Top Tips for Accessible Videos
Benefits
Video captions allow users to access the full content of your video. This benefits:
- Deaf and hard of hearing users
- Users without access to speakers or in loud spaces
- English Language Learners
Tips
Create your video from a transcript
- write out everything you are going to say before you create the video
- Can be used for adding captions to the video
- Your transcript can accompany the video, as a separate file. A text transcript will enable people who use screen readers to access the content. You can make your transcript even more accessible by describing the visual elements. Additional benefits: your transcript is searchable
Caption your video
- Current accessibility standards require captioned videos
- Camtasia and other video creation software include built-in captioning features, or you can create them online using MSU MediaSpace or YouTube (further directions below under Resources for Accessible Videos)
- For MSU MediaSpace-specific directions, see the MediaSpace tab of this guide
