Moodle My Media - How to add SRT caption files to a video

This articles assumes that you have generated an SRT caption file and would like to add it to a video that you have already uploaded to your My Media library.

Introduction

SRT Caption files add captioning to My Media videos. Captioning displays the spoken words in text that appears on the video. 

Watch a video demo or continue below to follow the text instructions.

How to add an SRT caption file

• From Moodle, in the navigation drawer on the left, select My Media.

• Next to the video that you would like to add an SRT caption file to, click the Edit button.

• Click on the Captions tab.

• Click on the Upload captions file button.

• Browse for the file.
  Select the language for the file.
  Enter a label for the language (e.g., "English").
  Click the Save button

• This video will now display captions anywhere it was and will be embedded.

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