Captions and Transcripts
Adding Captions for Kaltura Videos
Navigate to the Kaltura - My Media page via the More Tools Menu.
Open the Express Capture Video by clicking on the title in your My Media area.
Open the “Actions” menu at the bottom right of the video and select “+Caption & Enrich.”
Ensure the selection for Source Media Language is “English” and click the “Submit” button.
A confirmation message appears along with the caption request information and shares that captions will be automatically added to your video upon completion.
Editing Captions in Kaltura
Captions should be reviewed and edited for accuracy. To review and edit captions, navigate to the video in your My Media area. Click on the title of the video to open the item.
Select “+Caption Requests” from the “Actions” menu.
The Caption & Enrich area provides a listing of all caption requests for the video. Select the “Edit” button to the right to open the captions for review.
The caption editing will open in a new tab called “Media Tool.” Here’s an image of the captions before editing.
Edit captions and timing:
Edit caption text in the yellow box below the video.
Edit the start time of the display of text according to the video timing.
Edit the end time of the display of text according to the video timing.
Save and approve captions when all edits have been made.
Once you click “Approve” you will be prompted that the job will be finalized. If you are not finished with edits, you can save your progress and return to finish and approve later.
Upon approval, you will receive a confirmation that the job has been approved and you can close out the Media Tool window to return to your Brightspace window.
You can review and verify captions by ensuring that captions are turned on in the CC menu at the bottom right of your video. Captions will now display at the bottom of the video.
Transcripts
The Kaltura video tool embedded in Purdue Global’s instance of the Brightspace LMS includes a transcript widget. The transcript widget increases the accessibility of Kaltura videos in the classroom to accommodate viewers who are hearing or visually impaired.
Once the user enables the caption feature and the processing is finished, closed captioning will display within the video. The transcript will automatically display below the video.
Viewers can play the video, view the closed captions, and follow the transcript. The text in the transcript is highlighted as it is played in the video. Viewers can search for specific text in the transcript file using the search field at the top of the transcript widget.
