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Introduction to Creating and Editing Captions in YouTube

YouTube is the 听beating Facebook by 2.8 billion visits annually.听 Because of this, instructors my choose to utilize YouTube as a video creating and sharing platform.

Adding captions to your video makes your content available to a larger audience. For students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, who speak different languages, who are blind, or have a visual impairment, captions are integral to accessing information shared in the video.

The Basics of Creating and Editing Captions on YouTube

Youtube hosts media and provides Auto-generated captions. These captions are inaccurate but the following guide will explain how to create and edit captions using the YouTube website.

  1. Login听to your YouTube user account.
    • If you do not have an account, follow the steps on the website to create an account.
  2. Click听the video camera icon in the top-right of the page and select Upload Video; this will open a new page.
  3. Click听Select Files to Upload, or听drag and drop听the files onto the page.
  4. Select听the appropriate video privacy setting.
    • Public videos are publicly searchable.
    • Unlisted videos are not listed in search results, but can be played by someone who has a URL link.
    • Private videos cannot be searched that can only be linked through URL.
    • Scheduled videos will post publicly at a predetermined time.
  5. Enter听your title, description and tags.
  6. Click听the听Advanced Settings听tab on the top of the page;听set听the video language to English and听check听the听Community Contributions听checkbox.
  7. Click听Publish.
  8. Go to听the听Published Videos听page and听click听the听gear听on the bottom of the video.
  9. Click听鈥楽耻产迟颈迟濒别蝉/颁颁鈥� and听select听鈥�Add Subtitles/CC鈥�. A new window will appear.
  10. Click听鈥�Add new subtitles/CC鈥�;听select听English. The page will refresh.
  11. Select听鈥�Transcribe and auto-sync鈥�.
  12. Add听the appropriate text and once completed听click听‘Set Timings鈥�

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