As of November 25th, 2020, all media that is uploaded to Kaltura will have automatic, machine-generated closed captions added. These captions are editable within your My Media. Depending on the audio quality and the technical terms, the machine-generated captions are usually 75 - 95 percent accurate. We encourage you to review and refine the caption text using the steps below.

Steps

1. All users can access their My Media (Kaltura) area through the Canvas Global menu bar. Click on the My Media (Kaltura) button on the left menu (the firework icon).
2. Select a media entry with captions.
3. Select Edit from the Actions drop-down menu.
   
4. Select the Captions tab.
   
5. Then click Edit Captions.
   

Editor Options

The following options are available:

Change Caption File

If there is more than one caption file for the entry, select a different caption file from the Captions drop-down menu.

Edit the Timestamp of Each Line

Click on the timestamp in the editor and modify the time. If there is overlapping time, the system highlights the overlapping time.

Search

Enter a search term. The results are highlighted in each caption line.

Search and Replace Text

Enter the search term, enter the replacement term and click Replace.

Add Speaker ID

Select rows and add the speaker ID in the Add Speaker to selected items.

The speaker ID is added in [] in the beginning of each line. In this example Ron was added as the speaker for the selected lines.

Auto Scroll Text

Check Auto scroll to auto scroll the text when playing the media.

When playing the player - the current line is highlighted in the captions file.

Find Frame for Text

When clicking on a caption line the player jumps to the correct frame for the selected text.

Fast Forward Seek Backward

Add a Caption Line

Hover over the caption line to display editing options.

• Plus Sign
• Trash icon - Click to remove the caption line

To add a caption line

1. Click the Plus sign to add a new caption line. The line is duplicated and may be edited.
   
2. Click the line you want to modify. You can modify the original line or the copy.
3. Change the caption text. When you modify text, a countdown appears to indicate the amount of characters you have left.
   
   
4. Be certain to modify the time so that there is no overlap.

Revert Changes

Reverts to the last saved changes

Save

Saves the modified caption file.

The Revert & Save button is enabled only when modifying the captions file.

The Replace button is enabled only if the user modifies a value.

The transcript widget captions are replaced once the user choose different captions.

Additional resources

Read Kaltura's documentation for editing captions for more information.