Adding Closed Captioning to your YouTube videos . . .

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of federal civil rights
legislation that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else. There are two sections of the ADA, section 504 and section 508. Section 504 - making accommodations for students with disabilities, such as giving students extra time on an exam, and providing a ramp for wheelchair access. Section 508 - all course materials must be accessible for all students.




YouTube has a lot of great tools that help you manage your videos.  One of them is the ability to add closed captioning.  Captioning is a good way to make you videos accessible for your viewers.

You can upload a file, edit captioning that is already there, or listen and caption on the fly.

Below are a couple of links to explain these services in greater detail.

Google YouTube support

NCDAE Captioning YouTube Videos

YouTube and closed captioning

YouTube is a great Web 2.0 tool for adding content to your course.  There are other videos in this series that show you how to record your own video in YouTube as well as how to share it with other people.

This video doesn't really show any instructional strategies, but is more "maintenance" and "prep work" for a YouTube video.

YouTube automatically does closed captioning for you, for purposes of making it viewable for the hearing impaired.  However, sometimes YouTube doesn't get it exactly right!  Learn how to "adjust/edit" closed captions as well as set timings so the text shows up at the appropriate time of the video.





It is relatively simple to make adjustments to the closed captioning language of a YouTube video.  This tutorial shows how to add your script, check the auto caption settings, and set the timings if they are not correct.

Ed Puzzle: customize your video clips

Ed Puzzle is an easy way to find a video and customize it - it is a video mashup builder. You can crop just the portion you want, include audio notes, and build quizzes right inside the video!  This can be done on videos you create or ones you find.




INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES: Concept formation, Compare/Contrast, Reflection, Digital Storytelling, Creating, Lecture

Bloom's Level 3-6 (Application, Analyze, Evaluate, Create)

-Flipped Classroom
-Blended Learning
-Formative Assessment
-Maker Movement
-Creativity
-Innovation
-BYOD uses

Learn how to use Ed Puzzle to search for great videos by subject, from some well respected sources like Khan Academy and TED. Both instructors and students can use this tool to create video mashups.  You can crop a video to be just the length you need it.  You can eliminate all audio and do the narration yourself.  Audio notes can be added which causes the video to pause while you explain your information to the viewer, and the same can be said for quizzes added throughout the mashup.

Editing and Enhancing your videos stored in YouTube for class

YouTube has a wide variety of videos available for your use.  It also has a great basic video editor that you can use on videos you find and stitch together or videos you have creating yourself.  Also, once the videos are in your YouTube account you have various enhancements available to consider.

This is Part III of a three part series on these tools.  Instructors and students can use this tool.






Bloom's Level 3-6 (Application, Analyze, Evaluate, Create)

-Flipped Classroom
-Blended Learning
-Maker movement
-Creativity
-Innovation
-BYOD uses
-Formative assessment

Learn how to use YouTube to search for great Creative Commons videos by subject, for your programs and courses, and then use the YouTube Editor to modify videos for your specific needs.  Also, you can use YouTube for some additional enhancements, annotations and other things when you want to be creative with your videos.

Editing your videos with YouTube Editor

YouTube has a wide variety of videos available for your use.  It also has a great basic video editor that you can use on videos you find and stitch together or videos you have creating yourself.

This is Part II of a three part series on these tools.  Instructors and students can use this tool.







Bloom's Level 3-6 (Application, Analyze, Evaluate, Create)

-Flipped Classroom
-Blended Learning
-Maker movement
-Creativity
-Innovation
-BYOD uses

Learn how to use You Tube to search for great Creative Commons videos by subject, for your concepts, courses and programs, and then use the YouTube Editor to modify videos for your specific needs.  You can start the search in You Tube and access the editor or go right to the You Tube Editor (youtube.com/editor).

This is a Part II of using the YouTube editor to easily modify videos you find or create. The Part III of this tutorial will show you some annotations and enhancements of your videos to specialize them for your purposes.