Want to boost learner engagement and knowledge retention? Try adding videos to your training. Videos make your content more digestible and personal, and Rise 360 makes adding them easy. Use a video block, or upload a video within a supported interactive block. Here's how to get started.

Note: This article applies to videos within courses, microlearning content, guides, and training decks. For information on interactive videos, see this article.

• Prepare Your Video File
• Insert a Video Block
• Insert a Video Into a Supported Block
• Adjust Video Options and Block Settings
• Accessibility

Prepare Your Video File

For the best results, your video should:

• Be compatible with our supported browsers
• Support playback at a bitrate of 10 Mbps or less
• Use a 16:9 aspect ratio with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080
• Have a file size of less than 5GB

Videos that don't meet the above criteria are automatically compressed to the most universally compatible digital video format (H.264 video and AAC audio in an MP4 container). This reduces file size while maintaining quality.

Pro Tip: If you'd like a video to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, toggle the Preserve file quality option when you upload your file. It'll upload and display exactly as you saved it. Keep in mind that file size limits still apply.

Insert a Video Block

The easiest way to insert a video is with a dedicated video block. Follow these steps:

1. Open a course, microlearning, guide, or training deck. 
2. Select Video from the blocks shortcut bar. If it isn't visible, click the insert block icon (+) that appears when you hover over a boundary between blocks. The shortcut bar or the block library sidebar displays. For the sidebar, select the Multimedia category, then select Video. 
3. To upload your own video or create an AI Avatar video, hover over the block and open the sidebar by clicking the Content icon in the formatting toolbar.
4. Click Replace and select an option.
5. Either generate an AI Avatar video or upload an existing video file by dragging and dropping or selecting it.
   Note: Generating an AI avatar video consumes the credits that fuel all Nova capabilities. The number of credits consumed depends on your video's length. (Learn how credits work.)
6. Select Preserve file quality to opt out of automatic file compression. Note that the 5GB file limit still applies.
7. Note that captions are automatically generated unless you deselect the option or have AI disabled for your subscription. 
8. Click Insert video to generate captions and process the video.

Insert a Video Into a Supported Block

Videos can also be added to blocks that support video, such as tab, process, timeline, or custom blocks. Follow these steps: 

1. Hover over the block and click the Content button. 
2. In the element where you’d like to add media, click the Upload media icon.
3. Choose either Select AI avatar video or Upload media. The From your sources and Content library options are for images only.
4. Follow steps 4-8 from the previous section to insert your video.
5. After adding the video, you can replace or remove it by clicking the Replace with new upload icon. 

Adjust Video Options and Block Settings

In the content sidebar, you can replace the existing video, add a custom thumbnail (either AI-generated, uploaded, or selected from your current video), and add/modify closed captions. You can also modify the video's appearance and behavior. 

For video blocks, hover over a video block, then click the Format icon that appears in the formatting toolbar. Here you can adjust the block padding (for video blocks), video width, and corner radius. You can also disable forward seeking. Learn more about other video settings and how learners interact with video content.

Add a Custom Thumbnail

For all videos, you can replace the existing video thumbnail with another image from your video, or an uploaded or AI-generated image. Follow these steps:  

1. Navigate to your video in the editing sidebar.
2. Click Thumbnail.
3. Choose the appropriate tab and upload, generate, or scrub through to find a frame in the video to replace the current thumbnail image. 
4. Click Insert.

Accessibility

Video blocks and inserted videos are accessible with considerations. Multimedia video elements in Rise 360 don't include a built-in audio description option. Provide closed captions for narrated video and include a text description of important visual information. If the video contains essential visual-only details, consider creating an audio-described version using a separate tool and importing it. Use the caption field to explain the purpose of the video. 

Conduct testing with keyboard navigation and screen readers to ensure accessibility. For further guidance on creating accessible content, check out the accessibility-focused design tips in the resources below:

• Rise 360: How to Design an Accessible Course
• Accessibility Index