Editing Automated Captions

Step 1: Login to Canvas and click on the profile icon on the top left of the screen. Choose My Media from the list of links.

Step 2: Navigate to the video that needs edited captions and click on the video title to open it.

Step 3: Click on the Actions drop-down menu beneath the video player. Choose Caption & Enrich from the menu.

Step 4: Clicking Caption & Enrich will open the caption window which is where you can view the status of your captions as well as access the caption editor. To access the caption editor, click on the pencil icon to the right of the Status column.

Step 5: Click in the text editor accordingly to edit the text. Remember to click Save when you've completed your edits!

Downloading Transcript

Step 1: Login to Canvas and click on the profile icon on the top left of the screen. Choose My Media from the list of links.

Step 2: Navigate to the video that you want to download the captions for and click on the video title to open it.

Step 3: Click on the Attachments tab below the video and then find the .txt file in the list of files. Click the download icon under the actions column to the right of the .txt file.

Step 4: Navigate to your downloads folder on your device and open the .txt file to format it accordingly. The .txt file will not be beautiful, it will need to basic formatting before it is sent to students or elsewhere.