How do I customize captions in My Media or Media Gallery?
In My Media or Media Gallery (Kaltura), you can customize the styling of captions while watching a video. You can change the size, alignment, color, font, and background color of the captions. These adjustments can help make the captions easier to read.
Note: The video must have closed captions in order for these features to work. Content owners can add closed captions by following the steps in How do I request to add captions to a file in My Media?
Some Kaltura files embedded in Canvas courses may still be using the legacy media player. Open the collapsed sections under the corresponding steps below to find instructions for using the legacy player.
Go to My Media or Media Gallery.
- To go to My Media: Select My Media from your Global Navigation Menu.
- To go to Media Gallery: Select Media Gallery from the Course Navigation Menu.
Note: To access the Media Gallery tool in a McIntire School of Commerce course site, select McIntire Kaltura from the Course Navigation Menu instead of Media Gallery.
In Media Gallery, access the Media tab.
If you are accessing a file in Media Gallery and any playlists have been created in the course, the Playlists tab will display as the first page. If this is the case, select the Media tab to go to it.
Note: The Media tab will display with the number of files currently included in it, e.g., 6 Media.
Select a video.
Select the video to play.
Tip: This step and the steps below are the same in both My Media and Media Gallery.
Select Play.
Select the Play button in the center of the media player.
Select the CC button.
Select the Enable Captions (CC) button near the bottom right of the video player.
Note: The Enable Captions (CC) button will only appear if the video has captions available.
Select the Closed Captions (CC) button at the bottom right of the video player.
Note: The Closed Captions (CC) button will only appear if the video has captions available.
Pause the video. (Optional)
Select the Pause (two vertical bars) button to pause the video while editing the captions settings.
Select Settings.
Select the Settings (cog) button.
Select Options.
Select Options from the menu that appears.
Open the Advanced captions settings.
- Select the label for the captions. The label is typically the language in which the captions are spoken, for example, English.
- Select Advanced captions settings.
Customize the settings.
Select one of the preset options.
Three preset captions styles are available to select:
- Sample 1: White text over a transparent background.
- Sample 2: White text over a black background (this is the default setting).
- Sample 3: Yellow text over a transparent background.
Three preset captions styles are available to select:
- White text over a black background (this is the default setting).
- Black text over a white background.
- Yellow text over a black background.
Or select Set custom caption.
To specify the font size, alignment, and font and background colors, select the Set custom caption button.
Or select Edit custom captions.
To create a custom style, select Edit custom captions.
Edit the captions settings.
- Use the menus and sliders available to specify the following for your captions:
- Size
- Font alignment
- Font color
- Font family
- Font style
- Font opacity
- Background color
- Background opacity
- Select Apply.
Tip: You can scroll down below the Apply button to find a preview of how the captions will display with the selected settings.
Select one of the options to edit.
Choose one of the following options to customize the captions style:
- Size
- Color
- Font
- Background
Make the desired change.
Select one of the options to adjust the style. You can see a preview of the changes at the bottom of the player.
Select the back arrow button.
To change another setting in the captions (e.g., Color if you are currently editing Size), use the back arrow (Go to previous screen) button in the upper-left corner of the player to return to the options screen.
Select the X button.
When you are done making changes, select the X (Close) button in the upper-right corner of the player to return to the video.
When you are done making changes, select the X (Close) button in the upper-right corner of the player to return to the video.
Play the video with captions.
Captions will display in your selected format as you continue playing the video.
- Select the Play button.
- If you haven't enabled captions yet, select the Closed Captions (CC) button.
- Select one of the language options (e.g., English) from the menu that appears.
Note: If you had captions enabled before changing the captions options, you may need to play the video for a few seconds before the changes appear.
View captions.
Captions will display in your selected format.