Adding resources

Adding a transcript

It is good accessibility practice to provide a transcript of video and audio material in your course. Many learners find transcripts helpful, even if the audio or video file is fully accessible to them.

There are two ways of adding a transcript.

Method 1

Click on the Source code Pro icon and scroll down to where you embedded the video. Hit the Enter key on your keyboard to create a blank line in the code.

Copy the following code and paste it onto the blank line:

<details>
<summary><strong>Transcript</strong></summary>
<br>
<p>This is the first paragraph of the transcript.</p>
<p>This is the second paragraph of the transcript.</p>
<p>This is the third paragraph of the transcript.</p>
<hr>
</details>

Here's how the code above works onscreen: 

Then you’ll need to add the transcript itself.

As you can see, we’ve added three paragraphs with placeholder text at the end of the code. This is where your transcript will go. 

• If you have a transcript and it’s already arranged into paragraphs you just need to add ‘<p>’ and ‘</p>’ to the beginning and end of each paragraph and paste them over the placeholder text. 
• If you’re relying on an automatically generated transcript (from YouTube, for example), note that you will probably need to carefully edit it to make sure that the text is accurate and makes sense. It needs to be easy to read: several lines from an automatically generated transcript should be combined into one paragraph and you will need to make sure that the timing codes are removed.

Once you’re happy that your video and transcript are in place, click on the Save button and confirm that they’ve been added to the course correctly.

Method 2

Place the cursor at the point in the course content where you want to add it (e.g. under a video or audio file) and click on the HTML Transcript icon.

Give your transcript a Title, which you have the option of showing or hiding.

Add the transcript text in the Content field.

Click on Save.