Captions are required for all videos posted online, used in courses and shared on social media.
Learn about Adding Captions to Videos in Panopto on the UBIT website.
Captions are the text representation of words and other important audio information included in a video.
Captions are critical for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. They can also provide a better experience for a viewer with a learning disability, an attention deficit, a cognitive disability, autism or a language barrier.
Captions are also helpful if:
The best rule of thumb is to caption everything that holds value for someone with full access to the soundtrack; this sometimes includes a lack of sound.
Captions must be:
A national research study surveyed 2,124 students from 15 different colleges and universities and found that:
The following moments must be included in your captions:
The hardest part about captioning is deciding what to write. Except for dialogue, the sounds of a video can be hard to describe effectively. The following list gives you tips on what to write when creating captions:
Remember, if it holds value for someone with access to the full soundtrack, you need to caption it.
Adapted from the Metropolitan State University of Denver Center for Teaching, Learning and Design.