LibGuides Accessibility

Video content must have captions

Captions provide a text description of the audio and sound of a video or multimedia content. If you are going to add video content to your guide, do so using the Media Asset tool.

• This will allow you to embed content from YouTube or other streaming media sites. You can then reuse across multiple guides and update more easily using the Asset Management tools.
• Be careful not to set the video to auto-play when you embed it.
• If you embed videos, but captions and transcripts aren't available from the media widget viewer, also include a link to the video directly and add a description for that link that indicates to the user that captions, transcripts, audio description, etc. can be found at the link.  (See example regarding YouTube video on Closed Captions below.) 

Important Note: Accurate captions are required for all videos, whether embedded in your guide or linked out to YouTube, Vimeo, etc.

Creating video content

• If you are creating videos to use in your guides, they will need to have captions.
• Captions should be at least 99% accurate. Captions should have appropriate spelling and punctuation and should identify speakers, sound effects, and music.
• Be aware that automated captions will need to be reviewed, so be prepared to spend the time to do it (and/or get help).

Using existing video content

• If you are linking to someone else’s video, try to select content that has captions and a transcript.
• If you have no alternative resource, make it clear in the link text that the video is not accessible.
• Reach out to the video owner and ask them to consider adding captions and a transcript.