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Captions are proactive accessibility for inclusive media

Yuja is the current 海角社区 video content management system which enables users to view, record, upload, publish, search, and share videos directly from Canvas.

Adding captions to your video makes your content available to a larger audience, such as for students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, who speak different languages, whose headphones are not working, and more. Captions and transcripts build inclusive education for all our students.

Generate and Edit Auto-Captions

Remember that all captions must be reviewed and edited for accuracy to be accessible. Auto-generated captions frequently contain errors, especially when the video contains technical language, names, or if the speaker has a non-American accent.

These steps are copied from the ITS page on “”

Generating captions on Yuja

  1. Captions should be automatically created on a video within 24 hours after uploading. If captions are still not available, you can add them manually.
  2. Find the video in Yuja, hover the mouse over the video,听select 迟丑别听More button.
  3. Once you select the more you can look at the general area to see if the video has been captioned or in the process of captioning under Caption Status (see screenshot below).
  4. If caption status is not pending or success you can request captions. Select the Accessibility听on the left and then select Auto-caption.
  5. Select the Caption Language of the video and select听Send Caption Request.听
  6. Captions will be added to the video within 24 hours

Editing captions on Yuja

The Video Editor offers a full-featured caption editor that includes the ability to add, change, delete captions, or alter the timestamp associated with a caption.

  1. Hover over the video you want to edit and select听Edit听to open the Video Editor.
  2. In the side panel, click听Caption听to pull up all the closed captions.
  3. Edit the caption based on your needs. The available actions include:
    • Update the closed-captions timestamps:听Enter the new start and end times for each caption.
    • Edit the closed-caption texts:听Change the caption text in the caption text box.
    • Delete a closed-caption line:听Click 迟丑别听Trash听icon next to the designated caption.
    • Add a new closed-caption line:听Click听Add Caption听at mm:ss (i.e. 00:01)听and add a new caption.

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Edit the SRT caption file in Yuja

Creating and editing an .SRT caption file in Yuja

 

The following steps explain how to edit the .SRT caption file of a video that has been uploaded to Yuja making the captioning accurate and the video accessible. .SRT files are the standard caption files and can be uploaded to other platforms.

    1. Login听to听
    2. Click听My Media
    3. Hover听over the desired video and听click听惭辞谤别鈥�
      • If your videos are in folders,听open听the desired folder and then follow the steps from above.
    4. Click听Accessibility听(second from the bottom in the right-hand list)
      • There will be a table with three columns and two rows. Captions are in the second row (under听Type听it should say听SRT Caption File)
    5. Click听迟丑别听Download Button听(arrow pointing down in the captions row under听Actions).
      • Note: The first time you download captions, it will ask you what program to use.
        • Click听More Apps听and听select听Notepad
    6. A听Notepad听file will open.听This is where you can edit the captions.
      • Note: Do not edit the time stamps.
      • To make your captions as accurate as possible, be sure to have the video playing so you can check your work as you go.
    7. Save听your听Notepad听file when you are finished.
      • If you have multiple caption files, be sure to rename your files before sharing.
    8. Click听Upload听in
    9. Select听Captions听from the drop-down menu.
    10. Select听English听from the听Please select a language听drop-down menu
      • You will not be able to upload a file until you select a language
    11. Click听Browse听and听select听the appropriate caption file.
      • A warning will appear asking if you want to overwrite the current captions;听click

Connect with the Instructional Accessibility Group

Improve your instructional accessibility through the IAG live trainings, access checks for individual materials, or course reviews.

Have more questions or need additional assistance? Email the Instructional Accessibility Group