Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows)

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1 Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) The Importance of Captioning your Videos The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute designed to ensure equal access to opportunities and benefits for qualified individuals with disabilities. In many state, government, and education institutions, videos must include ADA compliant captions. ADA compliant captions should: Be one to three lines of text that appear onscreen all at once, stay there for a few seconds, and are then replaced by another caption. Be timed to synchronize with the audio. Not cover up graphics and other essential visual elements of the picture. Require the use of upper and lowercase letters. Use a font similar to Helvetica medium. Have a good resolution. Fit the 32-character-per-line requirement. Source: "Create ADA-Compliant Captions." TechSmith. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct < Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 1

2 Captioning Methods in Camtasia Syncing with Scripts: Copy and paste your video's script in the first field of the Captions tab. This saves editing time, as your capitalization and punctuation remain intact, but you still need to review each caption for accuracy. Use the "Sync Captions" button to help you time your script to your narration, clicking the first word that begins the next set of narration. Learn more: Add and Sync Captions Manually: Position your playhead at the beginning of your narration, then click the "Add Caption Media" button in the Captions tab. Press the Enter key, then type the text you hear in the caption field. Press Enter as many times as you need to hear and transcribe the caption. If the caption is too long or short, click and drag the end of the caption in your timeline to adjust the duration to work with the natural breaks in your narration. Press the Tab key to move to the next caption, and repeat the previous steps.the maximum number of text lines in a caption is three (two is best), so your caption text will turn red if it's too long. This is where you need to separate the text to make two shorter captions. Learn more: Tip: When adjusting the length of your captions, look to your waveforms to identify natural breaks in your narration. Speech-to-Text: automatically creates captions from selected voice narration. Camtasia learns Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 2

3 your voice as you use the feature more, so this works best when you are the only narrator for an installation of Camtasia. Do not select any tracks with music. Learn more: Captioning videos using other tools: Screenr does not natively support the addition of captions, so it's probably not best to use for producing videos for a public audience. Screencast-o-Matic allows you to turn your script into captions, so this is the recommended tool for non-camtasia users needing to share videos publicly. Exporting Captions Import and Export: In the Captions tabs, there are buttons to import and export.smi or.srt caption files under "Advanced". You will likely only need to use these options if you are receiving captions from another, or you need to export the caption files to share with a third-party (like a translator, or video hosting service like YouTube). Planning on sharing in YouTube? Click the Export captions button and save the.srt file in the designated folder for this project. You ll need to upload this file manually to YouTube to get the closed captions to display. Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 3

4 Closed vs Open Captions: Closed captioning can be turned on or off by the viewer. Open captions show the same text as closed captions, but cannot be turned off; they are "burned" into the video file. For help with captioning, check out Camtasia's "Captions" series of video tutorials: Producing your Finished Video in Camtasia 1. Click on the "Produce and Share" button. 2. In the Production Wizard window, click on the drop-down menu to see a list of production options. 3. When you select an option, the text will explain the features included in that option. 4. Click the "Next" button and follow the prompts to enter your video preferences. 5. Click "Finish," and your video will begin rendering and saving to the location you designated. Recommended Production Options: Share to Screencast.com (2GB free storage!) - Share to YouTube - log into your YouTube account to upload your video directly from Camtasia. Best for those sharing with a public audience or wanting unlimited, free video storage. MP4 with video player (up to 720p) - Always save an MP4 (with video player) version of your Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 4

5 video as backup, even when exporting to YouTube. This goes for Screenr and Screencast-o-Matic users as well! Advanced users: Adjusting YouTube Settings for Your Video After exporting your video to YouTube from Camtasia, you will need to log in to your YouTube account to adjust the video settings. 1. In a browser, go to YouTube and log in to your YouTube account. 2. Click on the account username in the top right corner and choose "Video Manager" from the menu options that appear. 1. Under the heading "Uploads," your video should top the list of all the videos that have been uploaded to the account. 2. Under your video's name, click the button "Edit". Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 5

6 Exporting Video and Captions to YouTube Videos made in Camtasia Studio for Windows must always export their captions separately from the video. 1. Exporting Video: Produce and Share > Share to YouTube > Log in > Fill in video data > UNCHECK Upload captions 2. Uploading Captions: Log into YouTube > Video Manager > Edit > Captions > "Upload caption file or transcript" button > browse for.srt in your video's folder > Upload File button Edit Page: Basic Info 1. Title: In the "Basic Info" tab, you can change the video's title. Always make sure to remove the.mp4 file extension if included. 2. Description: Provide a brief explanation of what the viewer will learn in the video and any Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 6

7 relevant links. Include who they should contact for help. 3. Tags in YouTube are separated by spaces, so make sure that any tags longer than one word are put in quotations. Think like a searcher: what would someone type in Google in hopes of finding your video? 4. Category: Choose whatever is appropriate for your content. 5. Privacy and publish settings: Choose from Private, Unlisted and Public. Private videos can only be shared with a max of 50 users, and they must have a YouTube account to view it. Unlisted means the video can only be seen as an embed on another page, or by the direct URL. The video will not come up for user searches, or publicly in Google. (By default, all videos are Public until you change this setting or specify otherwise in Camtasia.) 6. License: Leave this the "Standard" license or change the option to Creative Commons. Edit Page: Advanced Settings 1. Comments and responses: Uncheck as needed. 2. Caption certification: Select "This content has never aired on television in the U.S." 3. Embedding: Leave this box checked if you want to put this video on websites/blogs 4. Video location: Enter a city if you want your video geo-tagged. 5. Recording date: Click the "Today" button to auto-fill the date. 6. 3D Video: Leave it on "No preference". When you're done managing your settings, click the blue "Save Changes" button in the bottom-right of the page. You can now go to "View on video page" or back to "Video Manager" to watch your video, and copy the page URL or embed code for sharing. Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 7

8 Your Finished Video in YouTube Viewing your video page on YouTube, viewers will see lots of options for interacting and sharing your screencast above your video description. Resources and Contact Information For a list of curated screencasting resources, visit: St. Edward's University Instructional Technology Training [email protected] Register for more free workshops at Need time to work on your screencast with assistance from a Trainer? Come by the training room during Innovation Creation Lounge hours. Screencasting Post-Production: Captions & Sharing (Windows) - 8