Captioning
Captioning makes videos more accessible to everyone. California Community Colleges are legally required to provide captions or subtitles for media assigned to students for instructional purposes.
Captions translate spoken audio and background sounds into text displayed on screen in the form of "closed captioning" that can be turned on or off or "open captioning" burned into onscreen video. Subtitles represent spoken audio and may be available in multiple languages. Transcripts translate spoken audio into text with timecode cues.
- Captions, Transcripts and Audio DescriptionsWebAIM's overview for multimedia.
Captioning Faculty Produced Videos
3C Media Solutions offers captioning for instructional videos created by California Community College faculty. Funding is limited and requests are processed first-come, first-served. Caption files are usually delivered in a few days but can be delayed when services are in high demand. Plan ahead to take advantage of this service.
How to request captioning through 3C Media
- Go to 3C Media Solutions and log in to your personal account.
- Upload your instructional video to My Media.
- Select "Submit this Media for Captioning".
- Captions will be automatically added to your media and you will be notified on your account page.
Media ineligible for captioning through 3C Media
- Videos for practice or experimentation.
- Media not created for use by students.
- Media hosted on YouTube or other websites.
- Television programs or feature films.
- Videos used for noncredit instruction.
3C Media options
YouTube generates automatic captioning through their proprietary algorithm. If these captions are insufficient for your needs, contact GCC Instructional Designer Katie Datko for assistance.
Katie Datko
cdatko@glendale.edu
(818) 240-1000 x3458
Hours: M-F: 8-4
Faculty Innovation Center (SV 112)
Captioning YouTube Videos
DIY Online Captioning Tools
- Amara (Account Required)Crowd-sourced multilingual subtitling platform. A project of the nonprofit Participatory Culture Foundation.
- Canvas Captioning Without 3C Media SolutionsHow to caption videos using otter.ai and YouTube. Courtesy of Alex Hosmer, Senior Trainer for TLC.
CCSF Office of Online Learning - Technology Learning Center (TLC)