Class Interactive Playback: Turn Passive Recordings Into Active Learning Experiences

According to Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience, people only remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they see or hear, but 90% of what they say and do. This means that a level of interactivity in all types of learning is essential to learner success.

As we announce the availability of Class Interactive Playback, we are focused on interactivity but learner flexibility, too. Learning and development must be delivered in the flow of work and life, and while traditional asynchronous learning provides great flexibility, it has historically struggled to deliver meaningful engagement. Class Interactive Playback bridges this gap by allowing learners to interact with recorded sessions as if they were live.

With Class Interactive Playback, learners can participate in activities like polls and assessments, and explore shared resources at their own pace, transforming passive recordings into active learning experiences. This empowers organizations to provide a flexible, engaging learning experience that learners can participate in on their own time without sacrificing the quality of instruction.

Key benefits of Class Interactive Playback

Transform passive recordings into active learning

Class Interactive Playback brings session recordings to life by enabling learners to engage with the same interactive elements—polls, surveys, whiteboards, and assessments—after the live session is over. Learner progress is seamlessly logged back to your LMS.

Extend instructor reach

Scale the impact of your best instructors by sharing recordings that maintain the same active learning experience as the live session. This reduces the burden on instructors to repeatedly present the same material while offering a consistent, high-quality learning experience.

Allow absent learners to participate without falling behind

Ensure every learner stays on track, even if they miss a live session. With Class Interactive Playback, absent learners can fully engage with the course content, participating in activities and interacting with materials as though they were present, closing the gap for those unable to attend live.

How Class Interactive Playback works

Interactive elements embedded in recordings

During playback, learners can access all interactive elements such as polls, assessments, quizzes, and whiteboards. These activities are integrated within the recording timeline, so learners can engage with them in real-time, ensuring an experience that mirrors live participation. Progress is automatically tracked and logged back to the organization’s LMS, keeping everything in sync with the live session data.

Seamless navigation and exploration

An intuitive progress bar enables learners to navigate through the session at their own pace. Learners can pause, rewind, or skip ahead as needed, diving deeper into key moments by accessing linked resources, documents, or any supplementary content shared during the original session. This level of control ensures that learners can customize their experience based on their individual learning needs.

Real-time chat replay

One of the key features is the ability to follow the real-time chat that occurred during the live session. Learners can see how discussions unfolded and follow along as if they were attending live, gaining insights from peer interaction and instructor responses that were part of the original session.

Keep learners connected, engaged, and learning with Class Interactive Playback

Class Interactive Playback—available for Class for Zoom and Class for Microsoft Teams—aligns with our mission to deliver better learning experiences for everyone, no matter their location or circumstances. Want to learn more? Schedule a demo today and discover how Class Interactive Playback can transform your virtual learning programs.