Add Closed Captioning to Echoes

Owned by Hannah Petty
Last updated: Aug 11, 2015Version comment
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Overview

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students are often faced with an impossible choice during a lecture: Should they watch an interpreter sign or take notes? Lecture capture with closed captioning allows these students to watch the interpreter sign during the lecture then watch the closed captioned Echo later while they create their own set of notes.

Echo360 has implemented closed captioning standards for its EchoPlayer in line with broadcast television standards. The following is the procedure for adding closed captioning to your recordings.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Echoes > Echoes.
  2. Hover over the Echo to be captioned.
  3. Click closed caption to download the mp3 audio file from the lecture. Clicking on this button does not download the Echo.
    screenshot of Echo with closed caption button highlighted.

  4. Provide the audio file to the captioner.

    Best Practice: Have the Captioner Subscribe to the Podcast Feed

    If you want all recordings for a course to have closed captions, suggest that the captioner subscribe to the Podcast feed. The captioner will receive the mp3 audio files automatically. You will be able to skip this step.

  5. Once you have received the closed caption file from the captioner, navigate to the Echo and click Edit.
    screenshot of Edit button for a recording.
  6. Click Add Resources.
    screenshot of Add Resources button.
  7. Select the closed caption file and/or transcript file if one has been provided.
    screenshot of Presentation Resources page with closed caption file added.
  8. Click Add Resources.
    screenshot of Add Resources button.
  9. Click Save.
    screenshot of Save button.
  10. Open the Echo in the EchoPlayer.
    1. Notice that the CC button appears in the button bar.

      CC button in button bar

    2. Notice that the closed captions appear in a separate pane that can be closed, resized, or moved around the EchoPlayer window. You can adjust the font size of the closed captions by clicking the plus and minus buttons.

      Closed captions box