Editing Closed Captions with Kaltura

IMPORTANT NOTE: Upon uploading media, captions will be automatically generated for the video. Captions must be reviewed and manually edited to 100% accuracy.

Reviewing and Editing Closed Captions

  1. From the D2L My Home page, select My Media, from the Online Tools menu.
  2. Locate and select the Video Thumbnail and/or Video Title to open the video.
  3. From within the video, select the Actions menu, then select Caption & Enrich.Reviewing Captions Requests.
  4. From the Captions Requests area, when the Status reads Completed, select the Edit Pencil Icon.When the status of the caption request has reached Completed, select the pencil icon to review and edit captions.
  5. Edit captions and punctuation using the Closed Captions Editor: Note: The Save and Revert buttons appear after edit(s) have been made to the captions.
    1. Search and Replace: Search for a specific word, then replace every occurrence within the closed captions. For example, search for “d2l”, and replace it with the corrected format “D2L”. Note: Selecting the “Replace” button while only using the “Search Field” and leaving the “Replace with” field empty will effectively delete the searched term from the entire caption file.
    2. Captions Editor: Edit captions by clicking into a row, type/delete text as needed.
    3. Add New Caption Line: Select the plus icon under the active caption line to add a new caption line under the active caption line.
    4. Delete Caption Line: Select the waste bin icon to delete the selected caption line.
    5. Add Speaker: Add speaker names where appropriate. To add a speaker, select the checkbox for that row first, then enter the speaker name.
    6. Revert: Undo all unsaved edits by reverting to the previously saved version.
    7. Save: Select save to maintain all edits.
    8. Video Playback: Select play to view the video while reviewing and editing captions.
    Use the closed captions editor to make edits to closed captions.
  6. Select Save.
  7. Select Yes to save changes.