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How do the different action types work?
How do the different action types work?
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Written by Elien Kersjes
Updated over 2 years ago

If you want to make your interactions clickable, you can add an action type to them. Learn what action types are possible and view examples for inspiration.

Action types

With most interactions you can choose to add one of the following actiontypes:

Jump to a specific time in the video

This action type works with a timestamp. Fill in the desired time for your video to continue.

Jump to a specific time in the video - Scheduled

This works the same as the previous action type, except that the clicked interaction jumps on a scheduled moment.

Jump to start of video

When a viewer clicks on an interaction with this action type, the video will directly jump to the beginning of the video

Jump to end of video

This action type will make the video jump directly to the end.

Jump to interaction

After selecting this action type you can choose between the other interactions in your video. If a user clicks, the video will jump to this other interaction.

Hyperlink

With this action type you can link to online content, such as a website or an online pdf file....or an interactive video. Just add the URL. If the viewer clicks on an interaction with this action type, the URL will open in another tab. If you add a link to another interactive video you can choose to open this video in the same frame and player and specify the starting time. Or take a look at the linked video interaction.

Show score screen

By clicking on an interaction with this action type, the viewer can inspect their results on the questions they've already answered.


Examples

Creating a "skip intro"-button

Example

How was it made?

  • Interaction: Text interaction

  • Action type: Jump to a specific time in the video


Jump when the presenter finished his sentence (a delayed jump)

Example

Scheduled jump interaction in a hihaho video

How was it made?

  • Interaction: Text interaction

  • Action type: Jump to a specific time in the video - Scheduled


Rewind button

Example

How was it made?

  • Interaction: Image

  • Action type: Jump to start of video


Hyperlink-button

Example

How was it made?

  • Interaction: Transparant button (as an overlay on top of a button created in the base layer video)

  • Action type: Hyperlink


Show scorescreen

Example

How was it made?

  • Interaction: Text interaction

  • Action type: Show score screen

Ready for more?

Take a look at these articles and learn for example how to create buttons to send e-mails or add products to a shopping cart in your shoppable video.

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