A transparent overlay for a video?

I am going to be creating videos for multiple versions of the same math problems. There will be 5 versions of each problem. So the 5 slides would be identical, except for numbers changing from one to the next. Can I create a video overlay that will be transparent (so you can see the slide behind), where I can highlight words and write things and use the same overlay to create videos for each of the versions?
I hope my question makes sense.

I have Adobe Captivate 7. I have a screenshot below.
I have used Word mail merge to create problem statements and solutions. My Excel data source has formulas so that I can generate any number of problems and their solutions by setting up formulas in the spreadsheet. Below are two versions of the same problem. Each solution is broken up into sections/parts. Each section/part will be a background slide (or what I want to overlay - I'll explain, below).
So, for the problem Subtracting Mixed Numbers, below, the first step is to find the Least Common Denominator for the fractions. The second step is to rename the fractions with the LCD. The third step is to see if the fraction being subtracted is larger than the fraction being subtracted from. If it is, then we have to borrow from the whole number and create a larger fraction.
I plan to do a couple of things with these slides. Suppose the problem on the left is the "primary" problem. I would like to do separate videos for each slide/step in the primary problem. I make videos where I highlight the text as it is read, and point to numbers, etc. Because the problems have identical layouts, due to the mail merge, the video portion, highlighting/circling/pointing would be identical for each of the other versions of the problem. All that would need to change would be the audio.
I don't want to confuse you, but what I would like to do is have the student watch my primary video (left-side) problem, step 1 (finding the LCD which is 20 in the first problem), and then the slide for the second (right hand side) problem would be the one they work in. Their Step 1 would be finding the LCD for their version. The LCD for theirs is 24. I would have a text entry box for them to enter 24. If they get it wrong, the video for their step two would play, where the highlighting/circling/pointing is displayed with a new audio for their numbers.
For the different versions of the problem, the student would try to work each step, after watching me work my step. Their first exposure to their step is the comparable slide for their step, with a text entry box. An incorrect answer plays the video and audio showing how to solve their step. They can then try another version of the problem and try inputting the answer for that, - incorrect would pull the video for that one.
I haven't quite figured out what is best as to the number of tries the student should get, but using a single highlighting/circling/pointing video overlaying their slide should save the time of having to do that part over and over. New audio would need to be made for each version, though.
Does what I have said make sense? Thank you!

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