Overview
All content on School websites needs to be ADA and Section 508 compliant. To make videos posted on your site compliant, you need to upload closed captions for the video.
Prerequisites
You have webmaster rights and there is a video module added to your school site.
Solution
- Open the page where the video is located by following the Editing Pages article.
- Upload captions for the video in VTT format:
- Right-click on the Video module and click on the video icon.
- Select Upload Captions.
- Browse and select the required file in VTT format.
- Click Publish Changes at the top of the page.
- Right-click on the Video module and click on the video icon.
Confirmation
- Open the page on your site where the video is located. You can select it from the drop-down that appears when you hover over your school name:
- If you have added a link to a transcript, make sure that it is working by clicking on it.
- If you have added captions, click on CC icon to enable captions:
The captions will be displayed after you click the play button.