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Camtasia: Editing a Lecture to Add Captions

Part I: Captions

1. Open Camtasia Studio 8.

2. Click Import Media (or File > Import Media)

3. Click Captions on the toolbar in the middle of the screen.

Note: If you don’t see the Captions button, click More and select Captions.

4. On the Captions toolbar, click Speech-to-text….


5. On the Speech-to-Text window that appears, click Entire Timeline to create captions for

the entire video.

6. On the new window that appears, click Continue.

7. A small progress window will appear and process the audio. After it finishes, the

captions will appear in the upper left area of the screen. Review the generated captions

and make any necessary changes. To do so, click inside the box with the caption you

want to modify and make any changes.


Note: Make sure the ADA compliant button is always blue. This ensures that the font

style, size, and color are ADA compliant. If the button ever changes to gray, click it to

return to ADA compliant settings.

Part II: Exporting Captions to a File

Exporting captions to a file will allow you to upload the video and captions separately, giving

students the ability to turn captions on and off.

1. Click Captions on the toolbar in the middle of the screen. (If you don’t see the Captions

button, click More and select Captions).


2. On the bottom of the Captions area, click Export captions.

3. A window will appear asking where you would like to save the caption/subtitle file. It is

recommended to save it in the same location where you saved your recording file. Click

Save.

4. On the bottom of the Camtasia window, locate the track that has the captions. Usually,

this will be Track 2. If you are unsure, move the mouse over the track and it should

display Media type: Caption.


5. Right click on the heading for the caption track that you located in the previous step,

and select Remove track.

6. On the window that appears, click Yes.

7. Continue to the “Producing a Recorded Lecture with Captioning” section on page 15 of

this guide.


Part III: Producing a Recorded Lecture with Captioning

1. On the Production Wizard window that appears, click the drop down box and select

either MP4 Only (up to 480p) or MP4 Only (up to 720p). MP4 Only (up to 720p) may

produce a higher quality file, but also may be much larger in size. If the final file is too

large you may encounter difficulty uploading it to your course.

2. Under File name and folder, enter a Production name. This will be the title of the

video.


3. By default, Camtasia will save the project in

C:\Users\{your username}\Documents\Camtasia Studio\{Production name}. To

change the save location, click the folder icon next to the current location.

Note: If you changed the save location for the recording file earlier in the guide, it is

recommended that you change to the same location here.

4. Click Finish.

5. The video will render. When it completes, the Production Results window will appear.

Click Finish.


6. In the location where you chose to save the files, you should now see the recording file

and subtitle file from before and a new folder that contains the finished lecture video

that you will upload to Blackboard.

Part IV: Uploading to Blackboard via Kaltura MediaSpace

Note: You must have access to the Kaltura MediaSpace before you can follow this section.

Please contact the OIT for assistance.

1. Go to http://mediaspace.itap.purdue.edu.

2. In the upper right corner, click on login.

http://mediaspace.itap.purdue.edu/


3. Type in your regular Purdue career account username and password, and click Login.

4. Move your mouse over the blue Add New button at the top of the page, and click

Media Upload on the menu that appears.

5. Click + Choose a file to upload.


6. Locate the video you want to upload, select it, and click Save.

7. You will see a progress bar that tracks your video upload. While it is uploading, you may

modify the Name and Description fields, if necessary. Click the green Save button when

done.

8. One the Actions menu below the video, select Edit.


9. Click the Captions tab, and select Upload captions file.

10. Select the captions file you created in Camtasia, and indicate the Language, as well as

the Label (which will be ‘captions’ most of the time). Click Save when finished.


11. You will see your Captions file uploaded successfully under its respective tab.

12. Log into https://mycourses.purduecal.edu

13. In a content area, hover your mouse over Tools and select Kaltura Media.

14. On the upper right corner, hover over to Add Media and select Upload media or record

from webcam.

15. Click Browse to locate the recording you created.

https://mycourses.purduecal.edu/


16. Select the video and click Open.

17. You will see the video file on the Kaltura upload screen. Click Upload to proceed.

18. Click Next to continue.

19. You can edit your title, as well as add optional tags and a description to make your video

more searchable. When done, click Next.


20. In Blackboard, provide the title, description, and availability settings for the video. Click

Submit when done.

21. Once upload is finished, you will see your video successfully uploaded to Blackboard.

To see the captions, open the video and click on the Captions drop down box in the

upper right corner. Select the captions you added.