Please send all videos created for the classroom or instructional videos for YouTube (including Jing and other screen casts) to library@sheridancollege.ca for captioning to ensure consistency, accuracy and accessibility.
Captioning benefits everyone!
1) English language learners
2) Can be used if there is poor audio quality in the video you are watching.
3) Valuable study tool for those with different learning styles.
5) Some people on the autism spectrum benefit from captioned videos and allows for the ability to mute the audio in a video and still get the content from the video.
6) Can be used to decipher heavy accents in videos.
7) Access in noisy environments (access your online lecture in a noisy home environment) or on the go (commuting)
8) People who are deaf or hearing impaired
There are lots of free and subscription based tools available on the web that can help you get your Library videos captioned.
Captioning Basics
Providing captioned videos are a legal requirement under the AODA.
Please note, Library and Learning Services will only caption videos that have been created by or created for Sheridan Library. If the video/material is not created by you such as a video you have found on YouTube and want to use in the classroom, permission from the copyright holder is required in order to add captions to the video.
The Library is committed to caption all in-house made videos. This includes both videos on our YouTube channel and the SOURCE YouTube channel as well.
What happens if you find a YouTube video which isn't captioned but you really want to use it in the classroom?
- Create a transcript of the audio for the video
- Find a similar video on the same topic that is captioned
- Ask permission of the video's creator to caption the video
- Create your own video on the topic and caption it.
YouTube and Captioning
When looking for captioned videos, please also double check that the captioning is accurate and not automatically captioned through YouTube. While it is great that YouTube wants to provide captioning for videos, most of the time these automatic captions do not reflect at all what the person is saying and are way off the mark. This can be confusing for those who require captioned videos and creates a barrier for usage of the video. If you try watching a video with no sound and just reading the captions, you'll be able to see what it's like for those reading the captions. If the automatic captions are way off, the video makes no sense. Please ensure the captions in the videos you select are accurate. If you are unsure if a video has automatic captions from YouTube or if the captions are accurate, please send the video link to library@sheridancollege.ca to take a look.