What does Change Time do?

Short answer

Change Time moves playback to another time in the same video and keeps playing from there. Use it as a Click Action when the viewer chooses the jump, as a question answer action, or as a Change Time navigation when the jump should happen by itself.

How to do it

1. For a viewer choice, open a button, hotspot, image or text, set the Click Action to Change Time, and choose the time in Select Time.
2. For an automatic jump, click More in the interaction bar, choose Change Time, then set the Action Time and the Time to switch to.
3. Pick a destination that starts cleanly, at the start of a sentence or scene.
4. Save, then play from a few seconds before the jump to test it.

Where you can use it

• As a Click Action on a button, hotspot, image or text.
• As the action for a question answer, or for a correct or incorrect answer.
• On the End Screen, with Show Button: Change Video Time.
• As a navigation that runs at a set time.

Common uses

• A chapter menu that jumps to each section. See build a chapter menu.
• Skip a section that does not apply to the viewer.
• Replay an explanation after a wrong answer.
• Loop a short section. See create a loop.

Change Time or Switch Video

Change Time stays in the same video, so all data stays in one report. Switch Video moves to a different video, which is better when each path is long or reused in other places.

Do not trap viewers in a loop

A jump back to an earlier point needs a way out. Add a button that jumps past the section, or use a variable and conditional logic (Pro and higher plans) so the jump runs only once.

What happens after the jump

Interactions at the new time show as usual. Items the viewer already clicked keep their post-click state. If a Change Time click is on an interaction that requires a click, it also ends the wait for other required interactions. Jumps can make a viewer’s last point differ from their furthest point in reports.

Go further

• Change Time
• Click actions tutorial