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Last Updated: 2026-07-10
Reference: Editing Videos

Reference: Editing Videos

Edit your videos to add interactions, upload captions, and configure settings. You can preview your edits by clicking the eye icon on the video.

Interactions

When viewers reach a marker on a video timeline in Workday Learning, the video pauses and a sidebar displays the interaction associated with the marker. Once viewers respond to the interaction, the video resumes playback until it reaches another interaction or the end of the video.
You can use any combination of these interactions to create an engaging playback experience in Workday Learning:
Interaction
Description
Scoring
Multiple Choice
Enables you to test viewer engagement by displaying a question and potential answers. You can mark more than 1 answer as correct. There isn't a limit to how many answers you can add.
Workday scores
Multiple Choice
interactions as
Correct
or
Incorrect
. Viewers can select only 1 answer as their choice.
Open Response
Enables you to solicit a response from viewers by displaying a question and open forum for response.
Workday doesn't score
Open Response
interactions.
Text Note
Enables you to provide viewers with additional context or information by displaying a note.
Workday doesn't score
Text Note
interactions.
Checkbox
Enables you to test viewer engagement by displaying a question and potential answers. You can mark more than 1 answer as correct. There isn't a limit to how many answers you can add.
Workday scores
Checkbox
interactions as
Correct
or
Incorrect
. Viewers must select all correct answers and none of the incorrect answers to receive a Correct score.

Captions

You can add captions to videos that either display on top of or below the video as a full transcription. How the caption displays depends on whether the viewer selects the
Captions
or
Transcriptions
icon from the video control bar.
Option
Description
More Information
Upload Files
Enables you to upload a transcription text file that displays as either the video captions or transcriptions. Specify a language for each file you upload so that viewers can select their preferred language. There isn't a limit to how many caption files you can upload.
Workday supports caption files in these formats:
  • .dfxp
  • .srt
  • .ttml
  • .vtt
  • .xml
Use Files
Using Amazon Transcribe, Workday automatically generates video captions in machine.vtt files when you:
Caption quality can vary depending on audio clarity, regional accents, unique business terminology, and other factors. You can correct captions by downloading, editing, and reuploading the files.
Reference: Edit Tenant Setup - System
To use automatic video captioning, you might need to take additional steps to set up Media Cloud based on your organization's subscription service agreement. SeeGetting Started with Media Cloud.

Settings

Configure settings for videos that you use in Workday Learning:
Setting
Description
Skip Restrictions
Prevents viewers from skipping ahead in the video.
Limit Question Attempts
Restricts the number of times a viewer can answer a question to 1. Workday automatically enables skip restrictions when you select this check box. Workday doesn't support this setting on Android or iOS mobile applications.

Status

Status
Description
Save draft
Your configurations don't display during playback until you publish the video.
Publish
Publishing a video replaces any previous interactions or captions. When you add a video with interactions to more than 1 place in Workday, each video contains the same interactions, but Workday stores and tracks interaction responses separately.