In some cases, you may also be legally required to provide captions. For example, watching video in the library while studying to aid in comprehension, to help with spelling/understanding complex terminology, or improve comprehension of professors with heavy accents. On top of that, the inclusion of closed captions allows students a greater degree of flexibility to watch videos in sound-sensitive environments.

Considering the number one reason students use captions was to help them focus on video content, the provision of closed captions is proven to benefit more than just students who may be d/Deaf or hard of hearing. The results? 98.6% of students find captions helpful – almost ALL of them! In fact, 75% of students reported using captions as a learning aid. To better understand how/why students are using captions, we conducted a national research study with Oregon State University that proved captions are beneficial to students in learning environments. In addition to accessibility, there are numerous reasons to add captions to educational videos. Read the how-to guide: adding captions to YouTube 📓ĭo you need to caption YouTube videos? For education

Look no further! In this post, we’ll go over important considerations and a quick life hack for adding subtitles to YouTube clips that you don’t own. Incorporating YouTube videos as supplemental material in school course content has become quite common, but it has also posed an accessibility challenge in terms of Section 508 closed captioning compliance – educators are often left wondering if they need to (or how they can) get subtitles on YouTube videos without CC that they do not own. While many of these videos are watched for pure entertainment, there’s also a large audience using YouTube content in educational settings.

In our second blog of the series, we’ll discuss how to add captions/subtitles to YouTube videos you don’t own.Įvery day, more than 500 million hours of video content is watched on YouTube. This multi-part blog series will highlight three valuable accessibility features for YouTube captions and subtitles.

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