Accessible Video at Mt. SAC
By law, videos require accurate captions. The Mt. SAC administrative procedure AP 5142: Students with Disabilities - Accessibility of Multimedia Instructional Material: Captioning translates the federal and state requirement for captions for all training and informational video and multimedia productions that contain speech or other audio information.
Captioning Services at Mt. SAC
Videos shared with students, employees, and the public must be captioned to meet accessibility regulations. Mt. SAC and 3C Media offer free captioning services s for all employees of the college, including professors, managers, and classified staff. Mt. SAC also offers video and captioning tools to aid you in creating accessible videos. Several instructional tools offer automated captioning features for employee videos and student-created videos. ACCESS also provides additional services for students.
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Mt. SAC Captioning for All Video Types
Mt. SAC offers a free video captioning service to all employees. This service can be used for any videos used in instruction or for the purposes of the college, whether for internal use or for sharing with the public. Fill out the form below to request captioning.
Mt. SAC captioning offers the following services:
- captioning videos created by professors
- captioning videos created by someone other than professor for use in instruction
- correcting badly captioned videos (e.g. for use in instruction
- videos created by employees to share with the public
- videos created by employees for work purposes
Some projects are completed in-house, while most go to our vendor, 3Play Media. You can visit the 3Play Media to learn more about the services they offer, but know that our in-house team may expand upon these capabilities. You can always fill out the form to ask any questions about services that are offered.
Turnaround times: Most requests can be completed within7-10 business days from the request.
Please request captions leaving as much time as you can to ensure you have your video ready when you need it. Long or complex jobs may require additional time.
More About Mt. SAC Captioning
Mt. SAC Captioning is managed by Broadcast Services Department in the Technical Services unit. You can use the Captioning form above to direct inquiries about captioning to this unit.
Learn more about 3 Play Media, our captioning vendor.
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Video Captioning for Original Instructor Videos with 3C Media!
3C Media Solutions is a free video storage service for all California Community College employees. This service also offers free video captioning, but only for videos created by instructors for use within a specific course.
3C Media offers the following services:
- captioning for instructor-created videos uploaded directly into 3C Media
- long-term storage of video libraries
- streaming of embedded videos in Canvas where 3C Media is integrated
- videos stored in 3C Media can be added directly into the instructional tool, PlayPosit to create interactive videos
- streaming of embedded videos on web pages outside of Canvas
- sharing URL links
- saving youtube videos to make them easy to find and share from 3C Media (but no captioning for youtube videos even if you own them)
3C Media is a versatile tool for video storage and sharing. However, it includes no video editing capabilities and captioning options are limited to those created by professors.
Turnaround times: for automated captions is 1 day. Captions edited by a human take approximately 5 business days from the request.
This service is paid by the Distance Education Captioning and Transcription (DECT) grant so long as funding remains. This is desirable for videos that meet the criteria to save Mt. SAC's funding for use in captioning all video types.
More About Using 3C Media
Captioning FAQ
How to Caption your Own Videos
At Mt. SAC, all employees have access to use ScreenPal or Microsoft Stream to create video content. ScreenPal also offers video editing and automated captioning features. Employees can also use Zoom to record and auto-caption videos by recording a meeting with only themselves present sharing camera and screen during a recording. Professors also have access to Canvas Studio, which offers auto-captioning for videos that are recorded within the tool.
Canvas Studio, Flip, GoReact, and Pronto are all video tools that can be used for student assignments and that offer automated captioning on student videos. Find more information about these tools in the Canvas Faculty Center Tools & Apps page.
- Guide to captioning videos for enhanced accessibility
- Amara: free captioning tool to caption your own video content
- Use free YouTube.com Captioning tools to easily caption your own content
- Record a screencast or webcam video using Tech Connect Zoom web conferencing software.
- Our Zoom address is mtsac-edu.zoom.us/. Log in with your Mt. SAC credentials.
- Turn on the built-in transcript function, which allows you to add captions to your recording.
More questions about DIY Captions?
- Learn more from the captioning page in the CCC Accessibility Center.
- Contact the FCLT.
Looking for fully-captioned videos at Mt. SAC?
The Mt. SAC Library feature several video databases that contain accessible, fully captioned videos. The two largest video databases in the Mt. SAC collection are Films on Demand and Kanopy. Because the content is already licensed through our library, you can use it for employee-related training or in classes. You can embed video directly within Canvas. Students can also find it in our digital library collections.
- Films on Demand is integrated into the Canvas LMS so you can easily add those videos to your courses without additional sign-in. You can find Films on Demand under the "plug" icon in the Rich Content Editor.
- Kanopy and other videos can be embedded directly into courses. If you need assistance with finding videos, contact your Mt. SAC librarians. The Faculty Center for Learning Technology (FCLT) can also show you how to search and add videos into Canvas courses.