching.
Playback speed: always recommended
We always recommend enabling the playback speed setting. It lets viewers slow the video down when the content is complex, or speed it up when they prefer to do so. A small setting that makes your video more accessible and pleasant to watch.
Navigation settings: depends on your video
The following three settings give viewers control over the timeline:
Show time indication in the player bar
Allow your viewer to navigate through the video
Show rewind and skip button, you can set how many seconds viewers can go back and forward in the video.
Whether we would advice to enable them or not depends on the type of video you made:
Type of video | Our advice |
Short video without scenarios, where viewers may scroll through freely | Enable these settings. Viewers can easily jump to the part they need. |
Video with scenarios, branching or choice moments | Disable these settings. If viewers navigate the timeline themselves, they can skip interactions or end up in the wrong part of a scenario and lose their way. |
Tip: Not sure? Watch your video in preview with the settings enabled and try to skip ahead. If you lose track of the story or miss an important question, disable them.
3. End of the video
What should happen when your video ends? We always recommend setting this up. Without it, the video simply stops and viewers are left without a clear next step.
Of course, you can design your own end screen with buttons of your choice. But did you know there are also plenty of standard actions you can set up for the end of your video? See the screenshot below, think about what you want your viewers to do next.
4. Subtitles
We always recommend adding subtitles, at least in the language spoken in your video. Subtitles help viewers who watch without sound, viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and viewers who are not native speakers.
Also think about additional languages that are relevant for your audience. Do you have international colleagues, customers or students? Adding extra subtitle languages is easy and makes your video accessible to a much wider group.
5. Collect viewer data
We recommend enabling video progress markers. With progress markers, you can measure which viewers did and did not reach specific points in your video.
This helps you answer questions like:
Did viewers watch the video to the end?
Where do most viewers drop off?
Did a specific viewer reach the part with the key information?
Make sure to enable this before publishing. Data is only collected from the moment the setting is switched on.
Quick checklist before publishing
Thumbnail added (min. 1920 x 1080 px, JPG/JPEG/PNG)
Playback speed enabled
Navigation settings enabled or disabled, depending on your video type
End of the video set up
Subtitles added in your own language, plus any extra languages your audience needs
Video progress markers enabled
After you’re done with the checklist, your video is pleasant and accessible to watch, ends with a clear next step and gives you the insights you need afterwards. It only takes a few minutes, so make it a habit to run through this checklist every time you publish!
Questions, or curious what else you can adjust for your videos? Get in touch and we’ll gladly help.