MiVideo: Captions Collaboration Techniques

Environment

Canvas
MiVideo Mediaspace

Auto captioning was enabled in MiVideo on 4/22/2024. Machine-generated English captions are automatically ordered for all new video and audio files you add to your My Media library. This includes uploaded media from a desktop, media uploaded from Kaltura Capture, passthrough media from YouTube, media recorded using Express Capture, and media copied using the U-M Zoom Recordings Manager.

Issue

Ways to share the workload when ordering and editing captions for media entries.

Resolution

Captions and Disability Accommodations

Machine captions are rarely compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements because their accuracy may vary and required accuracy is 99%. You should expect that any machine-generated captions will need to be edited for accuracy (see the Edit Captions article).

Professional human-generated captions, which have a high degree of accuracy, can be ordered on request for disability accommodations through the SSD office (see the Human-Created MiVideo Captions For SSD Accommodation article).

Assign Media Collaborators To Help

Co-editors can help order and edit captions. You must be the media owner to add a co-editor to a media entry.

Machine-generated English captions are automatically ordered for media added to your My Media library on and after 4/22/2024. You will need to manually order machine captions for any media added to your My Media library prior to 4/22/2024.

Tips:

  • See the Collaboration and Roles article for more information about adding collaborators.​​​​​​
  • If you're unable to find a name/uniqname when attempting to add a collaborator, ask them to login once to be added to the user database. Then try again.
    • If you are attempting to add collaborators from Canvas, ask they login to Canvas and access their My Media library once.
    • If you are attempting to add collaborators from a Mediaspace, ask they login once to the Mediaspace.
  • If you have a lot of media to add a collaborator to, see the Adding Collaborators in Bulk article.

Resources and Questions

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center

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