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

Note: This article is about how to add SRT Caption file to a My Media video. To learn how to create an SRT Caption file, please see this related article: How to create an SRT caption file for a video

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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