Modifying Video/Audio Note Captions
- Who is this for: Instructors
- What is required: A D2L Brightspace class containing Video Notes
When using Video/Audio Notes, you may find that the auto-generated captions are not accurate and need some modification. This can be done one of two ways:
- Using the Media Library editor
- Uploading a Video Text Tracks (.vtt) file
Option 1: Using the Media Library editor
Step 1: Open your Media Library
- Open the gear menu in the top right of D2L Brightspace
- Select “Media Library”
Step 2: Select the note you wish to edit
- Click on the more options icon next to the note you wish to edit
- Select “Edit”
Step 3: Modify the captions in the editor
- Open the “Closed Captions” tab
- Captions will appear in timestamped blocks
- Enter/modify text in the text field
- Click the trash can icon to delete a block
- To edit the start/stop time of a block, click the arrow to expand the fields
- Add a new block by entering text here and pressing enter or clicking the plus sign
- When you are done editing, select the Finish button in the top right to save your changes
Option 2: Uploading a Video Text Tracks (.vtt) file
Step 1: Download the existing file (if captions were auto-generated)
- Go to the location of the Note in your course shell, then click on the gear icon
- Select “View transcript
- Expand the “Download” menu
- Select “Captions (.vtt)
Step 2: Modify the .vtt file
Open the file using a text editor (e.g. notepad, etc.) and modify the captions (be sure to save the file after modifying).
The format is similar to that of the caption blocks from the Media Library editor (see option 1 above). Note the (1) Caption block number (2) Start/Stop time (3) caption text field. 
Step 3: Upload the .vtt file
- Go to the Media Library editor for the Note you wish to edit (see option 1, steps 1&2 above)
- Open the Closed Caption tab
- Select “Upload” and chose the modified .vtt file
- Select the “Finish” button in the top right to save your changes
