A challenge video has been created with Cinema8's tools. Users are quizzed on a topic and are provided with three options to answer.

Interactive video for challenges

Turn your videos into interactive challenges that spark competition and drive participation. With Cinema8, you can add quizzes, polls, branching scenarios, timers, and leaderboards that keep audiences engaged. Track scores, completions, and performance through analytics to measure impact. Whether for marketing campaigns, e-learning, or team activities, interactive challenges create fun, motivating viewing experiences that audiences want to share and repeat.

Trusted by leading brands around the world

Cinema8’s interactive video platform lets you design challenge-based experiences that capture attention and motivate audiences. Upload your video into a secure library, then add interactive elements such as quizzes, polls, timers, or branching tasks to create engaging challenges. Leaderboards and scoring features add a sense of competition, while branded players ensure a professional look. Built-in analytics reveal completion rates, scores, and drop-offs, helping you measure the success of each challenge and refine future campaigns.

Create interactive challenges today

How to create challenge-based videos with Cinema8

Build engaging interactive challenges using quizzes, polls, timers, and leaderboards to motivate participation and track performance.

Step 1

Upload your video content to Cinema8 via the dashboard, bulk import, or API, then organise it in your secure video library.

Step 2

Enhance your video with interactive elements such as quizzes, polls, timers, or branching tasks, and add scoring or leaderboards for competition.

Step 3

Publish your challenge videos across websites, apps, or learning platforms, and monitor scores, completions, and engagement through Cinema8 analytics.

Why use Cinema8 for interactive video challenges?

Cinema8 makes it simple to design video challenges that boost motivation, learning, and brand impact. With features like quizzes, polls, timers, and leaderboards, you can turn passive viewers into active participants. Branded players keep your challenges professional, while analytics reveal completion rates, scores, and engagement trends. Whether for training, marketing, or community building, Cinema8 helps you create challenges that audiences enjoy and remember.

How Cinema8 enhances interactive video challenges

Quizzes, polls, and timers for engaging challenges

Leaderboards and scoring to spark competition

Analytics to measure completions and performance

Marketing campaigns with viral challenges

Engage audiences with branded challenge videos that include quizzes, polls, or timers. Add leaderboards to inspire competition and use analytics to measure campaign reach, participation, and conversions.

A team is using Cinema8's analytics dashboard to analyse the performance of their interactive challenge videos.
Gamified learning and education

Create interactive lessons where learners complete quizzes, tasks, or branching challenges. Reward progress with points or leaderboards, and track results to evaluate knowledge retention and learner motivation.

A company is using Cinema8's interactive tools to create a gamified experience. The starting screen is shown, encouraging viewers to tap hotspots and start learning.
Team building and employee engagement

Motivate employees with video-based challenges that encourage collaboration and healthy competition. Use polls, quizzes, and scoring to make training or engagement activities more fun and impactful.

An interactive challenge video for team building has been completed through Cinema8's tools. A leaderboard is shown with everyone's scores and names.
★★★★★

Learn why organisations use Cinema8’s interactive video tools

During travel restrictions, Cinema8 proved valuable as a tool. Its platform offered straightforward yet complete tools, allowing us to give virtual demonstrations of our solutions in a secure and efficient way.

Jay Yalung

Art Director, Marketing and E-Commerce / Leica Geosystems

Cinema8 software engaged and motivated students with 360-degree videos at the Tate Gallery, featuring past student projects. Staff support was responsive and helpful with training. A valuable tool for educational institutions.

Chi-Ming Tan

Unit Lead Lecturer LCCA / London College of Contemporary Arts

Cinema8 has been instrumental in compiling all of the videos for a research project on employment for the blind or visually impaired, by offering an easy-to-use web-based platform for building Interactive Videos.

Sarah Moody

Communications Coordinator / Mississippi State University

Cinema8 was chosen for its ease of use and ability to create interactive videos through an intuitive interface. The team received great support and reasonable pricing. leading to a renewal of their partnership. Cinema8's support helped them meet project deadlines.

Michel Sohel

Media Consultant / Eastern Michigan University

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Have another question?

Interactive video challenges are videos enhanced with elements like quizzes, polls, timers, or branching scenarios that encourage viewers to participate actively. With Cinema8, you can also add scoring and leaderboards, creating a sense of competition and achievement. These challenges increase engagement, make learning or marketing more dynamic, and provide measurable results through analytics.

Challenges in training encourage active learning by presenting employees with quizzes, tasks, or scenarios to complete. Cinema8 makes it easy to add points, leaderboards, and timers, ensuring learners stay motivated. Analytics reveal performance trends and highlight areas for improvement, giving trainers clear insight into progress and knowledge retention.

Video challenges are highly effective in marketing because they drive participation and sharing. With Cinema8, you can create branded challenge videos that include interactive elements such as polls or CTAs, motivating viewers to engage. Leaderboards add excitement, while analytics track campaign performance, reach, and conversions.

Cinema8 provides a wide range of interactive video tools to keep challenges interactive. Scoring systems and leaderboards spark competition, while branded players maintain professionalism. Together, these features transform standard video into a fun, competitive experience that motivates audiences to participate and return.

Success can be measured through metrics such as completion rates, scores, and replay behaviour. Cinema8 analytics provide detailed insights into how participants engage with challenges, showing what motivates them and where they drop off. These insights help you refine future training modules, campaigns, or team activities for better outcomes.