Videos

This section of the workout will explain available options to find captioned videos for your course content and ways to add captioning. A study conducted in 2016 by Oregon State University and 3Play Media Links to an external site., shows how captions and transcripts can help all students, not just students with disabilities.

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Video Captioning Options

  • Canvas - For videos created in Canvas or uploaded video files, Canvas offers a captioning interface to add captions. For more information, see the Canvas Guides Add Captions page Links to an external site..
  • Library - When adding library multimedia content, check with your librarian to see if the library owns a captioned video or it is part of a media database that offers captions. The Highline College Library Videos page has information on available resources. If you find a video in one of these databases that isn't captioned, contact the Highline College reference librarians.
  • Send your videos to CaptionHub. CaptionHub will manage the process of ordering and returning captions for YouTube and Panopto videos. If you need access to the hub, contact captioning@highline.edu. 
  • DIY (Do it yourself) - Panopto, Camtasia, and YouTube provide automatic captions that can be easily edited. The Highline College Instructional Design department created a useful guide on Captioning Videos.