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url: /learning/video-questions.md
description: >-
  Add Video questions to a lesson in RootWright LMS Pro: the video pauses at set
  times to ask a question, and missed answers come back in the learner's recall.
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# How to add questions to a lesson video in RootWright LMS

Video questions pause a lesson's video at the times you choose and ask the learner a question. In RootWright LMS Pro, add a **Video questions** block to the lesson in the lesson builder, add each question with its time, and click **Save video questions**. What a learner gets wrong comes back later in their recall.

::: pro
Video questions need RootWright LMS Pro.
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## Before you start

* The lesson needs a video. See [Lessons](/learning/lessons) and [Video & storage](/integrations/video-storage).
* Save the lesson once before you add questions. Until then the block says "Save the lesson first, then add questions to its video."

## Add video questions

::: steps

1. Open the lesson in the lesson builder and click **Blocks** in the left menu.
2. Under **Add a block**, click **Video questions**.
3. Click **Add a question**.
4. In **At**, enter the time in the video, such as `1:35`.
5. Write the **Question**.
6. Fill in the answers and tick every answer that is right. Click **Add an answer** for more.
7. Optional: write an **Explanation, shown after answering**.
8. Repeat from step 3 for more questions.
9. Click **Save video questions**.
   :::

![The Video questions block with one question filled in](/images/learning/video-questions-01-editor.jpg)

*A question set for 1:35, with two answers and an explanation.*

::: warning
Video questions are saved by their own button, not with the lesson. **Save lesson** does not save them. While there are unsaved changes, the block says "Not saved yet. These are saved here, not with the lesson."
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## Limits and checks

* Up to 20 questions per video, and up to 6 answers per question.
* Each question needs a time, its text, at least two answers, and at least one answer ticked as right. If one is missing, nothing is saved and a message names the question, for example "Question 2 needs a time, such as 1:35."
* To remove a question, click its bin icon, then **Save video questions**.

## What learners see

Learner behaviour below is from the plugin code. It was not walked on a learner account for this page.

* When the video reaches a question, it pauses and the question appears over the video. On YouTube the player is swapped for the question instead, because YouTube does not allow drawing over its player.
* The learner picks an answer and clicks **Check**. After a moment the video carries on. **Continue watching** carries on at once, and **Skip for now** skips the question.
* Dragging past a question does not bring it up. Questions still unanswered when the video ends are listed under it, as **Questions about this video**.
* A learner can turn off **Pause videos for questions** under **Settings** on their dashboard. They then see the questions as a list under the video. See [The student dashboard](/students/student-dashboard#settings).
* A wrong answer comes back in the learner's recall. See [Daily recall](/learning/daily-recall).

## Related

* [Lessons](/learning/lessons)
* [Daily recall](/learning/daily-recall)
* [Create a quiz](/quizzes/create-a-quiz)